1. Highlight the phrases that concern the professional activities of the financial lawyer.

2. Speak either about Mr. Stewart’s job or about the work of a financial lawyer in general.

3. Prepare a dialogue between a business lawyer and a financial lawyer. Activity VII. Law firm

АЯЮ Legal Knowledge p. 38 - 39

Read the advertisements about 2 law firms and do the tasks.

Exercise IX

Law Firm website.

If you visit any law firm’s website you will see the welcome information (as in advertisements above) and a number of links. Clicking on these links you will get certain information.

Typical links are:

About us	Practice areas /Services/	Attorneys /Attorneys profiles/	News	Publications	Employment /Careers/	Contact us

Task: Decide what information you can find under each link.

Note: there may be other links.

Exercise X

Internet Research

Below there are some web addresses of law firms. Visit some of them to find out the basic information about the firms and fill out the above chart for some firms.

http://www.roselawfirm.com/default.asp

http://www.chapman.com/about.php

http://www.stradley.com/home.php

http://www.broadandcassel.com/

http://www.darbys.co.uk/

http://www.2-3graysinnsquare.co.uk/

Task

Answer the following questions:

1. Where is the firm located? How many offices do they have?

2. When were they founded?

3. What entities (industries) / companies / businesses/ individuals are their clients?

4. What are the major practice areas? (not all of them)?

5. Special attention:

• What is the focus area of the Chapman & Cutler law firm? Services they render in this area?

• On Stradley Ronon site under the link About us click Firm Management and find out how the firm is managed, what the positions are, how legal and administration activities are distributed.

• The firm Dabrys is the firm of solicitors; find out the range of services, what links they provide (FAQ – frequently asked questions).

• The firm 2-3 Gray Inn’s Square is a firm of barristers in the UK. How is it different from other firms given here?

Activity VIII. Topic development

1. Law Firm Management Structure presented by the teacher.

The Chart is applied.

The information from the Stradeley Ronon site can be used.

p. 43 Types of Lawyers Titles.

Activity IX. Legal correspondence

АЯЮ page 40. Practice Groups. Discussion.

Do the Task p. 40-41

Exercise XI

Fill out the proper lines from the exercise.

1.

Dear Mrs. Swenson,

I’m writing in connection with an urgent important matter that worries us immensely – we are expecting the IRS next week. Though we have always been very careful with our tax policies, there could be something, some error or miscalculation.

Could you provide us with legal support? ……………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………..and hope that you’ll be able to check the records and papers.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

I’m looking forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.

Sincerely yours

Alex Coolwater

2.

Dear Mr. Brent,

Thank you for your letter in which you advise us how to raise money for our project of business extension.

At your recommendation we have contacted RFI bank and they have sent us their booklet. As we are quite a young business …………………………………………………………………………………………………

Could you give me more information on that? I also wonder if you could draft that agreement for us?

I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours sincerely

Rita Jones

3.

Dear Ms Lindsey,

With reference to your letter of 20 April I’m writing to notify you about an embarrassing mistake you’ve made in the documents delivered with the letter.

I regret to point out that ……………………………………………………

………………………………………….., we can lose a possibility to raise substantial funds on it.

I wonder if you could do something promptly so that to improve the situation.

As soon as I receive a positive answer from you I’ll arrange to meet with our bank and the Italian company.

I’d appreciate if you could join us too.

Do not hesitate to contact us again if you require any further information or if you have any problems.

I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely

Pat Thompson, Glade Corp.

4.

Dear Ms Atkins,

Further to your letter as of 20 April where you showed interest in our latest development.

I’m glad to tell you that we have made a good progress in that.

…………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………..There is also a list of questions we’d like to clear out first.

I wonder if you could provide the necessary information by the end of next week.

Do not hesitate to contact us again if you require any further information

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Sincerely yours

Jack Sanders

5.

Dear Mr. Stevens,

I’m writing to you with regard to the necessity of starting a legal action against the company Parson who produce electronic devices just like our company.

Our products bear the name “Proton” and the demand for them is growing. Parson launched a range of “Protron” products into the market. They obviously mislead the customers and ……………………….

………………………………………………We’d like you to look into the matter and represent us in this case.

Please find enclosed the necessary documents and copies of their letters to us.

We’d be grateful if you could arrange a conference with us as soon as possible.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. My direct number is 555 89 03.

I’m looking forward to meeting with you

Your sincerely

Frederick Lester, Proton Inc.

6.

Dear Sirs,

Your firm has been recommended to us by one of your long-standing clients, Mr. Brian Hamfrey.

We are a group of entrepreneurs with some experience in rendering transportation services. Now we’re intended to try running a forwarding company.

So, you see ……………………………………………………………………………

We’d be grateful if you could arrange to meet next week.

Will you please also send us a copy of your standard terms and conditions?

We’re looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully

Alice Barnes

7.

Dear James,

I’m writing in connection with the progress of our relations with Foultons, that sport clubs network, who as you know, have offered to place a big order for our products.

The thing is that ………………………………………………………………………………………………..

I’d be grateful if you could prepare the papers by Thursday so that we could see it and revise if necessary.

I enclose the particulars of the deal, names, bank details and addresses.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes

Alex Cornwell

FINAL TASK - Presentations

Prepare a presentation of a fictitious law firm.

Предлагается именно придумать фирму для того, чтобы применить в презентации лексику урока, а не использовать готовые фразы из «чужих» текстов с новыми, малопонятными для остальных словами.

PART II

Тема: BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Учебник “Английский язык для юристов” (АЯЮ) стр. 74 – 91.