Resources and Recommended Sites
Recommended Articles - External links
How to avoid gendered language - The Law Society Gazette
English civil litigation - The Law Society Gazette
Criminal-investigations-post-brexit - The Law Society Gazette
https:Disclosure-directions-and-hot-tubbing - The Law Society Gazette
Recommended Podcasts & Videos - An excellent way to improve your knowledge and langauge skills
Verbessern Sie Ihre Sprachkenntnisse mit Podcasts und Videos.
Legal English Videos - External Links
Understanding Legal English - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxmER9snsmY
Video from an American law firm on why Legal English is so precise.
Advice on legal writing - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kin9ouHHCcQ
An interview with Mr John Budge featuring his advice on legal writing and
what he looks for in the legal writing as a legal professional.
Can we cure lawyers of legalese? - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2idqkcpzSzg
In this talk, Mr Bates considers why language often seems so complicated;
why legal documents are often so hard to understand;
why lawyers love legalese so much; and what lawyers can do
to produce legal documents we can all hope to understand.
Judiciary and the rule of law - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh5pIZtv1gw
This short video gives an overview of the Independent Judicial System of England
and Wales, illustrating its history from the Magna Carta to present day.
It explains the separation of powers, the different types of courts/tribunals and
busts some of the myths that surround being a judge
(such as no judge has ever used a gavel!)
The Courtroom and its people - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSUhJ7ELebo
A short film from a British university about the people you will find
in an English and Welsh courtroom.
Introduction to EU Law - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQS1QrGibgY&list=PLnniUjV8pf5_RW_gAobPxOLPcLnKJklhy&index=27
What is EU law? In this video, we try to offer our audience an easy to understand
introduction to the extremely popular topic, starting off with its two branches:
primary (such as treaties) and secondary legislation (such as regulations,
directives and decisions derived from the principles and objectives set out in treaties).
The Hon Mrs Justice Audrey Campbell-Moffat: Language and communication -
Does one size fit all? - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORz-3dpGogc
In this talk, The Honourable Mrs Justice Audrey Campbell-Moffat seeks to identify
those areas where different language skills should be employed
to achieve the best results and some of the different skills that can be employed.
Legal & Financial Issues - Podcasts - External Links
Brexit - Lawpod
A day in the life of the lawyer-linguists - YouTube
I wanna be a lawyer - YouTube
Lawyer in your computer - University of Virginia School Law
Driverless cars and the Law - BBC Law in Action
Taxing Big Tech and the Future of International Tax - University of Virginia School of Law
Online abuse and law - BBC Law in Action
Is facebook spying on you? -The Guardian
India election: Are women any safer? - BBC
How the car industry hid the truth about about diesel emissions - The Guardian
Gaza-generation-blockade - The Guardian
Growing up with crime - The Guardian
Invention of Freedom of Speech - BBC 4
How did the US Supreme Court become so powerful?- BBC Law in Action
General English - BBC 6 Minute English - Podcasts - External Links
Vocabulary
6 Minute English - Improving your memory
6 Minute English - What is happiness?
6 Minute English - Do you enjoy other people's bad luck? - BBC Sounds
Grammar
6 Minute Grammar - The definite Article
6 Minute Vocabulary Irregular verbs
Glossaries - External Link
Amusing Videos - External Link
Judge Caprio - This Judge Had The Best Reaction To This Little Boy's Honesty
Top 10 HILARIOUS Court Case Defenses
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