The Legal English Course Book

Lawbility has developed and applied these two course books «The Legal English Course Book» Volume One/ Volume Two in its Professional Legal English & Practical Skills Training since 2010. The practical self-study material and the interactive lessons teach professional business language skills and legal terminology for its application in real-life situations. Besides that, you will be efficiently and professionally preparing yourself for the «PLEPS» Legal English Exam. Volume One contains professional language training including relevant grammar, along with practice examples, as well as an exam preparation for crash courses. Volume Two is an intensified continuation of Volume One.

The team of authors is made up of Lawbility Legal English Coaches and internationally practicing lawyers, who functioned as linguists, legal experts and practitioners and have given the course books its three emphases, namely a language focus (with examples of professional language), a legal focus (with a reference section for legal terminology) and a practical focus (application examples for professional situations).

Target Groups:

  • Lawyers and legal practitioners who use legal English in their daily professional life; lawyers, legal employees and students in (further) language / legal education, legal translators, lecturers and legal English teachers at university and college.

Advantages at a Glance:

  • Course material from a tried and tested legal English course concept
  • Teaches oral and written professional languages skills
  • Suitable for self-study and group lessons through different training sessions (answer key provided in each book at the end)
  • Suitable for use in legal English courses at university, in law firms and legal departments
  • Teacher’s Handbook with useful training and coaching instructions and Train The Trainer offers for teachers and coaches available upon request (contact us now)

General Information about the Book:

Publisher: Lawbility AG (Zürich) in Kooperation mit C.H.BECK (München), Helbing & Lichtenhahn (Basel) und BarWrite® Press (New York)
Year of Publication: 2018
Edition: 2. edition, 2018
Product Type: Buch
Binding: Softcover
Format / Weight: 17,0 x 24,0 cm
Number of Pages: around 400 pages
ISBN Germany: 978-3-406-72342-1
ISBN Switzerland: 978-3-7190-4101-4

Volume One (10 Module):

  • Professional Language in Negotiations, Presentations and Meetings
  • Practice Examples for Correspondence and Legal Writing: Contracts, Letters, Emails, Memoranda, Reports and Minutes
  • «PLEPS» Exam Preparation
ISBN Germany: 978-3-406-72324-7
ISBN Switzerland: 978-3-7190-4099-4
ISBN Lawbility: 978-3-9524737-7-1

Volume Two (11 Module):

  • Practical Exercises for Contract Language and Correspondence, Negotiations and Meeting Language, Presenting and Pleading
  • Text Comprehension
  • International Legal Terminology and Translation Methods
  • Style, Grammar and Vocabulary for Professional Language
ISBN Germany: 978-3-406-72325-4
ISBN Switzerland: 978-3-7190-4100-7
ISBN Lawbility: 978-3-907123-10-2
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