English for the Legal Department

The course embraces the following, but may be adjusted to the participant's requirements. The skills are reinforced by role plays and authentic case studies.

• English for contracts - vocabulary and typical written formulations
• Types of agreements
• The concepts of contracts around the world
• The Birth of a Contract - classificaton, elements, leading cases
• The Life of a Contract - terms, clauses, types of agreement and European law
• Death of a Contract - the discharge,remedies for breach of contract
• English for Company Law - The Birth, Life, Death of a Company
• Principles of effective meetings and chairing meetings
• Principles of effective negotiations - Harvard Business School style
• Principles of an effective presentation
• Polite questioning techniques
• Making polite requests
• Diplomatic language
• Persuasion techniques
• Doing business across cultures
• Reading body language
• Insight into intercultural differences in thinking patterns around the world
• Quick review of the main grammar forms so as not to hinder precise communication