Legal English - Präsentationen für Rechtsanwälte

Presentations in the Legal Context

Intensiv-Workshop zur Verbesserung Ihrer Präsentationen in englischer Sprache

Today you spend a considerable part of your workload preparing and giving “presentations”. You present yourself, the work you have done, the lawsuit strategies chosen. You present in client interviews, in discussions, at meetings and conferences. You present your case in the courtroom. Wherever and whatever you present, you are making an impression – better or worse – by the way you communicate.

Unfortunately, not all lawyers are effective speakers. Not all communicate with conviction; not all understand how to draw on all their verbal and nonverbal tools to clarify their messages, to empathize with their clients, to convince their colleagues. Sound thinking is often clouded by legalese, disorderly organization and dispassionate communication.

You, however, know: “Just enough should never be enough”, especially when it comes to English.

Simpler, easily understandable English is your goal – a level probably closer to your range of English knowledge.

The first step is an open-minded analysis of your personal presentation style with constructive feedback. Could the structure of your argumentation be improved with powerful opening statements and compelling closing arguments?

How can you boost your self-confidence? Everyone knows that feeling of stage fright, a widespread companion of even lawyers. Utilize this to your presentation’s advantage. Create a rapport with your listeners. At all levels. Use your body language, eye-contact, your voice to command attention. At different strengths. Vary the pitch. Consider developing a vivid metaphor to match the situation, creating a leitmotif through your presentation.

Learn about your English-speaking listeners. Their mentality, their culture, their manners. What makes them smile, what aspects of your culture please or disturb them?

Learn to express yourself more authentically and confidently, connecting with your individual and collective audiences, seizing their attention and convincing them of your argumentation.

The tailored, hands-on lawyer presentation training in this workshop will assist you to improve

your communicative-presentational skills in English.

Workshop contents

Teil 1. Before you start

(a) Analyze your audience and the way they will receive your presentation

(b) Prepare the structure for your argumentation and your presentation style

(c) Explore powerful Opening Statements

(d) Learn the first two minutes of your presentation by heart.

Teil 2. Developing your presentation technique for English-speaking audiences

(a) Choosing body language, gesture and voice suitable for audience and subject

(b) Analysis of rapport-building techniques for your presentation

(c) Creating a metaphorical leitmotif

(d) An introduction to storytelling techniques for Anglo-Saxons

(e) Converting stage fright into stage might

(f) Appropriate application of drama techniques

(g) English-language gambits and set phrases for presentation scenarios

Teil 3. The proof of the pudding is in the eating (Probieren geht über Studieren)

(a) Applying structure-building, extra-lingual techniques, stage might, a leitmotif, rapport-building

(b) Constructive feedback: language, strategies, body language and voice

Ihr Fachreferent

Sie erhalten fachmännische Unterstützung von einem Referenten, der bereits mehrere Jahre lang Workshops und Kurse in namhaften Kanzleien gehalten hat. Er besitzt fundierte englischsprachige Rechtskenntnisse.

Service with a smile

ABLE legt großen Wert auf Ihr Wohlergehen nach dem Workshop. Das heißt, der Fachreferent steht Ihnen auch nach dem Workshop per E-Mail zur Verfügung, wenn es bei Ihnen einmal „kriseln“ sollte. Natürlich erhalten Sie ein Zertifikat für Ihr Portfolio, ggf. für Ihren Arbeitgeber oder Ihre Bewerbungsmappe nach Abschluss des Workshops.

Informationen über weitere Workshops finden Sie auf unserer Website. In den Workshopgebühren sind folgende Leistungen enthalten: Praxisnahe und kompetente Referenten, Teilnehmerunterlagen, Teilnehmerzertifikat, Mittagessen, Pausengetränke und ein alkoholfreies Frischgetränk zum Mittagessen. Nicht im Preis enthalten sind hingegen Reise- und Übernachtungskosten, Parkgebühren, Frühstück und Abendessen. Diese müssen ggf. direkt mit Ihrem Hotel abgerechnet werden.