308502 English for Law Students, Legal Terminology and Introduction to the US Legal System

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308502
English for Law Students, Legal Terminology and Introduction to the US Legal System
UE 2
2
Block
each semester
English

The goal of this class is to familiarize those whose native language is not English with English legal texts (cases, textbooks, etc.) and to introduce them to basic English legal terminology in different fields of law.

The topics will include an introduction to US legal education, the US legal profession; US court structure and civil procedure as well as US criminal law, criminal procedure and the rules of evidence.

seminar style language course.

oral participation and written exam.

coursebook: Tangl, English for Lawyers and Law Students 2. Aufl (2007)


reading assignments can be printed from OLAT

https://lms.uibk.ac.at/olat/dmz/

Limited number of participants (30)

The application procedure is carried out exclusively through LFU-online.

23.09.2015
Group 0
Date Time Location
Wed 2015-09-23
09.15 - 13.00 52U105 52U105 Barrier-free
Thu 2015-09-24
09.15 - 13.00 52U105 52U105 Barrier-free
Fri 2015-09-25
09.15 - 13.00 52U105 52U105 Barrier-free
Wed 2015-09-30
09.15 - 13.00 52U105 52U105 Barrier-free
Thu 2015-10-01
09.15 - 13.00 52U105 52U105 Barrier-free
Fri 2015-10-02
09.15 - 13.00 52U105 52U105 Barrier-free Klausur