International Legal English

BENEFITS

On completion of a flexible Legal English programme with Barbara Wilmot, you will have improved ability to:

  • Write common legal texts in English
  • Read and understand legal texts more easily
  • Understand spoken English more effectively when it is used to speak about legal topics in meetings, presentations etc
  • Engage and speak English more confidently in client interviews, discussions with colleagues and contract negotiations

Barbara Wilmot is delighted to offer International Legal English courses as a new strand of her professional Business English training. 

Although not a lawyer herself, Barbara is the daughter of a solicitor who ran his own practice and she has an increasing international client base of practising lawyers. She knows that most legal concepts are found in legal systems and jurisdictions around the world and that lawyers increasingly need to be able to provide advice regarding their own legal systems in English. 

Working closely with Barbara, you can now focus on one or all of the following topics: 

  • Different types of international law
  • Company law
  • Contracts
  • Employment law
  • Sale of goods
  • Property law
  • Intellectual property
  • Negotiable instruments
  • Secured transactions
  • Debtor-creditor
  • Competition law
  • Transnational commercial law