One of the most frequent questions we are asked by our clients is, “What’s the difference between a formal and informal letter or e-mail?” This lesson of the week offers some tips. More Legal English vocabulary, including sound files, examples of usage, common mistakes and…
Lawyers frequently represent and market their firms and expertise in venues outside the office or courtroom, such as law conventions, university lecture halls and hearings before governmental authorities. When requested to present or report on developments in law, it is useful to be able to…
Traditional search engines often require a lawyer to filter through large quantities of irrelevant data. Visual search engines can help the researcher by clustering hits around various topics related to the search query. Learning Synopsis This exercise introduces visual search engines for performing legal English…
Search engines are very effective tools for conducting online research. However, due to language ambiguities and the manner in which search engines seek out information on the Internet, significant information may be missed. Some areas of online knowledge have been carefully catalogued by means of…