The English legal profession

Listening comprehension exercises :

a) legal practitioners (page 21): terms, definition, usage;

b) the Bar (page 22) : the German Bar examination against the US Bar examination (comparing and contrasting civil-law systems and common-law systems)

c) job interview (page 22) : what is a law boutique, structure of the law boutique (departments, senior partners, full partners, associates, paralegals).

The legal profession : "BBC2 to broadcast an intimate portrait of life at the bar" (pages 23-24).Vocabualry expansion: Circuits, Inns of Court, pupillage, tenancy, QC.