- •Unit 1 a Career in Law. Legal Education
- •'Legal com΄pulsory liti΄gation
- •The study of law
- •Vicarious; caused; nuisance; familiarise; investigation; breach; negligently; confession; consideration; clause; hearsay
- •΄Memo fru΄strating uni΄versity
- •'Framework a'ttend su,peri'ority
- •΄Reasoning tech΄nique uni΄versity
- •University of cambridge faculty of law
- •Grammar 1 noun
- •Article
- •The Definite Article the
- •Prison, school, bed, sea, hospital
- •Unit 2 What is Law?
- •Injured; insurance; penalty; conduct; fear; takes advantage; offences; purpose; condemn; enable; set; charged with; offenders
- •How are laws made in the uk
- •Sources of English Law
- •European Union Law
- •Case Law
- •The History of the Ukrainian Legal System
- •Main Sources of Ukrainian Law
- •3. Fill in the appropriate word. A. Justice; judicial practice; access; in accordance with; restricted; impetus; normative acts; deprived of
- •Grammar 2
- •Verb present simple & present continuous
- •Resent perfect & present perfect continuous
- •State Verbs
- •Past simple & past continuous
- •Past perfect & past perfect continuous
- •Used to – Would – Be/Get used to
- •Future simple
- •To be going to
- •Shall & will
- •Time and Conditional Clauses
- •Future continuous & future perfect & future perfect continuous
- •Revenge, thief, blood feud, victim, tax, debt, the Ten Commandments, inheritance, outlawed, kidnapping, deals with, circumstance
- •Royal request; Stuart succession; more resistance; raising taxes; prevent; restricted; forced; financial control The Petition of Rights
- •Grammar 3 the passive voice
- •Changing from active into passive
- •Have Something Done
- •Three Unsolved Mysteries Continue to Fascinate
- •Reported speech
- •In statements:
- •In requests:
- •In questions:
- •Statements
- •Observe the Sequence of Tenses:
- •Reported Questions, Requests, Commands, Suggestions
- •Revision
- •1 . Choose the correct answer.
- •Unit 4 Legalese
- •Legalese
- •Мови та умови Про проблему перекладу юридичних текстів
- •Grammar 4 Revision of the Active Voice
- •Revision of the Passive Voice
- •Modal verbs
- •Must – Have to – Have got to
- •Mustn’t – Needn’t – Don’t have to
- •Didn’t need – Needn’t have done
- •Will – Would
- •Should – Ought to
- •Unit 5 Legal Profession
- •΄Prosecute ad΄mit con,sideration
- •Advocacy; solicitor; draft; appear; barrister; conveyancing
- •΄Veto nomi΄nation ,perso΄nnel
- •Motion; American Bar Association; disposition; handles; drafting; Department of Justice; prosecuting attorneys; docket; do legal research; bailiff; trial clerk
- •΄Juvenile pro΄cedure ,appre΄hension
- •The Court System of the uk
- •΄Record a΄ppellant ,desig΄nation
- •The American Court System The Dual System of State and Federal Courts
- •Level 1: Trial Court
- •Level 2: Appellate Court
- •Level 3: State Supreme Court
- •Grammar 5 conditional sentences
- •Mixed Conditionals
- •Unreal past
- •Had better – would rather – would prefer
- •Unit 6 Law firm structure
- •΄Dedicated pro΄curement ,resi΄dential
- •Law firm structure and practice
- •1. Anchor Robbins’ resources and expertise
- •1.1 General details
- •1.2 Professional Indemnity Insurance
- •1.3 Resources and Specialist Knowledge
- •'Creditor o'ccasion ,para'legal
- •΄Harassment in΄fringement ,termi΄nation
- •Grammar 6 the infinitive
- •The Forms of the Infinitive
- •The complex subject
- •The gerund
- •The Gerund and the Infinitive
- •Verbs taking to-infinitive or gerund with a change in meaning
- •Grammar revision Test 1
Law firm structure and practice
Anchor Robbins, a large UK law firm, is submitting a tender for the provision of legal services to a local authority. In the first section of the tender document, the firm structure and breadth of experience are set out. Typically, descriptions of law firm practice areas and expertise are in strongly positive language.
1. Anchor Robbins’ resources and expertise
1.1 General details
Personnel
282 personnel including 38 partners, 62 solicitors, 12 other lawyers, 14 legal executives, and 10 trainee solicitors, in addition to clerical, secretarial, and support staff.
Structure
We have three specialist areas:
Commercial Property incorporates Public Sector, Construction, Planning and Environment.
Public Commercial comprises Banking, Project Financing, Procurement, Employment and Pensions.
Private Client offers Wills, Trusts and Probate, Tax Planning, and Residential Conveyancing.
Dedicated specialist dispute resolution services are provided within each of the respective areas.
Services
We provide all the services you require. The head of our Projects team, Jan Stephenson, will lead the team providing legal services to you.
1.2 Professional Indemnity Insurance
We have provided full details of our current professional indemnity cover in our Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PPQ). The terms of our cover are reviewed annually.
1.3 Resources and Specialist Knowledge
Expertise and Structure:
Each of our departments contains specialist partner-led teams ensuring that we are able to resource high quality specialist knowledge and provide a comprehensive service to our clients.
Commitment:
We are committed to anticipating our client’s needs and meeting them. Fundamental to this is the commitment of each team leader to understand thoroughly the priorities and business of our clients.
Information Technology:
We have made significant investment in our information technology systems in order to give the support and resources that our lawyers need. Our system enables to transfer know-how into a searchable database using links to cases and legislation, to monitor workloads, measure outputs, and plan ahead more effectively. The stability and security of our system is of particular importance to our clients and to us.
Projects at Anchor Robbins:
The Project team is headed up by Jan Stephenson and brings together specialists in infrastructure, construction, energy, planning, and public sector. The team are able to draw on relevant expertise from elsewhere in the firm when required and have exclusive access to a dedicated Professional Support Lawyer.
The team have had extensive experience in handling PFI (Private Finance Initiative) since its very beginning and have been involved in a considerable range of accommodation projects including schools, hospitals, courts, and light rail projects.
Note: legal executives are qualified to assist solicitors but do not practice as solicitors.
Procurement – procedures, which may include use of a PPQ by which public authorities award contracts for the provision of public works, supplies, and services in accordance with rules and regulations.
Private Finance Initiative (PFI) – collaboration between government and private sector companies to fund and develop major public infrastructure such as roads, schools, and hospitals.
2. Complete the sentences with verbs from the text. Pay attention to the grammatical context. There is more than one possibility for all of the answers.
1. The company ___________ a wide range of services to international corporate clients.
2. Rattigan’s employment practice ____________ six partners, 14 associates and 11 other legal and support staff.
3. Our outstanding commercial litigation practice area ________________ insurance and reinsurance litigation, securities and commodities disputes, partnership law, bankruptcy, and business torts.
4. Our finance department _____________ lawyers who excel in cross-border transactions.
5. Our experienced mergers and acquisitions team is _______________ Miguel Ortiz, who graduated in law at the University Complutense in Madrid and gained his LL.M from ESADE.
3. Find verbs in the text that can be used to make word combinations with the phrases in the box. More than one verb may sometimes be possible. Then use appropriate word combinations.
relevant expertise exclusive access extensive experience a comprehensive service significant investment specialist knowledge |
1. The litigation team __________________ in handling complex international business.
2. Out firm has _______________________ in knowledge management system, enabling staff to access an extensive database.
3. Clients are able to __________________ from dedicated teams in each practice area.
4. Due to the expertise of our staff we can ______________________ in commercial litigation in a number of jurisdictions.
5. We can _________________ to domestic and multinational clients, with particular expertise in corporate and finance.
4. Complete the definitions. Look at the text to help you.
1. ____________ – staff
2. ___________________ – put in a formal proposal to win a contract with an estimate of the cost
3. ___________________ – insurance to protect your business against compensation sought by a client for harm or damage caused by mistake or negligence by an employee of your firm
4. ___________________ – move specialist knowledge
5. ___________________ – evaluate work done
5. Match the words with their definitions.
1. tender |
a. degree or standard of excellence, esp a high standard |
2. procurement |
b. assertion of the financial stability, product line, quality and reliability of a company |
3. probate |
c. living quarters provided for public convenience |
4. indemnity |
d. a formal offer to supply specified goods or services at a stated cost or rate |
5. pre-qualification |
e. a) the act of working with another or others on a joint project; b) something created by working jointly with another or others |
6. output |
f. a) compensation for loss or damage; b) protection or insurance against future loss or damage |
7. accommodation |
g. the amount of work to be done, esp in a specified period by a person, machine, etc. |
8. collaboration |
h. the act of getting possession of something |
9. workload |
i. the quantity of goods, amount of work produced |
10. quality |
j. a) the act or process of officially proving the authenticity and validity of a will; b) the official certificate stating a will to be genuine |
Reading 2: Law firm culture and structure
Pre-reading task. Read the words. Mind the stress. A):
'debtor re'port ,over'see