Кто читает:: Кафедра теории и истории права и государства (Нижний Новгород) (Факультет права (Нижний Новгород))

Статус:: Курс обязательный

Когда читается:: 5-й курс, 2, 3 модуль

Преподаватель

Ватлецов Сергей Германович

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Abstract

PREREQUISITES To successfully complete the course, learners must correspond to B1 or B2 levels of the English proficiency Independent User under The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). В1 Threshold: - can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school. Leisure, etc; - can deal with most situations likely to arise while travelling in an ares where the language is spoken; - can produce simple connected text on topics that are familiar or of personal interest; - can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons ans explanations for opinions and plans; В2 Vantage: - can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in their field or specialization; - can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party; - can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options. ABSTRACT The Legal Linguistics course is designed for undergraduate students in law and aims to develop their legal and linguistic competencies. It is an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary course that enables learners to find out and apply professionally relevant information for their academic research. This discipline is also to enhance effective communication skills for English-speaking lawyers from different jurisdictions. The course consists of a synchronous part (offline seminars) and an asynchronous online part on SMART LMS and control work, offers theoretical materials (lectures, videos, textbook) and practice (quizzes, mocks, analyzing legal acts), writing legal and academic texts (contracts, objective memoranda, IRAC analyses, scientific papers).

Learning Objectives

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: The course builds up solid competences for students to practice law and to perform academic research.

Expected Learning Outcomes

experience in working with different information sources on theory and legal practice
skills on designing some types of contracts
skills on the use of various legal vocabulary in certain contexts
skills on using ICT and different modern technologies
know legal ontology models in civil and common law systems
are aware of lexical and syntactic peculiarities available to the English legalese in comparison to the Russian one
reason with legal rules
translate and interpret legal texts in their majors
can search and find a wanted information in English for academic and professional purposes

Course Contents

Topic 1. The practice of Law
Topic 2. Contract law.
Topic 3. Contracts: assignment and third party’s rights
Topic 4. Property and Real Property Law
Topic 5. Intellectual Property and Digital Language
Topic 6. Corporate Speak
Topic 7. Applying for a Legal Position
Topic 8. Analyzing Statutes and Cases
Topic 9. The Language of International Private Law
Topic 10. Legal Professionals in Practice

Assessment Elements

test
presentation
exam
Аудиторная работа
1. Минимальное обязательное количество оценок за семестр для выведения аудиторной работы – 3 (ответа). В случае получения менее 3 оценок на семинарских занятиях, их количество делится на 3 для получения средней оценки Оаудиторная. 2. Допустимое минимальное количество пропусков по неуважительной причине в семестр – 4 часа в 1 и 2 модуле, 6 часов в 3 модуле. Студент, демонстрирующий положительные результаты по текущей успеваемости, а также который провел научное исследование по актуальной теме семинаров под руководство ведущего преподавателя, подготовил тезисы и выступил с ними на научной конференции, написал и опубликовал научную статью, освобождается от итоговой аттестации с оценкой “восемь”.
Контрольная работа

Interim Assessment

2022/2023 3rd module
0.25 * exam + 0.25 * presentation + 0.5 * test
2023/2024 3rd module
0.5 * Аудиторная работа + 0.5 * Контрольная работа
2024/2025 3rd module
0.5 * Аудиторная работа + 0.5 * Контрольная работа

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Introduction to International Legal English : a course for classroom or self-study use, Student's Book, TransLegal, 4th ed., 160 p., Krois-Linder, A., Firth, M., 2012

Recommended Additional Bibliography

International Legal English. A course for classroom or self-study use, Krois-Lindner, A., 2011

Authors

Popova Tatiana Petrovna
Серова Екатерина Евгеньевна
Vatletsov Sergei Germanovich

Бакалаврская программа «Юриспруденция»

Legal Linguistics