The Study Legal English Podcast

🗒️ About this episode: This episode focuses on what happens in a criminal trial in the Crown Court and includes information about: ● the differences between summary trial and trial on indictment ● the different roles of the judge and jury ● lots of Legal English vocabulary Leave your comments below or via email . 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and th...

🗒️ About this episode: This episodes focuses on what happens in a criminal trial in the magistrates' court and includes information about: the case for the prosecution half-time submissions the case for the defendant lots of Legal English vocabulary 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation⁠. 📙Episode links Website page This...

🗒️ About this episode: This episode focuses on pre-trial criminal procedure, after the investigation stage and decision to prosecute. We look at what happens before the trial proper when the defendant must make his or her first appearance in the magistrates' court. This episode covers the initial appearance for each type of offence (summary-only, either-way and indictable-only) and includes in...

🗒️ About this episode: This episode focuses on pre-trial criminal procedure including the investigation stage and decision to prosecute. We look at what happens after a crime has been committed but before a suspect goes to court for pre-trial hearings and a full criminal trial. This episode covers: How police investigate crimes How the police and Crown Prosecution Service make charging decisions D...

🗒️ About this episode: A brief introduction to the criminal justice system. This episode covers: The role of the criminal justice system Differences between civil and criminal law Key institutions involved in the criminal justice system Key Legal English vocabulary This will act as a useful foundation before going into more detail about criminal procedure in the next episodes. Some other useful ep...

🗒️ About this episode: Today's guest is criminal defence barrister Christopher Kessling. Called to the Bar in 1992, he has more than 20 years experience prosecuting and defending all kinds of criminal cases, including ones involving the most serious crimes as a Crown Prosecution Service grade 4 prosecutor. He also runs a website - www.defence-barrister.co.uk which gives practical information a...

🗒️ About this episode: In this episode we hear a fictional monologue from a professional working in alternative dispute resolution. It includes: What this person's job involves The type of disputes this person deals with Key Legal English vocabulary We discuss some key Legal English vocabulary and listeners are asked the question: What is this person's job? Leave your comments below or via...

🗒️ About this episode: In this episode we hear a fictional monologue from a professional working in alternative dispute resolution. It includes: - What this person's job involves - The type of disputes this person deals with - Key Legal English vocabulary We discuss some key Legal English vocabulary and listeners are asked the question: What is this person's job? Leave your comments below...

🗒️ About this episode: In this episode we hear a fictional monologue from a professional working in alternative dispute resolution. It includes: What this person's job involves The type of disputes this person deals with Key Legal English vocabulary We discuss some key Legal English vocabulary and listeners are asked the question: What is this person's job? Speaker:  Nichole Bird . Leave y...

There are some important announcements today. Listen to find out about: *Who the winner is of the New Year Prize 2018-2019 competition *What I've been busy doing over the break... HELPFUL LINKS: Visit the podcast page here: https://studylegalenglish.com/prize-announcement-2018-2019 LEGAL ENGLISH CLASSES: Get $10 USD in italki credits to study languages online with your first lesson purchase: https...

There are some important announcements today. Listen to find out about: The sad news - I'm taking a short break in December but I'll be back in the New Year with lots more podcast episodes; The good news - you can win six months of Podcast Pro membership - Yes that's right, you can learn legal English for free! HELPFUL LINKS: For more information head over to: https://studylegalenglish.com/win-pri...

🗒️ About this episode: In this episode we learn about conciliation. We find out about: The process of conciliation The differences between mediation, arbitration and conciliation The pros and cons of conciliation We discuss some key Legal English vocabulary and listeners are asked the question: how is conciliation different to mediation and arbitration? Send in your answers to Louise@studylegaleng...

🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I'm joined by Natasha Costello to talk about our legal English Summer School. 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation⁠. 📙Episode links Website page This episode is part of the  English Legal System (Module 4): An Introduction to Alternative Dispute Resolution 🥇Learn legal English Ta...

🗒️ About this episode: In this episode I introduce the topic of alternative dispute resolution, focusing specifically on arbitration. We find out about: The process of arbitration The requirements of an arbitrator The pros and cons of arbitration We discuss some key Legal English vocabulary and listeners are asked the question: What are some common remedies that an arbitrator can award? Send in yo...

🗒️ About this episode: Today's episode looks at tribunals in the UK, giving details about: ● what the tribunals are; ● how the tribunals are structured; ● who works in the tribunals. It features key Legal English and an article 'Introduction to Tribunals' which you can find here . If you enjoyed the show share it and leave a comment below. You can also send a comment via email to: Loui...

🗒️ About this episode: Today's guest is Aleksandra Luczak, Head of the English Legal Language Department at Kozminski University in Warsaw where she runs a number of Legal English courses. She also runs a website and blog -and has developed a site for learning and teaching Legal English called Pustulka . In today's class we discuss tools for learning and teaching Legal English including Pu...

🗒️ About this episode: I managed to interview Simon Porter founder of Written Legal English when I was in Poland for the Legal English Share and Gain Conference 2018 . Here we catch up in ' Chopin Point Cafe ' in Warsaw to talk about improving legal writing and drafting. We discuss specific legalese words such as 'herein', 'therefor', 'hereby', 'whereby', &#...

🗒️ About this episode: In today's episode I interview Scott Lo. Scott is a solicitor with many years of experience working in large international law firms, local government and charities. He specialises in planning and environmental law and today we talk about different legal careers. We discuss the pros and cons of working in: Commercial law firms; Local Government; and Charities. If you&#39...

🗒️ About this episode: In today's episode I interview Christopher Rathbone , a Canadian attorney who has been living and working in Tokyo for many years. Chris works with the law firm City-Yuwa Partners in Tokyo and is a Law professor at Temple University Japan Law School where he teaches a range of subjects including Legal Writing Skills with a particular focus on plain language. He also spea...

🗒️ About this episode: In today's episode I interview Liz Rivers - the queen of mediation! Liz was the UK's first female CEDR (Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution) accredited mediator and has a wealth of expertise in this area working all over the world. Liz also does speaker training and women's empowerment projects. We talk about: What the mediation process involves; Why Liz lo...

🗒️ About this episode: In today’s episode we hear from Judge Naser Alhasan, he is a Syrian judge, who like millions of other people, fled to Turkey due to the Syrian war. He has a wealth of legal expertise, but when he moved to Turkey he came across many barriers due to language. Thankfully he came across ILAC   (International Legal Assistance Consortium), an organisation that works with legal exp...

EPISODE INFORMATION: How can you achieve your Legal English goals? Find out in today's short episode. After you've listened to this episode why not set a SMART goal? Tweet it, share it on Facebook, or leave me a comment! Today I announce that I'll take a short break but I'll be back in September 2018 with more episodes. The original article which inspired this episode can be found at: https://www....

🗒️ About this episode: Today's episode looks at the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. I talk a tour I went on of the Supreme Court whilst giving details about: what the Supreme Court does; the history of the Supreme Court; the building of the Supreme Court; visiting the Supreme Court; the justices of the Supreme Court; the type of cases at the Supreme Court. 🙏This podcast is free to help p...

🗒️ About this episode: Today's episode looks at the senior courts of England and Wales, those being the Crown Court, Court of Appeal and the High Court of Justice. (In the next episode we'll look at the Supreme Court). Today's episode includes: ● what the senior courts do; ● what type of cases they hear and ● what judges work in these courts; You'll also find out about what happens...

🗒️ About this episode: Today's episode focuses on the inferior courts of England and Wales. We find out about the magistrates' court, the Family Court and the County Court including: what they do - what type of cases they hear; what 'judges' work in these courts; the sentences they can impose or remedies they can award. This episode is part of the course English Legal System (modul...