TransLegal - Legal English for Lawyers

Products and services used by tens of thousands of lawyers and law students in over 100 countries each year

Dictionary

The world’s biggest and best multilingual law dictionary produced in a unique partnership between TransLegal and leading law faculties around the world.

Courses

Improve your legal English with our online courses, written by US and UK lawyers. All of our courses are available 24/7 and no special software is needed.

Testing

A fast and accurate online test of Legal English skills which gives you a complete report of your level.

Books

Published by Cambridge University Press, TransLegal's course books are the leading Legal English textbooks, sold in over 100 countries.

Translations

The translation of complex legal documents requires not only excellent language skills but a thorough understanding of two different legal systems.

LLM Guide

A complete online guide to LLM programs around the world to help you choose the right university.

Our 25 years of expertise becomes your 25 years of expertise!

Over the past 20 years, our staff of lawyer-linguists, the largest in the world, has created a wide range of unique Legal English products. We provide more bar associations, law firms, universities and language schools with online courses, course books, language testing and other Legal English resources than any other provider of Legal English in the world.

You don’t need to waste time looking for the answers. After a quarter of a century, we’ve figured them out and put them into the world’s largest collection of English language resources for law.

Michael LindnerCEO TransLegal

PLEAD provides blended learning in cooperation with the
Boston University School of Law and Cambridge University Press.

Our university partners on the World Law Dictionary Project

We are proud to be working with some of the world's leading law schools.

Our Books!

Introduction to International Legal English

Introduction to International Legal English is an intermediate level course for law students or newly-qualified lawyers who need to use English in their legal work or studies. Suitable for classroom use or self-study, the course prepares learners for using English in a commercial law environment. Using authentic legal texts and case studies supplied by TransLegal®, Europe's leading firm of lawyer-linguists, the course develops an understanding of the law and consolidates language skills. Featuring both academic and professional contexts, Introduction to International Legal English is an ideal starting point for preparing for the Cambridge ILEC examination.

International Legal English

International Legal English Second edition is the definitive course for students who need to work in the international legal community. International Legal English Second edition teaches learners how to use English in a commercial law environment and is suitable for classroom use or self-study. This second edition has fully-updated content - including twice the number of authentic case studies compared to the first edition - and contains a new unit on Transnational Commercial Law. An updated pull-out glossary is included in the Student's Book. International Legal English Second edition is ideal preparation for the Cambridge International Legal English Certificate (ILEC) and contains exam practice tasks, exam tips and a practice ILEC test.

International Legal English (2nd Edition)

International Legal English Second edition is the definitive course for students who need to work in the international legal community. International Legal English Teacher's Book is an essential companion for any teacher wishing to use International Legal English Second edition in the classroom. The book offers invaluable background information about the law topics discussed, giving teachers the confidence to explore these topics with their students. The Teacher's Book guides the teacher through the exercises in the book and suggests optional consolidation activities along the way. It includes over 50 extra photocopiable activities and adds a whole new communicative dimension to the course, with lots of ideas for discussion and role-plays.

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