Legal English Program - Intensive 3-Week Course
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Law and Intensive English Institute
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Legal English: An Introduction to the Language, Culture and Study of Law in the United States
The Legal English Program is an intensive three-week certificate program designed for non-native speakers of English who have been admitted to an LLM program or as a Law School visiting scholar for Fall 2008. This program offers 72 hours of instruction over three weeks. Fifty-four hours of that time will be spent improving students proficiency in English generally, with special focus on developing the English language, vocabulary, and academic skills required to succeed in an American law school. Students will also receive 18 hours of instruction in fundamentals of the United States legal system and the study of law in the U.S.
The Program:
US Legal System: Students will receive 18 hours of instruction in fundamentals of the United States legal system and the study of law in the U.S. This portion of the course will introduce methods of instruction common in American legal education, including case study and the Socratic method. Through these instructional methods, as well as lectures and group discussions, students will investigate three fundamental aspects of U.S. law: federalism, constitutionalism and the common law system. Students will develop their abilities to analyze legal issues as they arise in the U.S. legal system and to communicate their legal analyses in a manner consistent with the expectations of the U.S. legal culture.
Reading and Writing: The reading and writing course focuses on detailed, close reading of cases that are used in the discussion of the US legal system class. The writing assignments consist of writing summaries of cases in clear and grammatically accurate English. Please note that this course helps prepare general English language skills for students who will be attending law school. It does not teach skills such as contract writing, which are taught in the writing courses within the LLM degree program.
Listening and Speaking: The listening foci of the course are on listening to the language of coutroom settings and notetaking from short lectures on legal topics. Speaking assignments include managing discussions and debate and the performance of a simulated (‘mock') trial in order to provide students with practice using English on their feet while handling legal topics.
Cost: $1450. A non-refundable application fee must accompany application and will be applied to the program tuition. Payment in full is due by July 14, 2008. The program tuition is not refundable unless you are unable to attend the program because you were denied a visa. If this happens, you must notify us before the beginning of the program and send us a copy of the letter from the US Embassy saying that you were denied a visa. Additional program costs for course materials, housing, health insurance and other expenses are not included.
Application deadline: July 1, 2008. Space in the course is limited. To ensure successful registration, send your application well before the deadline.
Housing: On campus housing is available for both incoming UIUC students and other students. Please contact http://www.housing.uiuc.edu/ for detailed information
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