2025/2026
Английский язык для специальный целей. Английский для юристов - 3
Статус:
Факультатив
Кто читает:
Школа иностранных языков
Где читается:
Школа иностранных языков
Когда читается:
1-3 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ
Преподаватели:
Борзова Надежда Александровна
Язык:
английский
Контактные часы:
48
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The programme is intended for 2nd-year students of the Higher School of Economics in the Bachelor's degree programmes “Jurisprudence”; and “Digital Lawyer”. The program aims at professional development of future lawyers’ soft skills: 1) language skills (oral and written professional English language, legal terminology and professional vocabulary; grammar of the advanced/proficiency level, active listening in the key typical situations of the legal discourse (an interview with the client, oral report to the superior, project work communication, mediation); efficiency in dealing with authentic legal texts; 2) cognitive skills (critical thinking, team communication and management); feedback (mutual monitoring and peer review); discussion (identifying a problem, arranging and monitoring discussion, participating in a discussion, developing an argument); presentation of interim and final results (projects, cases) in the form of report, review and presentation). The programme creates the ground for further success in any study of Law within the academic mobility. The programme is based on “The Conceptual Framework for Developing Students' Foreign Language Competencies in Bachelor's, Specialist's, and Master's Degree Programs at National Research University Higher School of Economics”. The programme is developed under the "Regulations for Interim and Ongoing Assessments of Students at National Research University Higher School of Economics”. The minimum requirement for successfully mastering this programme is B1 English language proficiency.
Learning Objectives
- to improve students’ ability to read and understand law journal articles, legislation, legal texts, legal correspondence
- to increase students’ comprehension of spoken English (legal topics in lectures, presentations, interviews, discussions, etc)
- to strengthen students’ speaking and writing skills in a range of situations typical of the study of law and the practice of law
- to develop an understanding of the law and consolidate language skills;
- to read legal articles, cases, law report;
- to write a brief case.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- A student improves the presentation skills;
- distinguishes legal terminology and the context of its use;
- communicates legal concepts and information confidently and easily;
- organizes and presents ideas and statements in a clear, logical and appropriate way.
- comprehend and be able to discuss the effect of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act 1998 on case law.
- be able to deal with case law as a further source of law;
- distinguish between the common law and equity as sources of law;
- chart the historical development of the common law and equity;
- appreciate the role of custom as a further source of law;
- state the hierarchy of the courts and the types of case heard in the various courts.
- able to navigate a law report and identify its component parts;
- understand the meaning of case citations
- explain the use of the neutral citation system
- outline the operation of the doctrine of judicial precedent and explain whether a particular court will be bound by a particular decision
- determine the ratio decidendi of a case and distinguish it from the obiter dicta
Course Contents
- Sources of International Law
- Conventions and Treaties
- International Organisations
- Maritime Law.
Interim Assessment
- 2025/2026 3rd module0.3 * Final Assessment + 0.25 * Home Assignment + 0.2 * Oral Assessment + 0.25 * Written Assessment
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Introduction to international legal English. A course for classroom or self-study use. Teacher's ..., Day J., 2008
- Principles of cross-border insolvency law, Bork, R., 2017
- Устинова, Е. В., Юридический английский для международного права = Legal English for International Law : учебное пособие / Е. В. Устинова, Ю. А. Егорова, С. И. Кузьминская. — Москва : КноРус, 2022. — 141 с. — ISBN 978-5-406-09094-7. — URL: https://book.ru/book/943599 (дата обращения: 04.07.2025). — Текст : электронный.
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- American legal English : using language in legal contexts, Lee, D. S., 2003
- Lawyers' Liabilities, Evans, H., 1996
- Legal English : how to understand and master the language of law, McKay, W. R., 2011