The Study Legal English Podcast
The Study Legal English Podcast is the world's first legal English podcast, designed to help lawyers and law students become fluent in legal English. It offers regular episodes to gradually improve language skills, with additional learning resources like transcripts and quizzes available for members. The podcast is an English language teaching and study resource, not a source of legal information or advice.
Episodes
E137: Barrie J. Roberts - Negotiating Success: How English Learners Can Master Principled Negotiation (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode: In Episode 137 of the Study Legal English Podcast, I interview Barrie J. Roberts, author of "The Getting to Yes Guide for ESL Students and Professionals: Principled Negotiation for Non-Native Speakers of English." Barrie shares insights from her unique career transition from a public interest lawyer to an ESL instructor and mediator. We discuss her book, which acts
E136: 3 top tips for legal writing (interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode, I'm joined by Natasha Costello to share our top three tips for effective legal email writing. We dive into how to start emails, ensure clarity, and structure your messages for a professional impact. If you'd like to improve your legal writing, join our "Legal English for Legal Writing" workshops, designed to enhance your skills further. Cl
E135: Our book anniversary - your questions answered (interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this special episode, I'm joined by Natasha Costello to celebrate the one-year anniversary of our book, "Practical English Language Skills for Lawyers." The episode answers key questions from listeners and readers and includes information on upcoming courses.
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E134 - Kateřina Chudová - Top Tips for using AI to Study Legal English (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
Join me as I dive into an enlightening conversation with the innovative Kateřina Chudová, head of the language unit at the faculty of law at Masaryk University. In this episode, we discuss the transformative power of AI in legal English education. From using AI as a vocabulary assistant to its potential role as a mentor, Kateřina shares her insights and experiences. Tune in
E133 - Ken Adams: A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting 5th edn. (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
Ken Adams, the leading authority on contract drafting language, tells us about his A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting now in its 5th edition.
Ken tells us about some key additions to this book, including information about the words 'material', 'consequential damages', and 'including'. I also share my opinion as to why every legal English learne
E132: Legal English Summer School, Italy, June 2023 (Announcement)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode, I'm joined by Natasha Costello to talk about our legal English Summer School.
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📙Episode links
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🥇Learn legal English
Take a legal English class or course
Sign up for my site membership
Buy my book: Practical English Langu
E131: Legal English for Networking Workshop Series (Announcement)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode I’ve got an announcement to make:
Natasha Costello and I are running our first workshop series based on our new book Practical English Language Skills for Lawyers: Improving your Legal English. Our first workshop series is on the topic of networking. We want to help you feel more confident about networking in English.
We are running 4 workshops on the topic
E130: Can Chat GPT teach me legal English? (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
Can Chat GPT teach you legal English?
Chat GPT is a chat bot that uses artificial intelligence, to answer questions that you ask it. In this episode, I show you a conversation I had with Chat GPT and share the advantages and disadvantages of using Chat GPT as your legal English teacher.
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E129: Legal English preposition mistakes #2 (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
This episode is about five legal English preposition mistakes that probably you are making. We look at the correct way to use them and also do a quiz.
out ... court settlement
reach out ... someone
participate ... a meeting
attend ... a meeting
act on behalf ... someone
We look at the correct way to use them and also do a quiz.
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E128: Legal English preposition mistakes #1 (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
This episode is about five legal English preposition mistakes that probably you are making:
to impose something ... someone
to enter ... a contract
parties ... a contract
binding ... someone
to consist ... something
We look at the correct way to use them and also do a quiz.
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E127: Decoding culture with Louis Pruvost (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode, we listen to my interview with Louis Pruvost, head of communications at Gapsmoov, a company specialising in cross-cultural education. We look at what culture is, the cultural challenges you could face as an international legal professional, and the tools you can use to become more culturally aware.
To try Gapsmoov for free send an email to info@gapsmoov.co
E126: Listen to the Pre-booklaunch webinar (Announcement)
🗒️ About this episode:
This is a recording of the webinar for legal English teachers and students to explore the book: Practical English Language Skills for Lawyers ahead of its launch at the end of January. The webinar took place on 16th January 2023 on Zoom.
Speakers: Natasha Costello and Louise Kulbicki (co-authors)
Host: Stephen Horowitz
🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world
E125: Pre-Booklaunch Webinar (Announcement)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode, I announce when Practical English Language Skills For Lawyers: Improving your Legal English by Natasha Costell, and me, Louise Kulbicki will be published. And I invite you to join me and Natasha for a webinar on Monday 16th January 2023 at 6pm - 7pm CET on Zoom. The webinar will be kindly hosted by Stephen Horowitz. Any questions about this episode, the boo
E124: Top coursebooks for legal English learning (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
This episode is about coursebooks you can use to improve your legal English. The episode also features some messages from the authors of those books.
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📙Episode links
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The Lawyer's Legal English coursebook by Catherine Mason
Advanced Legal Eng
E123: Top resources for legal English speaking (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode, I share resources to improve your legal English speaking:
✅ ways to find a language exchange partner
✅ resources to find a legal English teacher
✅ ways to improve your speaking by yourself
✅ ways to overcome barriers to speaking
Podcast LITE and PRO members get access to a downloadable transcript for this episode. PRO members also get access to a d
E122: Top Podcasts for legal English listening (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode, I share:
✅ top podcasts for improving your legal English listening
✅ a Spotify playlist for legal English listening
✅ 3 ways to max out your legal English listening
🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation.
📙Episode links
Website page
Podcasts mentioned:
USLaw Es
FLASH SALE: Online TOLES courses buy one get one free (Announcement)
🗒️ About this episode:
FLASH SALE NOW ON!
This weekend I’m running a flash sale on my online TOLES courses. I’ve got a huge offer on and that is: buy 1 get 1 free. It means if you sign up and pay the full price, you will get a free place on that course for a friend or colleague. So essentially each of you will only pay 50%. This offer is only valid until Sunday 10th July 2022 and ends on that day
E121: Regiane Gurski – A PRO Member’s experience of learning legal English (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode I interview Podcast PRO member, Brazilian lawyer – Regiane Gurski. We talk about her story learning English and legal English, why she likes being a PRO member, her experience of taking my legal English Podcourses, and her tips on learning. The end of the episode includes phrases and idioms with definitions and example sentences.
Podcast LITE and PRO members
E120: What is TOLES - An overview (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
Study Legal English is now a TOLES registered centre and is running the following TOLES preparation courses:
Online TOLES FOUNDATION preparation course
Online TOLES HIGHER preparation course
TOLES Winter School in Italy
But what is TOLES? This episode is all about the TOLES exams. We look at the following questions: What is TOLES? How can it help you? How can you pre
E119: Dawid Sztuwe - Online court hearings (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode, I interview Polish judge Dawid Sztuwe about his experience conducting court hearings online during the Covid-19 pandemic. Dawid gives tips for lawyers, parties, and other judges on how to deal with problems and some resources which can help you learn more about online hearings.
Connect with Dawid: dawid.sztuwe@icloud.com
Read about the Bergamo conference I
E118: Real property law - An overview (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode, I give an overview of what real property law is and what a real property lawyer does. This episode features lots of legal English vocabulary and at the end of the show I do a quick quiz to test your real property vocabulary!
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📙Episode links
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E117: Jonah Perlin - Persuasive Legal Writing (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode, I interview Jonah Perlin, Georgetown Law professor of legal practice and advanced legal writing. We talk about Jonah's background teaching English and working on international complex commercial litigation as an attorney. We talk about aspects of persuasive writing including theory of case, and logos, pathos, and ethos.
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E116: John Terry Dundon - Contract Drafting Priorities (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode, I interview John Terry Dundon, Georgetown Law professor of contract drafting. We talk about John's background teaching English abroad, working as an attorney, and teaching legal English and contract drafting. We talk about what the priorities are for drafting contracts including going into detail on specific clauses such as reps and warranties, indemnit
E115: Martin Kopa - Working as a Regional Court Judge (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode, I interview Martin Kopa, Regional Court Judge in Brno, Czech Republic. We talk about his work as an attorney, how he became a judge, and the resources he recommends for staying up to date.
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📙Episode links
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Martin on Twitter: @mart
E114: Vlastimil Göttinger - Working at the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I interview Vlastimil Göttinger, Secretary-General of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic. We talk about his work, the work of the judges, the competencies of the court, how one becomes a judge here, and an interesting case decided here.
Find out more about the Constitutional Court
Connect with the Court on Twitter and Facebook
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E113: Black Friday My Biggest Sale This Year (Announcement)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode, I share with you a discount code to get a huge 50% off my site memberships and products. When you checkout select 'Have a coupon?' and enter coupon code: BFLAW on checkout for:
✔️ LITE membership
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E112: My Tour of the World's First Constitutional Court (Vlog)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode, Vlastimil Göttinger, Secretary-General of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, gives me a tour of the world's first constitutional court. We learn about the history of the court and building, about the justices, and the types of cases they hear.
Find out more about the Constitutional Court
Connect with the Court on Twitter and Facebook
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E111: UMCS Project - Study Legal English for Development & TOLES for Professional Career. (Announcement)
🗒️ About this episode:
This episode is about the Study Legal English for Development and TOLES for Professional Career Project which ran in summer 2021 in collaboration with the Law and Administration Faculty at UMCS the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland. It was organised by myself and UMCS legal English lecturers Ewa Orłowska and Małgorzata Chmielewska for their students. We li
110: Intellectual Property Law – An Overview (Article)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode I give an overview of intellectual property law and what IP lawyers do. I read an extract from an article about IP, the article was written by Liz Cohen, partner, and Claire Phipps-Jones, senior associate, in the IP litigation team at Bristows LLP.
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109: Michael Lindner - TransLegal's Online Legal English Resources (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode I interview CEO of TransLegal, Michael Lindner. We talk about TransLegal's helpful legal English resources for teaching, translating, and studying legal English, including the Legal English Lab and the World Law Dictionary. We also mention some exciting collaborations we are working on together. There are also some discount offers for listeners. Find Tra
108: Banking Law - An Overview (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode, I give an overview of banking and finance law, including: what is banking and finance law, what does a banking and finance lawyer do, what skills does a banking and finance lawyer need, what are the pros and cons of working in this area.
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107: Louise Kulbicki on Teaching Practical Legal Skills in Oman (Interview by Stephen Horowitz)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode, I’m interviewed by Stephen Horowitz about my practical legal skills course I’m teaching Muscat, Oman. Find out about what I’m teaching, challenges students face, and adventures I’ve had.
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📙Episode links
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106: Tort Law - An Overview (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode, I give an overview of tort law, including: what is tort law, types of tort (focusing on negligence, trespass, and defamation), what tort lawyers do, the typical day of a tort lawyer, what makes a successful tort lawyer, and the realities of the job.
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105: TransLegal and Study Legal English Collaboration (Announcement)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode, I’ve got an exciting announcement to make about a collaboration between TransLegal and Study Legal English. Plus, listen to the end for some great offers!
15% discount on Podcast Pro membership with code TLSLE valid until May 31st. Sign up here.
15% discount on the TransLegal World Law Dictionary with code SLE15S. Sign up here.
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104: Good Legal Design with Stefania Passera (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode, I interview Stefania Passera, one of the best legal designers in the world! We talk about good v bad legal design, information architecture, plus we hear about some examples of Stefania's work. The privacy policy which Stefania created for Juro is now available as an open-source template, which your law firm can use (maybe with the help of a tech-savvy
Contract Negotiation Online Course (Announcement)
🗒️ About this episode:
A short announcement about an upcoming online course on contract negotiations.
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103: Rupert Haigh with 5 Points for Better Legal Writing (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode, I interview Rupert Haigh, author of Legal English. Rupert shares with us 5 difficulties learners of legal English often face: articles and prepositions, capitalisations, uncountable nouns, subject-verb agreement, sexist language. He offers listeners a free download detailing the top 10 difficulties, see below to download.
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102: The Lawyer's English Language Coursebook (Review)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this podcast episode I talk about the Lawyer's English Language Coursebook, also known as the TOLES book for the Test of Legal English Skills. This podcast is not endorsed or sponsored by TOLES as is my honest review.
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📙Episode links
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The La
101: How I became a qualified foreign lawyer in England and Wales with Aloysius Chang (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this podcast episode I interview Aloysius Chang about his experience studying for and passing the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme (QLTS) to become a qualified lawyer in England and Wales. We talk about what the QLTS is, study tips to help, resources to use.
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100: What is this podcast and who am I? (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
This podcast episode gives an overview of what the podcast is and some information about my background as the podcast host. I answer questions such as: What is legal English? Who is the podcast for? Where am I from? What are my plans for 2021?
🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation.
📙Episode links
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99: Ken Adams - Cracking the Contract Drafting Code (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
Ken Adams, the leading authority on contract drafting language, tells us about THE code you need to know about for contract drafting. We discuss the categories of contract language, the use of shall, the use of legalese words such as defend, indemnify and hold harmless. Ken also opens up about what drives him to do what he does.
🙏This podcast is free to help people around
98: Mark Anderson - IP Contracts and IP terminology (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
Mark Anderson, one of the UK's top IP lawyers, tells us about his approach to contracting and shares his top tips on IP drafting. We discuss:
template contracts
governing law and jurisdiction clauses
common law concepts and civil law contracts
language usage in IP contracts e.g. assigns v licenses
grant-back clauses.
Connect with Mark on Twitter and LinkedIn.
97: Alex Hamilton: Contract Innovation minus the AI (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
Move over Buffy the Vampire Slayer, here’s Alex the Contract Slasher. Alex Hamilton, CEO of NewLaw firm Radiant Law, is synonymous with legal innovation. I am in LOVE with what this crazy guy and his Rad team are doing. In this episode we discuss what NewLaw is, how most law firms are using AI, and what you can do to genuinely improve your contracts.
Connect with Alex on Tw
96.2: Sarah Fox: Liquidated Damages and Visual Contracts (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
This is part two of my interview with Sarah Fox. We talk about liquidated damages, what you can do today to improve your contracts, and using visuals in contracts.
🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation.
📙Episode links and references
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Contact Sarah on LinkedIn or email Sarah@500wo
96.1: Sarah Fox: How to write a 500-word contract and know it's good (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode I interview Sarah Fox on her concept of drafting a contract in 500 words. We talk about the bare essentials of contracts and about a checklist to help you in contract review.
🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation.
📙Episode links and references
Website page
Contact Sarah on Linked
95: An Overview of Employment Law (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode we learn about employment law. We find out about:
what employment law is
what employment lawyers do
the skills needed to be an employment lawyer.
🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation.
📙Episode links
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94: Daniel Edelson on techniques to improve legal English (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
Today I interview Daniel Edelson – US attorney, adjunct professor at St. John’s Law, and founder of USlawessential.com. We talk about how to improve your legal English with:
● Visual examples
● Noticing
● Rephrasing
● Summarising
You’ll also learn how to use the following terms and phrases: According to, under, and provides.
There are 2 bonus podcast episodes this week for
93: TMT Law - What Does a TMT Lawyer Do? (Article)
🗒️ About this episode:
Today’s episode is all about Technology, Media & Telecommunications law.
We’ll be looking at:
● What TMT law is● What TMT lawyers do● What makes a good TMT lawyer
This episode is available as a podcast episode and YouTube video.
The article in this video is available here.
Do you work in TMT law? Would you like to work in this field? If you do or if you would like to
92: Commercial Law - #4 Essentials You NEED to Know (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
In today’s episode I give an overview of what commercial law is and what a commercial lawyer does. We’ll be looking at:
● what commercial law is
● what commercial lawyers do
● what skills commercial lawyers need
● pros and cons of the job
🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation.
📙Episode links
Website
91: Mergers and Acquisitions Overview (Article)
🗒️ About this episode:
In today’s episode I read an extract from an article all about mergers and acquisitions. The article was written by Claire Consoli, an associate in the corporate team at Skadden LLP, and published on the Lex 100 website.
We’ll be looking at:● what an M&A is● what M&A lawyers do, and● the realities of the job.
🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Pl
90: The American Way of Writing with Steven D. Stark (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
In today’s episode I interview Steven D. Stark. Steven is a graduate from Harvard and Yale and a writer of ‘The American way of Writing‘. We talk about:
● what mistakes lawyers make when writing
● how to make your writing persuasive
● how to write for an American audience
● differences between American English and British English
● how American culture affects communicatio
89: Private Practice v Working In-House (Article)
🗒️ About this episode:
Today I read an article all about the differences between private practice and working in house. The article is called ‘6 Key Differences between Private Practice and Working In-house’. It was Published on 15 Mar 2018 on the website jobs.legal500.com, it’s a great website for finding legal jobs!
When we talk about private practice we mean working for a law firm, whereas
88: Denis Potemkin - Contracts are Broken, Here's How to Fix Them (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
What is contract automation? What is the future for contracts? How are contracts broken? In this interview, Denis Potemkin gives insights into current trends in the world of negotiating, drafting, and managing contracts including contract automation. Denis is a graduate from Oxford University and a commercial lawyer with years of experience working with multinational compan
New Year Prize 2019-2020 - Winner (Announcement)
EPISODE INFORMATION:
Happy New Year! Today I have a few announcements including the winner of teh New Year Prize 2019.
HELPFUL LINKS:
Go to: https://studylegalenglish.com/new-year-prize-winner-2019
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New Year Prize 2019 - Win One-Year Podcast Pro Membership (Announcement)
EPISODE INFORMATION:
This season I'm in the mood to celebrate! I'm giving you the chance to win a whole one-year Podcast Pro membership with the ‘New Year Prize 2019’ competition.
To enter the competition, either go to the @legalenglisher page on Instagram or Facebook and find the competition image - which is of me holding a pirce of paper saying 'Win 1 Year Podcast Pro'. You must like the pho
Legal and Forensic Linguistics Conference Round table: The role of legal interpreters
An un-edited recording of a round table discussion held at the Legal and forensic linguistics conference organised by Anton Osminkin and Charlotte Danino at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 on 8th November 2019.
This round table discussion is about the role of legal interpreters and therefore will be of interest mostly to interpreters and translators.
The round table was chaired by Cha
87: Contract Drafting Tips with Natasha Costello (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
Do you draft contracts in English?
Do you know the common mistakes?
Want some tips to improve?
Get some contract drafting tips in this week's episode where I interview Natasha Costello. Natasha has over 16 years of experience teaching legal English, she is a qualified solicitor and works as an independent legal English teacher in Paris. She teaches practising la
86: What is Precedent? (Vlog)
🗒️ About this episode:
•Do you know what precedent is?•Do you know how precedent works?
Find out the answers to these questions and learn Legal English vocabulary with this video and podcast. Here I visit the Supreme Court of the UK and talk about judicial precedent.
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85: How is Primary Legislation Made? (Vlog)
🗒️ About this episode:
Do you know what primary legislation is?
Do you know how the law is made in the UK?
Find out the answers to these questions and learn Legal English vocabulary with this video and podcast. Here I visit Parliament and talk about how primary legislation is made.
Use this episode in conjunction with the infographic and exercises here.
• How is primary legislation made in y
84: My Trip to Gray's Inn (Vlog)
🗒️ About this episode:
Do you know what an Inn of Court is?
Do you know the difference between a barrister and solicitor?
Do you want to know a magical legal site to visit in London?
Find out the answers to these questions and learn Legal English vocabulary with this episode. Here I visit the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, one of the four Inns of Court in London, England. I talk abo
83: The Legend of the Devil's Paw Imprint (Fiction)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode I’m joined by two senior English language lecturers from the Law and Administration Faculty of UMCS, Lublin, Poland:
• Ewa Orłowska – Language Coordinator at the Law and Administration Department & Senior Lecturer• Małgorzata Chmielewska – Senior lecturer
Małgorzata tells us the story of the Devil’s Paw Imprint, reading an extract from the article writte
How to Study Legal English online with Italki (Announcement)
82: Richard Lackey's Experience as a Legal Translator (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode I interview Richard Lackey, a Legal Translator & Owner of Contractually Speaking Ltd. We talk about:
What legal translators do
Why Richard became a translator
How Richard translates documents including tips about translation briefs from Juliette Scott
Richard's style preference including reference to Ken Adams contract drafting
Useful resou
81: LL.M Legal Writing Tips with Stephen Horowitz (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode I interview Stephen Horowitz, Director of Legal English at St John's Law. We talk about:
• Legal English LLM programmes for non-native speakers• Legal English writing challenges and tips• Using IRAC - Issue, Rule, Application, and Conclusion• Understanding categorisation• Legal English resources
🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Plea
80: My Experience as a Litigation Lawyer with Alex Woods (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode I interview Alex Woods, Senior Solicitor & Owner of Redwood Legal Ltd - a boutique law firm specialising in civil litigation with offices in London and Nottingham and with a special interest in helping the Polish community in the UK and a specialist Polish website. It was a lovely summer's evening in London and we are sat in Lincoln's Inn, London
79: Civil Appeals (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
This episode looks at civil appeals. The episode includes:
How parties appeal a decision
The appeal courts involved
Legal English vocabulary
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📙Episode links
Website page
This episode is part of the English Legal System (Module 6): An Introduction to C
78: A Civil Trial (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
This episode looks at the differences between various types of civil trials and the overall structure of a civil trial. The episode includes:
Opening speeches, questioning of witnesses, judgment
Remedies and costs
Legal English terminology
In your country, how does a party appeal a judgment? Email me your answers, leave a comment below, or on YouTube or social media!
77: Pre-Trial Process for Civil Claims (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
This episode is available as a video and podcast. It looks at the pre-trial civil procedure including:
How a defendant can respond to a claim
Track allocation of a civil claim
Rules on disclosure
(*CORRECTION*: In the podcast I mention that both parties file a trial bundle. However, this was a mistake. Only the claimant files a trial bundle, not both parties).
In you
76: Making a Claim (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
This episode is available as a video and podcast. It looks at what a claimant should do to make a claim including:
Bringing a claim within the limitation period
Filling in the claim form
Serving the claim on the defendant
How are claims served in your country? Email me your answers, leave a comment below, or on YouTube or social media!
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75: Before Commencing Civil Proceedings (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
This episode looks at the steps parties should take before commencing civil proceedings including:
Trying to resolve the dispute using alternative dispute resolution
Sending a letter before action
In the episode I mention an example of a letter before action. You can find on the Citizens Advice website here.
In your country what steps do parties need to take before brin
74: Civil v Criminal - what's the difference? (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
This episode is an overview of the differences between criminal and civil proceedings. We look at:
The type of parties involved
The sort of matters dealt with
The names of the parties in proceedings
The way cases are cited
The burden and standard of proof
The consequences following a trial
We also cover some key Legal English vocabulary on this topic. Leave you
73: How do the courts decide whether or not to grant bail? (Article)
🗒️ About this episode:
This episode is all about bail. I read an extract from an article 'How do the courts decide whether or not to grant bail?' written by Lucy Trevelyan and published on the In Brief website. In Brief is a great website to access free articles about the laws of England and Wales. The episode includes information about:
What bail is
Police powers to grant bail
When
72: Disclosure in Criminal Cases (Article)
🗒️ About this episode:
This episode looks at the duty of disclosure in criminal proceedings. It features an edited version of the blog article ‘Disclosure in Criminal Cases’ from criminal defence barrister Christopher Kessling's website. The original article is available here. The episode answers the questions:
Why is dislosure so important?
What is the Duty of Disclosure on the Prosecuti
71: The Layout of Criminal Courts (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
This episode looks at the layout of the magistrates’ court and Crown Court, including different features and where various people sit or stand. We also cover some key Legal English vocabulary related to the word ‘dock’.
I ask the question:What do you think about the use of the dock and is it used in your country? Do you think it’s necessary to protect the public from the de
70: Sentencing of Offenders (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
This episode focuses on sentencing of offenders who are guilty of committing a criminal offence. It answers the following questions:
Who can be sentenced?
Who passes sentence?
What types of sentences are there?
What is the process for reaching a sentencing decision?
Leave your comments below or via email.
🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please
69: A Criminal Trial in the Crown Court (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
This episode focuses on what happens in a criminal trial in the Crown Court and includes information about:
● the differences between summary trial and trial on indictment● the different roles of the judge and jury ● lots of Legal English vocabulary
Leave your comments below or via email.
🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the
68: A Criminal Trial in the Magistrates' Court (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
This episodes focuses on what happens in a criminal trial in the magistrates' court and includes information about:
the case for the prosecution
half-time submissions
the case for the defendant
lots of Legal English vocabulary
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67: Before a Criminal Trial - The Pre-trial Hearing (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
This episode focuses on pre-trial criminal procedure, after the investigation stage and decision to prosecute. We look at what happens before the trial proper when the defendant must make his or her first appearance in the magistrates' court. This episode covers the initial appearance for each type of offence (summary-only, either-way and indictable-only) and includes i
66: Criminal Investigations and Charging (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
This episode focuses on pre-trial criminal procedure including the investigation stage and decision to prosecute. We look at what happens after a crime has been committed but before a suspect goes to court for pre-trial hearings and a full criminal trial. This episode covers:
How police investigate crimes
How the police and Crown Prosecution Service make charging decisio
65: Introduction to the Criminal Justice System (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
A brief introduction to the criminal justice system. This episode covers:
The role of the criminal justice system
Differences between civil and criminal law
Key institutions involved in the criminal justice system
Key Legal English vocabulary
This will act as a useful foundation before going into more detail about criminal procedure in the next episodes. Some other
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