English for Lawyes Weekly Syllabus

Weekly Syllabus Session 1: Introduce yourself Asking and Answering Questions Simple Present tense Pool of Vocabulary 1 Session 2: Legal Phrases (A-C) Lesson 1-Talking Law” N°5 : The New Client The Client Interview Situation One: Listening and Speaking Situation Two: writing Recommendations you suggest to facilitate the smooth running of winning the case . Session3: Lesson 2 “Talking Law” N°4 : Time is Money ! Situation One :Listening and speaking “Successful Team at a Law Firm" Situation Two: Writing Describe the character and the skills of the team working at that law firm, and your description needn’t be scientific at all. Use your power of abstraction and imagination in this respect. Simple past or present perfect? Session4: Legal Phrases (d-f) Lesson 3“Talking Law” N°3 : Practice, practice, practice… Listening and Speaking : “Practicing Law in Light of Rothbard _ J.H. Huebert” which shows a Lecture presented by J.H. Huebert at the Ludwig von Mises Institute's Austrian Scholars Conference, held annually at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama; 11-13 March 2010. Situation Two: Writing Recount the achievements ,skills and the qualities that made that very successful lawyer. Sessions5 and 6: Legal Phrases (g-l) Lesson 4 “Talking Law” N°2 : Passing the Bar: : Take the Bar Pass the Bar Fail the Bar Be a member of the Bar Bar Examination Bar Association Situation : Writing Under the Common Law system, lower courts are bound by the decisions made by the courts above them. These decisions are called precedents. Just like law made by the legislature, court precedents are law and must be followed by lower courts. It is unusual for the highest court in the land to make a decision that changes a precedent. Session 7 and 8: Legal Phrases (m-z) Lesson 5 “Talking Law” N°1 : Is That Coffee Worth a Million Dollars ? Situation one :Listening and Speaking Watch the video showing the biography of Arthur Garfield Hays (December 12, 1881 -- December 14, 1954) who was a lawyer born in Rochester, New York. His father and mother, both of German descent, belonged to prospering families in the clothing manufacturing industry. Situation two: writing In a 100-150 words, write a biography conveying the qualities of a famous lawyer you know or heard about. Presentations Session9 and 10 : Lesson 6 Sales in recessions Situation one : Listening and speaking Sales Strategy indicates that all business owners need to employ during a recession. Grant Cardone gives business owners 3 strategies for success during difficult economic trends .After you watch the video entitled “Sales and Recession “,in 5-7 minute oral presentation and in a pair group,depict a situation where recession prevails and unemployment inflicts a large population in the world and you are a famous economist suggesting recommendations and policies which would alleviate recession. Situation Two: writing Recession is the word which signals declining sales, mounting inventories, declining margins, employees demotivation, uncertainty of cash flows. It is the obvious measures like across-the-board cost cutting often end up destroying value. It is those who can look beyond the obvious (and often erroneous) who emerge as winners. Write a composition of 100-250 words conveying how marketing in recessionary times is different from the boom times and needs to be adaptive in the changed circumstances.Firstly ,you should develop the perspectives for marketing in recession. Then, present how marketing is to be adapted to the difficult times through Seven specific strategies. Common problems The present continuous Present simple or Present Continuous? Presentations Sessions 11 and 12: Lesson 9 Report writing The role and importance of legislation Judicial decision Custom and authoritative writings in English law Civil –law legal systems The basic method and principles of the common law Presentations