The Study Legal English Podcast

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19: The Legal Profession - More Legal Careers (Article) Oct 23, 2017

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🗒️ About this episode: Ever wondered what other jobs are available to people who study law? Not sure what a paralegal or a clerk does? Check out today's episode. It's about the Legal Profession focusing specifically on alternative legal careers. The episode covers:

Paralegals; CILEx Legal Executives; Clerks; Legal and chartered secretaries; Court reporters; Cost lawyers;
Explanations of key legal English vocabulary.

We listen to article extracts from www.lawcareers.net a great resource for finding out about legal careers in the UK. One is about paralegals and the other is about alternative legal careers.

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18: The Legal Profession - The Solicitor (Article) Oct 16, 2017

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🗒️ About this episode: Ever wondered what the difference is between barristers and solicitors? Check out today's episode. It's about the Legal Profession focusing specifically on solicitors. The episode covers:

What solicitors do;
How solicitors train;
Explanations of key legal English vocabulary.

Update (22/10/21): Note that the Solicitor's Qualifying Exam replaces the old route of qualification. You can find helpful information about this here:

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17: Legal Profession - The Barrister (Article) Oct 09, 2017

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🗒️ About this episode: Today's episode is about the Legal Profession focusing specifically on barristers. The episode covers:

What barristers do;
The different types of barristers;
How barristers train;
Explanations of key legal English vocabulary.

We listen to an extract from the article ‘What kind of lawyer do you want to be?’ which was published on chambersstudent.co.uk. Chambers Student is an excellent resource to find out information about studying Law in the UK. 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation⁠.

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16: When working notice just does not work (Article) Oct 02, 2017

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🗒️ About this episode: In today’s episode I will read an article about Employment Law in Canada and specifically working notice. Study Legal English gained permission to use the article in this episode from The International Law Office (ILO).

The article was written by Jacqueline Gant on September 20 2017 and contributed by Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP to ILO. The original article is published here.

The ILO is a great website to stay up-to-date on legal topics and I recommend listeners to register to get free access to this resource. You can do so here.

In the episode you can learn key legal English vocabulary and terms related to employment law. 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast ⁠with a donation⁠.⁠

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15: Glòria Casanova Martínez (Cuatrecasas) (Interview) Sep 25, 2017

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🗒️ About this episode: Here I interview Glòria Casanova Martínez, an associate lawyer at Cuatrecasas, Girona, Spain.

In this interview we focus on the area of company / corporate law and discuss Glòria's work in insolvency proceedings including her firm's role as a receiver in the receivership process.

We also talk about why she became a lawyer, the importance of legal English for her firm and lawyer's education in Spain. 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast ⁠⁠with a donation⁠.⁠⁠

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14: Networking - Lindsay Griffiths (ILN) (Interview) Sep 03, 2017

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🗒️ About this episode: In today's episode I'm pleased to be joined by Lindsay Griffiths.

Lindsay is the Director of Global Relationship Management at the International Lawyers Network and also the author of a great blog for lawyers - Zen and the Art of Legal Networking.

We focus on networking through social media and Linkedin. We discuss the benefits of using Linkedin for lawyers and how to effectively use it to maintain relationships. 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast ⁠⁠⁠with a donation⁠.⁠⁠⁠

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13: Networking - Maintaining Relationships (Fiction) Sep 02, 2017

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🗒️ About this episode: Discussing how to maintain relationships with someone you meet at a legal networking event, on the phone and via Linkedin.

The episode includes:

Fictional dialogues between native English speakers – John and Brian lawyers at MMBR law firm and Rachel the co-director of Prime Property.
An explanation of the dialogues.

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12: Networking – Follow up meeting (Fiction) Sep 01, 2017

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🗒️ About this episode: Today's episode focuses on following up with a meeting with a new contact you met at a legal networking event . It includes:

Tips on what to do at a meeting.
A fictional dialogue between native English speakers - John a lawyer at MMBR law firm and Rachel the co-director of Prime Property.
Explanations of key vocabulary.

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11: Networking – Follow up phone call 2 (Fiction) Aug 31, 2017

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🗒️ About this episode: Today's episode is the second part of following up with a phone call with a new contact you met at a networking event. It includes:

Two phone call scenarios.
A fictional dialogue between native English speakers - John a lawyer at MMBR law firm and Rachel the co-director of Prime Property.
Explanation of the dialogues.

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This episode is part of the ⁠⁠⁠Networking for Lawyers Course. ⁠⁠⁠

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10: Networking – Follow up phone call 1 (Fiction) Aug 30, 2017

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🗒️ About this episode: Today's episode looks at following up with a phone call with a new contact you met at a networking event. It includes:

Tips on how to prepare for phone calls.
What to do when you get through to voicemail or the gatekeeper.
Exploration of different phone call scenarios.
A fictional dialogue between native English speakers - John a lawyer at MMBR law firm and Rachel the co-director of Prime Property.
Explanations of key vocabulary and expressions.

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