Ateneo - UPO

1. The Legal Profession
2. Legal Procedure & Correspondence
3. Brief to case
4. Particulars of Claim
5. Tort Law
6. Employment Law
7. Contract law
8. ESP & Grammar
9. Contracts explanation to clients
9. Contract sample analysis
10. Translation agreement
11. Family Law
12. Criminal Law
13. Arrest report analysis + Arrest Warrant EN form

All materials are available on the DIR page of the teacher.

Improve and revise grammar structures and syntax and vocabulary of both General and legal English; acquire ESP and training both receptive (listening and reading) and productive (writing and speaking) linguistic skills.
Learn basic concepts of Common Law in order to learn and contextualise ESP.

Basic knowledge and skills of English Language level B1/B1+ of the Common European Language Framework.

The communicative approach and the interaction among the students will be of utmost importance, the activities such as team work will be encouraged especially during lectures. Reading and listening comprehensions as well as written productions will be guided at first, then they will be more autonomous to allow students more autonomy and professional management of concepts and vocabulary.

Attending students are requested to carry out the written tasks detailed on the DIR page to improve productive, comprehension and translation skills of legal tests. The said tasks will grant students additional point to be used during the final oral test as bonus.

The oral test will consist of the following:
1. Students will select a case from those proposed at the link on the DIR page of the course
2. Students will answer questions on the theory contents available on the DIR page (check PPT material)
3. Students will read, understand and rephrase in General English an exctract from a legal document.

1. The Legal Profession
2. Legal Procedure & Correspondence
3. Brief to case
4. Particulars of Claim
5. Tort Law
6. Employment Law
7. Contract law
8. ESP & Grammar
9. Contracts explanation to clients
9. Contract sample analysis
10. Translation agreement
11. Family Law
12. Criminal Law
13. Arrest report analysis + Arrest Warrant EN form

Reading and understanding written legal texts; writing legal correspondence and basic legal documentation; applying ESP vocabulary to discussion and analysis of cases.