TY  - BOOK
AU  - Frost, Andrew
AU  - Keogh, Sandra
TI  - English for Legal Professionals / 
SN  - 9780194579162 (Student Book with MultiROM)
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - English language
KW  - Business English
KW  - Textbooks for foreign speakers
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Foreign speakers
KW  - Lawyers
KW  - Terminology
KW  - Self-instruction
KW  - Legal terminology
N1  - Accompanying "MultiROM" also includes audio tracks that can be played on a conventional CD player. Interactive exercises require a computer; Includes a glossary, appendices and transcript.; SUMMARY:; "English for Legal Professionals is part of the EXPRESS SERIES. It is the ideal quick course for corporate legal consultants, as well as paralegals, legal assistants, and notaries who need to communicate accurately in English with clients, business partners, and colleagues. It can be used to supplement a regular coursebook, on its own, as a stand-alone intensive specialist course, or for self-study. With English for Legal Professionals, you will be fully briefed to communicate in English.
; Key Features of the Book
; Extensive material targeting key fields of commercial law
; Authentic legal documents - agreements, contracts, correspondence, case reports
; Realistic dialogues presenting useful phrases and vocabulary in context
; STARTER activities to raise awareness and OUTPUT activities to encourage discussion
; Partner Files for role-play focusing on realistic legal situations in corporate contexts
; Appendix including an answer key and transcripts of the listening extracts; Key Features of the MultiROM:
 

; Realistic listening extracts
; Interactive exercises to practise the language of legal professionals
; A-Z wordlist and useful phrases and vocabulary" (Book cover); CONTENTS:; 1. Setting up a business
; Topics; types of businesses; choosing the right business type; company liability; Skills; giving advice; making recommendations; enumerating reasons
; explaining steps of a procedure; 2. Employing people
; Topics; employment contracts; amendments to contracts; letter of resignation
; Skills
; referring to legal documents; stating rights and obligations; reporting outcomes & writing formal letters and emails; 3. Buying and selling goods and services
; Topics; preambles; agreements and contracts of sale; contractual disputes; common legal terms and conditions
; Skills; common contract terminology; interacting with a client; advising on a course of action; 4. Protecting intellectual property
; Topics; copyright, patent, trademark
; landmark IP cases; rights agreement; IP rights on the internet; Skills; negotiating an agreement;  amending an agreement; linking ideas in writing; 5. Mergers and acquisitions
; Topics:; planning an acquisition; M&A procedure; articles of association; financing a takeover
; letters of intent (LOI); Skills
; comparing and contrasting legal structures; vocabulary of company procedures; language of meetings; expressions used in takeovers; 6. Risk management and insolvency
; Topics; assessing legal risk; causes and implications of insolvency; insolvency procedures
; creditor's rights; personal insolvency; Skills
; insolvency terminology; emphasizing a point; hypothesizing about past actions; Appendix
; Test yourself
; Partner files Partner A
; Partner files Partner B
; Transcripts
; Answer key; Intended for corporate legal consultants, as as paralegals, legal assistants, and notaries who need to communicate accurately in English with clients, business partners, and colleagues.

Intermediate B1 (CEFR)
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