- •Module 1 Lawyer is My Future Profession
- •A Lawyer
- •2. Suggest the English for:
- •3. Find in the text the synonyms to the following words and phrases:
- •4. Match two parts of the sentences in two columns:
- •5. Find twelve words to the topic and make up sentences:
- •6. Finish the following statements using appropriate words and word combinations:
- •7. Answer the following questions:
- •8. Look through the first and the fourth passages again and say why the profession of a lawyer is popular but difficult.
- •9. Look through the fourth and the fifth passage again and say why it is interesting but difficult to study at the law faculty.
- •10. Your friend wants to know your opinion about choosing a law career. Tell him why you want to be a lawyer and where you are going to work. Dialogue1
- •III. Make up your own dialogue according to the following situation:
- •Police Academy in New York
- •I. Read the sentences and say if the statements are true or false giving a right variant:
- •Top 10 qualities of a great lawyer
- •Text 1 The Constitution of the usa
- •1. Give English equivalents of the following:
- •2. Suggest the English for:
- •3. Match two parts of the sentences.
- •Dialogue1
- •Text 2 The Russian Constitution
- •Module 3
- •Political System of the usa
- •Give English equivalents of the following:
- •Suggest the Russian for:
- •Match two parts of the sentences in two columns.
- •Finish the following statements using the appropriate words and word combinations:
- •Answer the questions:
- •Look through the text again and say about the legislative, executive and judicial branches.
- •The system of Checks and Balances
- •Match the following English expressions to their Russian equivalents:
- •2. Replace the words and expressions in bold type with words and expressions that mean the same.
- •2. Use the expressions above (from the exercise 1) to make sentences of your own.
- •3. Answer the question:
- •4. Discuss the following questions:
- •Congress
- •Complete the following text by translating the words or expressions in brackets.
- •Match the legal terms on the left with their definitions on the right. Use them in sentences of your own.
- •Answer the questions:
- •Explain the meanings of the following words and expressions from the text. Make up questions with each of them.
- •Complete the following text by translating the words and expressions in brackets.
- •Do you agree with these statements?
- •Answer the questions.
- •Federal Departments
- •The Federal Judiciary
- •Read the dialogue between British politician and a Russian student and say who has real power in Britain.
- •Act out the dialogue
- •Make up your own dialogue according to the following situation:
- •The Royal Family
- •Political Parties
- •Elections
- •The Election Timetable
- •Political System of Russia
- •Text 5 Elections in Russia
- •Module 3
- •Lawmaking Process in Britain
- •Read the text and say what happens to a bill if the president rejects it Lawmaking Process in the usa
- •Lawmaking process in Russia.
- •Module 4
- •The Court System of England and Wales
- •The Court System of the usa
- •Give Russian equivalents of the following:
- •Suggest the English for:
- •3. Match two parts of the sentences in two columns:
- •4. Answer the following questions:
- •5. Tell your partner about the differences in the court systems of the us and gb.
- •Types of Legal Professions
- •1. Choose the correct definition for each legal profession mentioned in the text:
- •2. Tell your partner about the main types of legal professions in gb. Which one would you choose to work as? Why?
- •Solicitors and Barristers
- •International law
- •The Notion of International Law
- •2. Suggest the English for:
- •4. Answer the following questions:
- •The Domains and Sources of International Law Domains of International Law
- •International humanitarian law or law of war
- •Sources of International Law
- •What Does an International Lawyer Do?
- •Different Types of Intergovernmental Organizations
- •Interview with Robert l. Gallucci, Dean of the Edmund a. Walsh School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University, January 31, 2007
- •Reading supplement
- •I. Reading for pleasure caught in his own trap
- •The monkey detective
- •A strange sentence
- •How I lost my lighter
- •All the truth and nothing but the truth
- •Interview techniques
- •Curious wills
- •Tom sawyer testifies (After Mark Twain)
- •The hound of the baskervilles (After Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
- •Tuan syed
- •The tell-tale heart (By Edgar Allan Poe)
- •Poems about lawyers and law an abc for lawyers
- •Nursery rhyme
- •The lawyers' ways (By Paul Laurence Dunbar)
- •Reading for purpose top law schools in the united states
- •Top russian law schools
- •1. Brief Introduction to the Russian Legal Education System
- •3. Top Russian Law Schools (of)
- •3.2 Top Law Schools and Academic Institutions (which offer only postgraduate programs)
- •3.3. Top Law Schools of Regional Universities
- •Llm (master of laws) in the united states
- •Is justice greedy?
- •The changing face of the monarchy
- •Public sentiments in great britain
- •Internationalizing legal systems
- •Different types of international lawyers ( By Jessica Ellis)
- •What are transnational crimes? (By Christopher John)
- •What is international business law?
- •The issues on capital punishment in the united states
- •What is an international criminal tribunal?
- •Legal fundamnetal documents the charter of liberties of henry I
- •The magna carta
- •Introductory Note
- •English bill of rights 1689 an act declaring the rights and liberties of the subject and settling the succession of the crown
- •The declaration of independence
- •The bill of rights
- •The constitution of the united states
- •The constitution of the russian federation
- •First Section. Main Provisions Chapter 1. The Fundamentals of the Constitutional System
- •The universal declaration of human rights preamble
- •Article 2.
- •Samples of some legal agreements and contracts employment agreement
- •Recitals
- •Real estate purchase agreement
- •Life insurance premium reimbursement agreement
- •Loan sale agreement
- •Article I definitions and interpretation
- •Article II sales of cef assets
- •Article III conditions precedent
- •Lease agreement
- •Assignment of leases and rents
- •Intellectual property rights agreement
- •Standart will
- •Article I
- •Article III
- •Article IV
- •Article V
- •Article VI
- •Real estate sale contract
- •Sale of real property
- •Grammar supplement
- •Grammar exercises
- •1.Артикли
- •2. Множественное число существительных
- •3.Местоимения
- •4.Прилагательные
- •5.Предлоги
- •6.Употребление времен
- •A Scary Night
- •The Cornfords
- •Paul Johnson
- •An Accident
- •Infinitive
- •1. Вставьте частицу to перед инфинитивом там, где необходимо.
- •2. Замените выделенные части предложений инфинитивными оборотами
- •3. Переведите на русский язык, обращая внимание на Active Infinitive и Passive Infinitive (a) и на Perfect Infinitive (b).
- •4. Раскройте скобки, употребляя требующуюся форму инфинитива.
- •5. Переведите на английский язык, употребляя требующуюся форму инфинитива.
- •1. Раскройте скобки, употребляя герундий в активной или пассивной форме.
- •2. Замените придаточные предложения герундиальными оборотами, вводя их, где необходимо, предлогами, данными в скобках после предложения.
- •3. Замените выделенные части предложений герундиальными оборотами, употребляя, где необходимо, соответствующие предлоги.
- •4. Переведите на русский язык, обращая внимание на разные формы герундия.
- •5. Переведите на английский язык, употребляя герундий.
- •Gerund or Infinitive
- •1. Make infinitives (with or without “to”) or gerunds (add “-ing”) of the verbs in brackets to make the following sentences grammatically correct.
- •2. Complete the following sentences with infinitives (add “to”) or gerunds (add “-ing”) of the verbs below to make them grammatically correct.
- •Participle
- •1. Переведите на русский язык, обращая внимание на причастия.
- •2. Замените придаточные определительные предложения причастными оборотами.
- •3. Замените придаточные предложения причины причастными оборотами.
- •4. Замените придаточные предложения времени причастными оборотами (не опускайте союз when).
- •5. Выберите из скобок требующуюся форму причастия.
- •Gerund or Participle
- •1.Расположите no порядку:
- •Modal Verbs
- •1. Переведите на русский язык.
- •2. Переведите на английский язык, употребляя модальный глагол саn (could).
- •3. Переведите на английский язык, употребляя выражение to be able to.
- •4. Перепишите следующие предложения, добавляя слова, данные в скобках. Замените модальный глагол can (could) выражением to be able to, где это необходимо.
- •1. Переведите на русский язык.
- •2. Переведите на английский язык, употребляя модальный глагол may.
- •3. Переведите на английский язык, употребляя выражение to be allowed to.
- •4. Вставьте модальный глагол may (might) или выражение to be allowed to. Вставляйте to be allowed to только в тех случаях, где may (might) употребить нельзя.
- •5. Вставьте модальные глаголы may или can.
- •6. Вставьте модальные глаголы may (might) или can (could).
- •7. Переведите на русский язык.
- •8. Перепишите следующие предложения в прошедшем времени.
- •9. Перепишите каждое из следующих предложений дважды: в прошедшем и в будущем времени. Заменяйте модальные глаголы must и саn эквивалентами, где необходимо.
- •10. Заполните пропуски модальными глаголами саn, may или must.
- •11. Переведите на английский язык, употребляя модальные глаголы must, may или саn.
- •12. Перефразируйте следующие предложения, употребляя модальный глагол to be to.
- •13. Вставьте to have to или to be tо.
- •14. Переведите на русский язык.
- •15. Вставьте модальные глаголы can, may, must или need.
- •16. Переведите на английский язык, употребляя модальные глаголы must, may, might или can't.
- •17. Дайте совет, используя модальный глагол should и слова, данные в скобках.
- •18. Переведите на русский язык.
- •19. Переведите на английский язык, употребляя модальный глагол should в сочетании с требующейся формой инфинитива (Indefinite Infinitive — Perfect Infinitive).
- •20. Вставьте подходящие модальные глаголы (must, may, can, need, to have to, to be able to).
- •List of the english irregular verbs
- •Сводная таблица употребления
- •Страдательный залог.
I. Read the sentences and say if the statements are true or false giving a right variant:
1. The principal agency for carrying out the education and training function within New York City Police Department is University.
2. Four sections organize the work of the Academy.
3. The Academy works at the Police Academy building 235 East 20th Street, New York City, which was built in 1975.
4. There are 13 regular classrooms, one seminar room, and a lecture hall there.
5. The usual routine consists of 2 hours per day of physical training for the recruit and 4 hours per day of academic training.
6. They have a 60-minute class period.
7. The current academic program in the recruit curriculum is divided into 6 divisions and consists of 310 hours of academic instruction.
TEXT 3
Top 10 qualities of a great lawyer
Read the text and say which skills and qualities of a great lawyer you already have
Lawyers have existed since ancient times, developing rules in an attempt to maintain peace and order in communities. Today, lawyers can be found all over the world. What does it take to be successful in this demanding field? Some of the qualities of top lawyers include:
1. Analytical Skills: A great lawyer has excellent analytical skills and is able to readily make sense of a large volume of information.
2. Creativity: A great lawyer is creative and able to think of reasonable solutions when problems and unique situations arise.
3. Research Skills: Preparing a legal strategy generally requires an extensive amount of research. Anyone involved in the legal profession should have excellent research skills to be able to find and comprehend pertinent information.
4. Interpersonal Skills: Great lawyers and paralegals have excellent interpersonal skills and can develop trusting relationships with everyone they work with.
5. Logical Thinking Ability: A great lawyer is able to think logically and make reasonable judgments and assumptions based on information presented.
6. Perseverance: Those working in the legal profession must have perseverance. Often, cases require many hours of work with heavy research and lots of writing. A good lawyer or legal assistant must be willing to put in the time it takes to get the job done.
7. Public Speaking Skills: A great lawyer has excellent public speaking skills and is comfortable addressing a courtroom. They can also easily handle speaking in front of other groups.
8. Pursues Continuing Education: Great lawyers stay on top of developments in the legal field and also pursue continuing training. In fact, 48 states require lawyers to earn continuing education credits annually.
9. Reading Comprehension Skills: Lawyers, paralegals, and other legal professionals should have strong reading comprehension skills to easily understand the complex information encountered in legal research and documents.
10. Writing Skills: A great lawyer or legal assistant has excellent writing skills which are used in preparing compelling arguments, briefs, motions, and other legal documents.
http://www.lawschools.com/law-top-10.html
Project Work
Choose one of the following projects and prepare its presentation in class.
You are to advertise the profession of a lawyer very attractively for making people want to choose only this profession and nothing else;
Create the image of an ideal lawyer.
MODULE 2
THE CONSTITUTION
Task1. Do you know what a constitution is? What country adopted the first constitution? What do you know about the American Constitution?
Words and Phrases for the Topic:
to come to light – появляться
to enforce a law – следить за соблюдением закона
to adopt – принимать (конституцию, закон)
а statute – законодательный акт
influential – важный, влиятельный
the set of rules – свод правил, правовых норм
а branch – ветвь власти
to specify powers –обозначать полномочия
to operate within one’s guideline – действовать под чьим-то руководством
under the Constitution – согласно конституции
Preamble – преамбула, вступление
an article – статья
an amendment - поправка
individual rights and freedoms- права и свободы личности
freedom of worship – свобода вероисповедания
to sign a document – подписать документ
to proclaim the rule of law – провозгласить главенство закона
the supreme law – основной закон
framework for the organization of the government – основы осуществления государственного управления
to protect the natural rights - защищать права человека
to grant someone power – наделять полномочиями/ властью
constitutional draft – законопроект конституции
to make a compromise – прийти к согласию
to form a constitutional assembly – созвать конституционное собрание
law-based state – правовое государство
be sanctioned – утвержденный, одобренный
a multiparty political system- многопартийная политическая систем