Course title

Advanced Legal English 1Teacher(s)CARPENTER Keith

Numbering Code

Day・PeriodThurs2

開講区分

単位数

1st semester

2.0

Timetable Slot
Code1J290

Lesson topic
This course is the first part of a two semester course the aim of which is to develop high level technical skills
required in international legal work in a business environment.
The focus will essentially be on reading skills but there will also be some discussion during classes and somelistening activities inside and outside classes. There will be opportunities for students, if they wish, to do
written work based on language / topics introduced in classes. This written work will be corrected but will notform part of the evaluation of students.
The course is aimed at students who already have a reasonably advanced level of general English ability.
Lesson target
By the end of the course, students
1. should have acquired a sound understanding of essential legal terminology and concepts so that they can begin tounderstand straightforward English legal documents
2. will have read extracts of a variety of contracts, statutes, case studies, legal articles and legal
correspondence
3. will understand the level of formality required in different kinds of legal documents and correspondence
4. will have acquired a solid base on which to proceed to the second part of the course (second semester)
Syllabus and plan
There will be 15 classes. The following are the topics to be covered and approximate timetable:
1. Introduction, lawyers & legal work
2. Banking
3. Contract law
4. Employment law & tort law
5. Contracts
6. Business law
7. Company law
8. Revision
9. Lawyers & legal work II & Banking II
10. Contract law II
11. Employment law & tort law II
12. Contracts II & Business law II
13. Company law II.
14. Letter / email writing
15. Test
Evaluation method
Students will be assessed by written test.
Evaluation baseline
There will be an end of term test, which will test students' knowledge of the legal and business language andconcepts covered during the course. The test will not require extensive writing.
Notice (include info. on related class)Participating in the course will help prepare students wanting to take the TOLES legal English certification
exam. Students intending to take this exam can receive extra support and training outside the scheduled classes.
Review and preparation
Students will be required to do significant amounts of reading and preparation work outside the classroom, withclassroom time used primarily for review and discussion.
Office hour・Contact information
Contact details will be announced during classes

Message for student
In order to participate in the course, students will need to be assessed by informal interview to ensure that theirstarting level of English is adequate.
Improvemenets in Teaching

Text
Students will need to buy their own copy of the textbook but it will not be necessary to have the textbook for thefirst class at which the purchasing procedure will be explained. Other materials will be handed out at classes.
Lawyer's English Language Coursebook Second Edition / Catherine Mason : Global Legal English Ltd. ,2014,ISBN:9780954071462
Reference Material
Please see above
Classroom Language
EnglishKeywords
International lawyer