English for Law
: Introduction
Law is involved in almost every aspect of people’s lives. Wherever people are doing business, disputing their rights or choosing somewhere to live or work, there’s the potential for legal involvement.
Understanding legal terminology is essential not only for lawyers and other legal professionals, but also for a wide range of other professions such as journalists and media professionals, government officers, activists, and more.
: Description
This course is targeted towards Arab learners interested in familiarizing themselves with essential legal English for studying law at university or working in a field that requires basic knowledge of legal English.
The course introduces you to the most important vocabulary to get you started with your legal studies or career. The scope of this course is general as it tries to incorporate as much as possible of basic legal language for those with little or no background in the field. It provides you with the necessary foundation to follow on with upper more specialized levels of legal courses.
: Outputs
⟡ To recognize the scope of the legal profession by identifying the different types of legal professionals.
⟡ To explain the different sources of law applicable in different legal systems around the world.
⟡ To distinguish the different legal systems adopted in different countries around the world.
⟡To list the different classifications of law and differentiate between local and international laws as well as public and private laws.
⟡To describe each of the main areas of law and be familiar with its specialised terminology.
: Informations
Language Level : (B1)
Number of Units : 5
Number of Lessons : 25
Number of Credit Hours : 4
Course features
- Access from all devices
- The student obtains a certificate from the platform after completion
Course Type
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A video course is an educational format that primarily utilizes videos for delivering course content
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Certificates
English for Law
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