Legal English Intensive

Course Content

General information

• Students should have an upper-intermediate to advanced level of general English to get maximum benefit from this course
• This is a super-intensive 1-week course (30 hours) intended to give busy working lawyers the opportunity to take time out of work to study
• There are a maximum of 6 students in each group, with a good international mix
• The course includes all study materials and a course book
• You will receive a certificate of attendance and personal report upon completion
• The TOLES Advanced examination is included at no extra cost
• Previous participants on this course have been aged approximately 30 - 60 years old

Academic Entry Requirements

Legal English, especially the style and vocabulary that lawyers use in commercial contracts, is very different from ordinary, general English. We often find that a group of international students have varying levels of general English, but are all starting from the same point when studying legal English.

For this reason we do not insist that any student has any particular formal qualification in English in order to take part in our courses and we do not insist that you pass any formal test as an entry requirement. Many of our students are already working in a pressured legal environment and do not have the time available to study general English at a higher level. Similarly, many of our students have recently been accepted as trainees in international law firms and need a quick, intensive boost to their language skills before starting work. It is therefore part of our mission statement to take a practical approach and to support any lawyer, law student or legal translator who needs an improved level of level of legal English in his or her workplace. All of our teachers and administrative staff have a modern, plain English approach to communicating with you. We will make the course as accessible to you as we possibly can.

If you hold formal qualifications such as IELTS or TOEFL, please tell us about it. It is useful for us to know your academic history before you study with us. If you are worried about your level of English you can ask us to assess it by sending us an email and asking for feedback or arranging to speak to one of our teachers in a telephone assessment. We will tell you if we think you can benefit from our course or not at this stage.

It has been our experience that when you study with us you will find a group of international colleagues with varying levels of general English who are prepared to learn together in an environment of support and co-operation.