A career in law

1 Outubro 2018, 10:00 • EDUARDA MELO CABRITA

Harvard and Kent law clinics.

Pro bono requirements.

Why attending law fairs matters.

Discussing oral presentations and choosing topics.

Why study law?

26 Setembro 2018, 10:00 • EDUARDA MELO CABRITA

How to become a lawyer in Common Law countries.

Advantages and disadvantages of reading law as a first degree at university. Watching the Cambridge Law School debate between UK Justice Lord Sumption and Professor Graham Virgo on this issue.

Indicating case references.

Key features of legal English

24 Setembro 2018, 10:00 • EDUARDA MELO CABRITA

Key features of legal English

Vocabulary exercise: easily confused words.

Vocabulary exercise: navigating legal contracts.

Main features of legal English

19 Setembro 2018, 10:00 • EDUARDA MELO CABRITA

Main features of legal English

• main world systems
  
• Common Law, Civil Law, Hybrid systems

Lexical features of legal English

• Latinisms
  
• French terms
  
• archaic language
  
• technical vs semi-technical terms
  
• doublets, triplets, and other word strings
  
• cognates
  
• legal jargon, legalese, plain English

Assessment criteria and syllabus

17 Setembro 2018, 10:00 • EDUARDA MELO CABRITA

Students introduced themselves to the class.
Assessment criteria 

Pursuant to the Regulamento Geral de Avaliação da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, students will be assessed throughout the semester on oral and written work.  Weighting will be as follows:

writing test                                                    50%

individual oral presentations                         20%

oral, written task-based assignments

 and active participation in class                   25 %

attendance                                                        5%

Since assessment will be conducted on a regular basis, any task that is not submitted when due and/or any form of plagiarism (including representing anyone's work as your own or receiving any unauthorised assistance) will be given a zero.

Worker students  may opt for continuous assessment (in which case they will have to comply with all the assessment criteria set for regular students) OR sit an examination to be held in January 2019. The examination will focus on the contents of the syllabus adopted for Legal English .

The writing test will be held on December 17. Set dates for oral presentations are October 15, November 14, and December 10. Alterations to the above dates shall be made in accordance with work carried out in class.