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SAGARDOY & TOLESLegal English Certificate

SAGARDOY & TOLES | LEGAL ENGLISH CERTIFICATE

GENERAL OVERVIEWThe ability to work in English as the professional environment requires has become essential to develop a good career. In fact, legal matters need specialists who master legal English to be able to close global business deals.Lawyers who want to become key for their international clients or companies, must acquire a thorough understanding of technical legal English.Sagardoy & TOLES Legal English Certificate has been designed by lawyers to help lawyers to reach their next step in technical English improvement.

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SAGARDOY & TOLES LEGAL

ENGLISH CERTIFICATE

15 Course HOURS to deal with

Moot Cases

10 HOURS to complete

TOLES Exams

35 Course HOURS to succeed in TOLES

Certificate

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AIMS AND OUTCOMES• To get a in-depth use of legal English through international

negotiations, drafting contracts, use of common law, and participating in dispute resolution.

• Improve all language skills (writing, reading, understanding, listening and speaking) in a legal framework.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FORLawyers and members of in-house legal departments interested in developing their legal English skills.

Last year’s students, graduates or postgraduates who want to obtain an official certificate of legal English.

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TOLES RECOGNITION

TOLES means ‘Test of Legal English Skills’.The TOLES programme consists of a structured course of legal English training materials supported by three levels of professional exams: Foundation (beginner level), Higher (intermediate level), and Advanced (advanced level). The test is designed to assess candidates’ Reading, writing, drafting and listening skills.The Test is issued by the TOLES Global Legal English Organization, a member ofthe International Division of the Law Society of England and Wales.Law firms and organizations that have already entered candidates for the TOLES exams include: The law Society of England and Wales, Linklaters Oppenhoff and Rädler, Allen&Overy LLP, Baker and McKenzie, PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, the European Court of Justice and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, among others.

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DEALING WITH MOOT CASES

Through the program, students will have to analyse several moot cases based on different legal principles, and put into practice all

knowledge acquired.The course will include the study of the following moot cases:

• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964)• District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008)

• Gallagher v. City of Clayton, 699 F.3d 1013 (8th Cir.2012)

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COURSE CONTENTS

• Understanding the various players and structures found and different areas in the legal profession, including the court system and an overview of civil procedure.

• Overview of working in a bank, including the necessary language used in contracts and operations.

• Overview of the principal elements of a contract, common contractual clauses, considerations and legal writing and codifying common law principles.

• Overview of labour law terminology, employment contracts and some clauses from employment contracts.

• Legalese and terms in the employer/employee relationship.

• Overview of tort deals with civil wrongs, types of tort, the duty of care and some categories of tort.

• Overview of corporate operations, shares and share capital, mergers and acquisitions and corporate changes.

• Overview of contracts, archaic terms, warranties and indemnities and legal writing.

The legal profession

The language of banking

The language of contract law

The language of employment law

The language of the law of tort

Understanding contracts

The language of business and company law

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LEGAL ENGLISH FOR LAWYERS BY

LAWYERS

IN 6 MONTHS PARTICIPANTS WILL

IMPROVE THEIR LEGAL ENGLISH TO

BE ABLE TO DEAL COMFORTABLY WITH

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

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2021

2020OCT NOV DEC

JAN FEB MAR

APR MAY

SCHEDULE

SAGARDOY & TOLES LEGAL ENGLISH CERTIFICATEOCT 2020 – APRIL 2021

EXAMINATION

Tuesday from 19:00 to 21:00 h

Sagardoy Business & Law School is an official TOLES examination center and will organize the test exclusively for the program students.

Toles & Moot Sessions

Holidays

TOLES Exam

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ADMISSIONAdmission to the program is conditioned to holding a general English level of B2.The participant is not required to have a certificate attesting to it, butto succeed in a general English test designed for this purpose.

APPLICATION FEESThe application fee is 1.350 Euros per participant. It includes the TOLES exam course book and documentation containing expressions, vocabulary, exercises, practice tests, etc.The TOLES examination will be held at Sagardoy Business & Law School. Exam fee is not included in the application fee.10% discount applied to current Sagardoy clients, and 25% discount will be applied for more than 2 registrations from the same company.* Discounts are not cumulative.

MEET USC/ Tutor 24, 28008 Madrid, Spain

CALL USPhone: +34 914540071

EMAIL [email protected]

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LEGAL ENGLISHFOR LAWYERS

BY LAWYERS

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VISIT USC/ Tutor 24, 28008 Madrid, Spain

CALL USPhone: +34 914540071

EMAIL [email protected]

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