The basic version of the course, which can be purchased separately from TransLegal membership, gives the learner the coursebook + full access to the entire online course, but without a private lawyer-linguist tutor to train writing and speaking skills.
PLEAD is included in TransLegal’s Professional Membership where you get, in addition to the coursebook and the PLEAD online course, all of TransLegal’s other online products + 2 hours of private instruction each month by a TransLegal lawyer-linguist instructor who is assigned as your personal tutor. This private training is conducted by telephone, scheduled at times convenient for you, to train speaking and by email with specific writing exercises through which the learner trains legal drafting skills.
You get an online course + the world’s bestselling Legal English coursebook
PLEAD has an online element and a coursebook element. The online course expands upon the vocabulary taught in the coursebook, presenting key Legal English terminology in short reading and listening passages. The key vocabulary in each passage is linked to a glossary with a definition of each term and a recording of the word used in a sentence, allowing you to hear the correct pronunciation of the term and to see how it is commonly used in another context. The exercises which follow each reading or listening passage include multiple choice, fill-in-the-blanks, true-false and matching exercises that are designed to help you learn the vocabulary through context, testing and reinforcement. All of your results are stored in a database which you can access at any time to monitor your progress. The coursebook uses legal texts to present and practice legal language developing the four key skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking.
The basic version of the course provides 30 hours of online self-study. The course book, International Legal English, provides a further 90-110 hours of self-study material. An additional 30 hours of Internet research tasks and vocabulary quizzes related to the course book is also available at no extra charge.
TransLegal’s Professional Membership gives you a further 2 hours of private instruction each month by a TransLegal lawyer-linguist instructor who is assigned as your personal tutor. To find out the duration of live courses, please contact your local PLEAD language school directly. The International Legal English coursebook features:
Company Law I, II & III
The vocabulary involved in the formation, management, capitalisation and fundamental changes of companies (examples: corporate veil, articles of association, fiduciary duty, pre-emption rights, liquidation)
Contract Law I, II & III
Key terminology of contracts covering formation, remedies, assignment and third-party rights (examples: consideration, counter-offer, liquidated damages, privity, vested)
Employment Law
Teaches the language of the law of employer-employee relationships (examples: dismissal, redundancy, collective bargaining, discrimination)
Sale of Goods
Dealing with the vocabulary of sales of goods (examples: warranties, merchantability, disclaimer, title)
Real Property
Key terminology of transactions involving land (examples: tenancy, statute of frauds, easement, mortgage)
Intellectual Property
The essential vocabulary used to describe copyrights, patents and trademarks (examples: fair use, injunction, passing off, holder)
Negotiable Instruments
The language involved in discussing intangible rights of payment (examples:promissory note, bearer paper, holder in due course, debenture)
Secured Transactions
Terminology related to security interests (examples: fixed vs. floating charge, pledge, attachment)
Debtor-Creditor Law
The language used in discussing debt and remedies available to creditors (examples: perfection, priority, lien)
Competition Law
Essential vocabulary for matters relating to competition law rules (examples: abuse of a dominant position, tie-in, barrier to entry)
Final Examination
Comprehensive test of the vocabulary taught
PLEAD is used by leading law and language faculties throughout the world to offer Legal English training to law students.
One and two-day teacher training seminars are available to help the university’s teachers better understand the materials and the program.
Group discounts are also available. Please write to plead@translegal.com for details.
PLEAD is used by some of the largest and most prestigious law firms in Europe.
Through PLEAD, law firms and companies offer Legal English training to their lawyers through a language program including testing, live instruction and distance learning.
Group discounts are also available. Please write to plead@translegal.com for details.
PLEAD assists bar associations and law societies throughout the world to offer Legal English training to lawyers. The Swedish Bar Association, and the Milan and Parma Bar Associations are examples of bar associations that have provided PLEAD to their members.
Please write to plead@translegal.com for details.
As a language school, you can offer Legal English training using PLEAD to law firms, companies, universities, bar associations, government departments, etc. as well as to individual lawyers and law students.
PLEAD is taught using classroom training provided by teachers at the language school. Since PLEAD is a blended learning course, you can offer the course comprising the following elements:
The PLEAD course is suitable for exam preparation for the Cambridge International Legal English Certificate (ILEC) (www.legalenglishtest.org).
How is PLEAD purchased?
Your language school can purchase multiple PLEAD packages (coursebooks + licenses for the online course) at a group discount or students can purchase the PLEAD package directly.
As a special offer to assist language schools to teach PLEAD, language schools receive a free copy of the International Legal English Teacher’s Book for every 15 PLEAD packages purchased.
Teaching support for PLEAD
The following materials have been produced to assist teachers to teach PLEAD:[list]
If you would like more information on how your language school can offer PLEAD and for details of group discounts, please contact us at plead@translegal.com.
