Maîtriser le vocabulaire légal en anglais. Acquérir de l’aisance au téléphone dans le maniement de l’anglais juridique. Savoir rédiger des courriers et autres documents juridiques en anglais. Connaître les structures contractuelles de droit anglo-saxon.
Méthode pédagogique :
- Des études de cas, deux ateliers de rédaction et une mise en situation téléphonique permettent aux participants d’intégrer concrètement les outils exposés afin d’acquérir une bonne maîtrise de l’anglais juridique dans diverses situations de la vie professionnelle.
Programme :
Basic tools for a good control of legal English
- Legal vocabulary
- In business contracts law
- In company law
- In Private International Law
- In White-Collar Criminal Law
Case study: some legal forms of Business Organization in an international setting
- An introduction to the different legal systems under common law and civil law
- Basic concepts and tenets
Handling telephone calls
- Using different registers
- How to manage an incoming call from an important client, opposing counsel and a judge?
- How to manage appointments and other priorities?
- The best way to place an order and to verify details
- How to handle complain and to handle complaints
- Resolving a litigation dispute through Negotiation
- Terms of payment
- Delay of delivery of documents
Workshop: negotiate some aspects of a dispute by telephone using the language of negotiation and draft a letter confirming the agreement
Fundamentals drafting rules in legal English
- Translating documents / redrafting contents
- Making sense of complex sentences
- Using punctuation to clarify meaning
- Proof reading and error correction
- Verifying quotes and citations in legal briefs
- Letters, standard forms, correct forms of address
- The English and American forms and conventions in legal letters and documents
- Standard openings and closings tailored to the recipient
- Demonstrating how to prepare documents on a computer
- Taking notes at meetings
Workshop: obtaining information from a client in a lawsuit and drafting a summons
The structure of American and English standard contracts
- Most common types
- Sale of goods contracts, Employment contracts, joint ventures…
- The customary contract clauses and forms
Case study: comparison of French and American contract principles (with reference to the English Law)
- Basic components
- Effect of general terms of sale/purchase
- Contractual duties
- Contractual liability: default, poor performance, breach of contract, warranties, delay
- Workshop: practical exam on finding and using the correct terms in a standard contract
Animateur :
- Gary HUIE
- Attorney-at-Law
- ÉTAT DE WASHINGTON (États-Unis)
- Chargé de cours
- UNIVERSITÉS de CRÉTEIL, CERGY-PONTOISE et à l’École du Barreau
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