Overview On the 8th November 2019, I attended the Legal and Forensic Linguistics Conference at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 3. The one-day event was well attended by students and professionals working in the legal and linguistics field and took place in the beautiful Petit Amphithéâtre of the l’Institut du Monde Anglophone, just minutes from […]
Overview As an online Legal English teacher I teach students from all over the world. They speak different languages, they’re from different jurisdictions, and they work in different legal fields. I’m a native English speaker and I have a good knowledge of the English Legal System and international law. However, there are three main challenges […]
Overview How do you engage students in group classes and make them FUN? It’s not an easy task, especially when you’re teaching legal English. Nowadays there are increasing expectations, especially among younger students, to move away from ‘boring’ books and instead use fun tech-tools in legal English lessons. But with many websites, tools and platforms […]
Overview As some of you already know, I work on italki as a Legal English teacher and I’ve done this for many years. I also am a student on italki – I take Italian classes and I’ve also used it for studying Portuguese in the past. Today I want to share, not just about my […]
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How to Find Out About Legal English Events
How Legal English teachers can stay up to date Images from Unsplash Introduction In 2018 I attended a number of Legal English conferences and events and the two questions which kept coming up were: As a Legal English teacher, how can I stay up to date with what’s going on in the Legal English world? […]
The Legal English Event 2018 On 1st-2nd November 2018 I attended The Legal English Event, as a board member of EULETA (The European Legal English Teacher’s Association) alongside Sofia Parastatidou (Secretary EULETA). The event was a great opportunity to raise awareness about EULETA (if you’re not a member, why not!? Join here!), as well as […]
Day 2 – EULETA Conference 2018Split, Croatia (29th September 2018)
Day 1 – EULETA Conference 2018 Split, Croatia (28th September 2018) Introduction The European Legal English Teacher’s Association’s (EULETA) biennial conference took place 27th-29th September 2018, co-organised by the University of Split, the University of Osijek and EULETA, and was held at the Law Faculty of the University of Split. A pre-conference meet and greet took place […]
