Anglo American Law and International Legal English

Program for the Cambridge University Certificate
Anglo American Law and International
Legal English (ILEC)
November 2014-June 2015
General overview
Anglo american law
Firms, legal consultancy offices and companies’ legal departments
demand professionals who guarantee their knowledge of legal
English with a high quality training program.
Participants will be given training in 10 areas of knowledge in
connection with Anglo-American legal procedures and legal skills
for lawyers.
The Centro de Estudios Garrigues, with the assistance of the
European Legal Studies Center of Columbia Law School,
New York, offers the possibility of obtaining the Certificate
in Anglo-American Law by attending the module designed
to study the fundamental aspects of common law and the basic
legal aspects of international relations.
Keynote practitioner speakers, “who have been there and done it”,
will offer significant insight into the practical nature of giving
legal advice in an international context.
In order to complete the training in legal English and ensure that
participants learn, as well as receive an official certificate, the
program has another module with the objective of training
participants in the different areas of legal English in order
to obtain the International Legal English Certificate (ILEC)
issued by the University of Cambridge.
International legal
english certificate (ILEC)
Aims and outcomes
• To provide participants with the essential key skills to practice
competitively as international lawyers.
• To gain an in-depth knowledge of international negotiations,
contracts, the common law, conflict between laws,
international treaties and dispute resolution.
ILEC is an official certificate issued by the University of Cambridge
that evaluates participants’ level of legal English and their ability
to effectively communicate in a legal context.
This certificate assesses English language skills set at levels B2 and
C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for
Languages.
The exam takes 3.5 hours and consists of four tests: reading,
writing, listening and conversation. It is taken twice a year:
in May and November.
Participants must demonstrate their capacity to use English in
practical and real situations within a legal professional context
such as participating in meetings, expressing professional opinions,
giving public presentations, understanding legal texts, etc.
Methodology &
certification
The program is made up of two modules:
• Anglo American Law Module
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Participants will work with real legal texts at all times.
An official certificate from Centro de Estudios Garrigues will
be given for attending each module. In addition, will receive
an official certificate from Cambridge ESOL if pass the exam.
Who should attend
• Practicing lawyers with all levels of experience and
responsibility.
• Members of in-house legal departments of companies,
that want to develop their legal English skills.
• Last year’s students, graduates or postgraduates who
need to supplement their training, obtaining an
official certificate to guarantee their knowledge of
legal English.
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• International Legal English Module
Participants will be given an English test at the beginning to
check their level of English.
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Real exams during the course
Participants will take 5 full exams
tests during the course and their
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to give them feedback.
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Anglo American Module
Intensive Reviewing Month
Angloamerican Law
Nov 2014 – May 2015
90 % of last year’s students
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Practice Exam
Succeeding in ILEC
December 2014
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Holiday
40 hours
One Saturday every two weeks from 10:00 to 14:00 h
ILEC – Nov 2014 – June 2015
75 hours
Group 1: Mondays and Wednesdays from 14:15 to 15:45 h
Group 2: Mondays and Wednesdays from 20:15 to 21:45 h
Group 3: Fridays from 14:30 to 17:30 h
Examination
British Council will exanimate exclusively Centro de Estudios
Garrigues’ Students in June.
The exam will
take place at
Centro de Estudios
Garrigues’ facilities.
Anglo American Law and International Legal English (ILEC)
International Legal English Certificate (ILEC) Module
Introduction to elements of the common
law system
Real property
• Legal title and estates. Understanding a lease or tenancy
• Some differences between the common law and civil law
systems
• Court types, documents and parties. Use of legalese. Overview
of possible legal careers and training in the common law
countries. Structure of a law firm
Company law
• Company formation. Identifying the common characteristics of
different company types
• Easements. Conveyancing - English procedure v Spanish
procedure
• Tenancy Agreements - common clauses and statutory
conditions
Intellectual property
• Overview of the characteristics of the key areas of IP
• Business method patents
• Company documents. Directors, company roles and corporate
governance issues
• Introduction to Capitalization. Shares and Shareholders.
Restructuring
Contracts
• Contract formation. Contractual clauses
• Contractual remedies. Breach of contract. Assignment and
third party rights
Employment law
• Overview of statutory rights. Types of dismissal. Types of
discrimination
Negotiable instruments
• Common types. Issues and development to negotiable
instruments in response to e-commerce. Legislation
• Primissory notes
Secured transactions
• Overview of debt security and the different types. Creating and
perfecting security interests
• Overview of insolvency procedure and issues in the common
law system
Competition law
• Employment tribunals
• Anti-trust/anti competitive activities
Sale of goods
• Legislation. Contractual terms and warranties. Common
conditions of sale
• Retention of title. Caselaw
• Advising on the risks and consequences/penalties
International legal english grammar
Comparatives and Superlatives; As vs. Like; Future simple vs.
continuous; defining and non-defining clauses; embedded
questions; compound nouns; Conditionals; Present perfect simple
vs. continuous; Cleft sentences; Adverbs; Gerunds & infinitives;
Modal verbs; Reference devices; Conjunctions; Phrasal verbs;
Definite and non-definite articles; Adverbial clauses; idioms &
common expressions; prepositions; pronouns & determiners
Anglo-American Law Module
Fundamentals of american law: “Why are we here?”
U.S. Contract law
• The Globalization of American Law. A Common Law / Civil Law
Comparison.
• The Fundamentals of American Law: Common Law Systems.
U.S. Governmental structure and history
• U.S. Constitutional History. The States and Federalism. The
Sources and Limits of Legal Authority.
Anglo-american legal methodology
• The Common Law Method. 3 tools of Common Law Arguments.
• Legal Writing & Legal Method. Rules and Policies of Common
Law. Sources of Common Law and their Hierarchy.
• Common Law and Statutory Law Analysis: American Law in a
Global Context.
Case analysis and case briefs
• Legal Writing & Legal Methodology. Form and Nature of Case
Law. Precedents and Decisions. Legal Reasoning & Analysis in
Case Law.
U.S. Constitutional law
• An Overview of the Bill of Rights, Judicial Review, Structure
and Powers.
• Individual Rights & State Action. Rights to Equal Protection of
Laws. First Amendment Freedoms of Expression and Religious
Freedoms.
• Control of the Law Enforcement Function.
• Interpretation of Contracts. Issues in Performance of Contracts.
Grounds for Nonperformance of Contracts. Breaches and
Repudiations of Contracts.
U.S. Contract (II) & business law
• Offer, acceptance, consideration, performance, breach,
remedies, estoppel.
Criminal procedure in the us legal system
• Sequence of events in the justice system (at both the state and
federal levels and including the appeals process) after a crime
has been committed.
• Discussing the role of the prosecutor and application of a
model Penal Code. Special considerations when defending
corporate clients.
International tax law
• The Principles of International Taxation. International Double
Taxation: Issues and Remedies. International Antiabuse
Measures.
Tort law
• Intentional Torts. Negligence: duty, breach, causation, injury,
strict liability, products liability.
90 % of
last year’s
students
succeeded
The Centro de Estudios Garrigues
is an official preparation center for
the ILEC by Cambridge University
Testimonials
“It was a wonderful and rewarding experience
to participate in ILEC preparation course at
CE Garrigues. Not only did my legal English
skills
improve (besides my overall
understanding of the anglo-saxon legal
system), but it was also a pleasure this spend
this time with experienced lawyers
specialized in different fields of the law. In the end, we all had a great
time together and I passed the exam with an
overall mark of “C1 with merit”!
Cesar Álvarez
Head of Network Operations
Department at Airbus Military
Cambridge University
“The ILEC program offers an extended and
exhaustive view of legal English, providing
more insight than a dictionary or legal
glossary ever can. Not only does it give an indepth knowledge of the Anglo-Saxon legal
system, magnificently explained by the
professors, it also tackles the most common
mistakes when trying to express yourself in legal English. Having the
opportunity to attend this program has improved my knowledge of
English twofold and has given me much more confidence in the
language in a legal context.”
Teresa Cid
Graduate in Law Universidad Complutense
Prof. Ángel Calleja
Partner of Garrigues Law Firm, involved in the
international and tax department.
Leading advisor on both domestic and
international transactions for leading Spanish
multinationals.
Head of planning and structuring of the most
important investments made by Spanish
companies abroad. Handled the first purchase
of a US listed company by a Spanish
multinational.
Prof. Scott Wishart
Counsel of Brosa Abogados y Economistas. Chief
Executive Officer of SDM IntLaw S.L. Associate
Lawyer, U.S. and Developing Markets.
Owner of Scott S. Wishart & Associates, Inc.
Representative Engagements.
Special Counsel to the Honorable Mr. Redley
Killion, Vice President of the Federated States of
Micronesia. Member of FSM Diplomatic
Contingent in New York & Brussels.
Prof. Christopher S. Davis
Christopher was working as a lawyer in Turin &
Turin, Immigration Law Firm, Dallas. He was
Associate Attorney, February 2002 – May 2004
He assisted in researching and writing federal
appellate briefs in asylum cases. Researched
criminal law and procedure issues and assisted
in drafting motions.
Actually Prof. Christopher delivers legal English
programmes to a number of top law firms.
Prof. Adam Dubin
Professor of international business law and
politics at New York University (Madrid), and
Director of Master's in International and
European Business Law at Comillas (ICADE).
Director of Legal English Consulting Group.
Previously worked for a law firm in New York
which specializes in commercial transactions.
Application fees
The application fee for the whole program is €3,500. A
discount of 25% will be applied for two or more applications
from the same company.
Past students of Centro de Estudios Garrigues will receive a
30% discount (€2,450) for the whole program and for each
module, moreover, current postgraduate students will be
entitled to a 50% discount (€1,750).
Participants have the possibility of applying just for one of the
two modules. The fees for each module are:
• Anglo American Law Module – €1,700.
• International Legal English Module – €2,450.
The International Legal English Module includes the book
“International Legal English + Audio CDs + Answers” published
by Cambridge University Press and documentation regarding
expressions, vocabulary, exercises, tests for preparing the exam,
etc.
The Anglo-American Law Module includes the book “AngloAmerican Law Fundamentals” and documentation concerning
contracts, practice cases, etc.
The Cambridge ILEC Examination will be taken at Centro de
Estudios Garrigues facilities. Exam fees are not included in the
program application fees.
CONTACT TO APPLY
Mr. Alejandro Cárdenas: T +34 91 514 53 30
informacion.centro@garrigues.com
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