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BILOVÁ, Štěpánka and Barbora CHOVANCOVÁ. I write further in this matter: writing skills practice for future lawyers. In "Share and Gain": Workshop for Teachers, Translators and Interpreters of Legal English. 2018.

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Original name	I write further in this matter: writing skills practice for future lawyers
Authors	BILOVÁ, Štěpánka (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Barbora CHOVANCOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition	"Share and Gain": Workshop for Teachers, Translators and Interpreters of Legal English, 2018.

Other information
Original language	English
Type of outcome	Requested lectures
Field of Study	50300 5.3 Education
Country of publisher	Poland
Confidentiality degree	is not subject to a state or trade secret
RIV identification code	RIV/00216224:14640/18:00106339
Organization unit	Language Centre
Keywords in English	legal English; writing skills; student involvement
Tags	International impact, Reviewed
Changed by	Changed by: Mgr. Štěpánka Dillingerová, Ph.D., učo 7414. Changed: 26/2/2019 21:23.

Abstract
Being a skilful writer is a fundamental requirement for any aspiring lawyer; legal English courses for law undergraduates should therefore include a writing element. Whether designing a course, or just supplementing a textbook, these are the questions to be addressed by the teacher: What genres are relevant for students of law? How do we select what to teach? And, equally important, how do we make writing practice palatable for our young audience? Even though the room for creativity is limited in legal writing as such, legal teachers do not have to adhere to such limitations. An original approach that combines student involvement, teamwork, motivation and sense of relevancewill be presented. The workshop participants are used as a sounding board for sample activities designed to help students to stock on stock phrases and get familiar with the relevant templates in an enjoyable way.

Abstract

Being a skilful writer is a fundamental requirement for any aspiring lawyer; legal English courses for law undergraduates should therefore include a writing element. Whether designing a course, or just supplementing a textbook, these are the questions to be addressed by the teacher: What genres are relevant for students of law? How do we select what to teach? And, equally important, how do we make writing practice palatable for our young audience? Even though the room for creativity is limited in legal writing as such, legal teachers do not have to adhere to such limitations. An original approach that combines student involvement, teamwork, motivation and sense of relevancewill be presented. The workshop participants are used as a sounding board for sample activities designed to help students to stock on stock phrases and get familiar with the relevant templates in an enjoyable way.