I would like to express my deepest admiration and gratitude. I truly learned a lot in the course in respect of skills and techniques. It would be a pleasure to have you address my class and the final year students.
- Mawada Siddig Y. Abu Agla, Advocate Lecturer, Department of International and Comparative Law, University of Khartoum

The Legal Writing Course by British Legal Centre was a terrific experience. The course provided solid guidance for professional legal English writing that each lawyer shall use in his or her practice. I highly recommend this course to the practicing lawyers and law students that are willing to master their writing skills and deliver high-quality documents to their clients.
- Helen Shynkarenko, Associate, Ulysses, Kiev, Ukraine

Our people really found the seminar very interesting and useful
- Nino Surguladze Human Resources Manager, DLA Piper, Georgia.

Courses – Legal English Online with British barristers

Legal Writing Course

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A lawyer’s ability to write clearly and correctly will be the basis upon which other lawyers and potential clients will assess their competence. This may not be fair, or accurate, but it is a fact that younger lawyers, in particular, must master accurate writing in legal English in order to progress their careers. You need every document you write to show that you are a professional, clearheaded, concise knowledgeable accurate lawyer - just the type that they want to deal with.

The British Legal Centre’s - Legal Writing Course is a 15-unit, interactive, online course teaching the essential skills of drafting clear, precise letters, documents and contracts. This includes the basic skills of structuring and formatting, correct grammar and style, together with assistance to make all writing you produce clear concise and easy to understand.

All the differing requirements of all types of letters and legal documents are dealt with, stressing the common rule of being easily understood. The course presents key written communication skills in a series of lessons following detailed reading and listening passages. The course exercises, involve the production of typical work-place documents that they are required to write in their daily work. There is a heavy emphasis on the production of written material by the students to test and expand their legal drafting ability. The trainers provide detailed feedback on the home tasks and all are either practicing British lawyers, working in the area of Commercial and Contract Law or experienced teachers of Law and Legal English.
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Contract and Legal Document Drafting workshop

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April 12, 2012 in Kyiv, Ukraine. 

The one day "Contract and legal document drafting" workshop for practicing lawyers and law students 
will enable to improve your knowledge of Contract law and learn the necessary skills of writing clear, concise contracts.

Participants will gain experience and understanding of the essential skills of drafting clear contracts, including basic contracts, non-competition and confidentiality agreements, assignments and third party rights, guarantees, indemnities, warranties, conditions and other contract terms.
The seminar includes basic legal concepts in contract law, its rights, remedies and enforceability. This one/two day seminar will be delivered by experienced British lawyer/linguists used to the multicultural, international flavour of modern business. The seminar will cover not only the practical knowledge needed by lawyers working in international commerce but will also simulate an international contract negotiation scenario, with workshops, teams and simulated strategy meetings, as well as tactical argument development.

There will be numerous breakout sessions, for the participants to work through the material in the presentations, in teams led by the speakers.
All of this is intended to require full input from the participants to ensure they gain a solid working understanding of the principles and basics of writing clear, concise contracts which cover the points required.

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Company and Corporate Law

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A 15 -unit course covering the law, meaning and use of the essential Legal English words and phrases needed by lawyers working in the field of company/corporate law and other business structures. The course includes both the law and practical instructions on how to form companies, issue shares and capitalisation, the duties and powers of directors and how companies are governed and make decisions. The course covers the law and the practical aspects and documentation of Mergers and Acquisitions, company closures and sale of assets. All the teachers and trainers are either qualified British Barristers or Solicitors with experience of Corporate Law and giving them an understanding of the questions and tasks your clients are likely to ask you to perform.
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Contract and Legal Document Drafting Course

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The essential basics of writing clear documents and contracts covering essential basic vocabulary and phrases which are most often used in legal documents such as contracts and other agreements. It provides explanations of the meaning and use of archaic legal English, including Latin and Norman French

A 15-unit, interactive, online course, teaching the essential skills of drafting clear contracts, including the key elements of English contract law and terminology. The course includes basic contracts, non-competition and confidentiality agreements, assignments and third party rights, guarantees, indemnities, warranties, conditions and other contract terms. Rights, remedies and enforceability are all covered in online lessons. The course exercises which make up most of the home tasks help participants learn the vocabulary and phrases through context, testing and reinforcement. The production of written material by the students is emphasised to test and expand their legal drafting ability. All the Instructors are either practicing British lawyers, working in the area of Commercial and Contract Law or experienced teachers of Law and Legal English.
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Cambridge University Legal English Certificate (ILEC)

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This course prepares its students for work as lawyers in commercial law offices where English is the working language. The full course contains 60 hours of lessons plus 50 hours of home study tasks and a further 25 hours of tasks involving international legal research to cement the participant’s ability to practice International law. The lessons explain and increase knowledge and ability to use legal English words and phrases correctly by requiring the participants to read, watch, listen and speak. The course also uses the textbook and C D's - International Legal English published by Cambridge University Press. The course is intended also as preparation for the Cambridge University International Legal English Certificate (ILEC) Exam which is now held monthly in different cities around the world.

The course teaches legal English vocabulary and basic Commercial Law and also develops the professional skills the participants will need to work as a lawyer in a professional law office.

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