A 4-unit interactive, online course teaching the essential Legal English terminology regarding interpreting and explaining the law and advising clients.
This module provides 3 credits for your Paris Bar Association continuing legal education requirements
- interactive reading exercises
- interactive listening exercises
- vocabulary quizzes
- glossary with definitions
- authentic legal documents
- course certificate upon completion
Course contents
Interpreting the Law
vocabulary associated with talking about the nuances of the law (examples: construe, implied, infer, ambiguity)
Explaining the Law (Applicability)
describing how and whether the law applies (examples: scope, force, moot)
Explaining the Law (Permitted & Prohibited)
terminology associated with explaining what the law does and does not allow (examples: bar, enjoin, sanction)
Explaining the Law (Limits)
describing the upper and lower limits of what is permitted under the law (examples: lenient, curb, curtail)Advising the Client
vocabulary for advising a client on options, best course of action, etc. (examples: leeway, ill-advised, prudent)