LEG 106 Legal English/Law in Action

This course will introduce and familiarize students with both written and spoken legal English, expanding not only their general language abilities, but also giving them the opportunity to advance their technical skills and identify the differences between the UK, US, and other international systems' usage of legal terminology. It will serve as a complement to the first year core legal classes. The general topics to be covered over the course of the year include: Introduction to the types of Law; Company Formation, Management and Capitalization; Contract Formation, Breach and Remedies, Assignment, Third-parties; Employment law; Real Property; Intellectual Property; Secured Transactions; Debtor/Creditor; Competition Law; understanding and simplifying "legalese" and interpreting legal writing.