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Curso de Inglês Jurídico
Curso de Inglês para Negócios
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Course Dates: 8th January 2008 - 14th June 2008

Timetable: Tuesday & Thursday 13.30 - 14.45

Maximum Number of Course participants: 12

Language Level required: Upper Intermediate

Course Rationale:
     The course aims to provide the students with a grounding in how to use English in a commercial law environment.   It is suitable for both law students and practising lawyers.   It focuses on the areas of commercial law, with particular emphasis on company law and contracts.   The course also provides specific preparation for students wishing to take the University of Cambridge International Legal Certificate ( For further information on this qualification, visit www.LegalEnglishTest.org  ).
     The course involves work in all four language skills areas (Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking) as well as grammatical structure and vocabulary items specific to Legal English.   Authentic case studies and legal texts ( US, UK and EU ) are used throughout the course, and a series of online activities are provided for extra practice.
     Potential candidates for the course will be required to take an entrance test in general English, without charge or commitment to the course, to ensure that they meet the minimum level required.

Outline of Course Contents
   Bodies and Types of Law
   Company Law: formation, management, changes, capitalisation
   Contracts: remedies, third party rights
   Sale of Goods
   Real property law
   Intellectual property
   Negotiable instruments
   Secured transactions
   Debtor-creditor issues
   Competition law 

A Modular Course in Legal English        
       

A course of Legal English in partnership with the Universidade Moderna

Course Dates: Modules 2 & 3 - TO BE DECIDED
                  Module 1 - TO BE DECIDED

Location:  The Universidade Moderna

Timetables:  Saturdays Module 2 - 09.30 - 11.30
                                      Module 3 - 11.30 - 13.30
                                      Module 1 - 10.00 - 12.00

Maximum Number of Participants: 12

Language Level required: Intermediate

Course Rationale:
     This course aims to cater for both law students and practising lawyers.   It seeks to familiarise them with the language of different branches of law and to give them practice in the skills they will need both to study and to do legal research and to function as lawyers in an international environment.   At the same time the substantive material is chosen to give an overview of areas of law that are both stimulating to them as individuals and also relevant to them as professionals.
     The four basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing are pratised in every session, as are all  the functional skills required by the lawyer, from negotiating to making presentations via advising clients and preparing a brief.
     Participants on the course need to have an English language level of B2.   As for substantive law, no prior knowledge of law is strictly necessary, though participants will benefit far more from the course if they have already studied law in their own language.

The Course includes:
   Private vs. Public Law
   Principles of tort
   Contract Law
   Human Rights
   Law and Ethics
   Intellectual Property
   Constitutional Law
   Real Property Law
   Competition Law