Bachelor 2025/2026

International Legal English

Type: Compulsory course (Law)

Delivered by: School of International Law

When: 3 year, 3, 4 module

Open to: students of one campus

Language: English

Contact hours: 80

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The aim of this course is to help students master basic and higher levels of legal English, the basics of legal translation, analysis of the most common legal documents in English, understanding professional legal texts, drafting some legal documents (legal opinions, memoranda, case briefs).The research seminar comprises two parts. In the first part, students will have an opportunity to study the main branches of legislation in common law countries (using the law of England and Wales as an example).In the second part, students focus on the specifics of translating legal documents (claims, contracts, judgments, memoranda) and analysing landmark cases of English common law.