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August 30 - September 4, 2010

- Practice your listening and speaking skills

- Enhance your legal reading and writing

- Ideal for busy legal practitioners who need immediate results

-Practice your American Legal English with professors of American University's Washington College of Law. 

-Enhance your legal writing, negotiation, and speaking skills with English for Legal Purposes specialists. 

What is the Legal English Institute?
The WCL Legal English Institute at Sergio Arboleda is designed to introduce practitioners to legal English concepts. Through daily lectures, written assignments and in-class exercises, participants whose native language is not English will practice a wide array of legal English skills ranging from legal reading and writing strategies to oral presentation of substantive legal issues in American contract law. 

Sessions will meet from 6:00 - 10:00 PM Monday through Thursday, Friday and Saturday 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM. Participants are expected to take part in class exercises and complete homework assignments. The small class size and student-teacher meetings ensure individual attention.

Participants in the WCL Legal English Institute at Sergio Arboleda will receive a Certificate of Attendance upon successful completion of the legal English program.

Institute Overview

Program Outline

The program covers the basics of the US Legal system and US contract law. The lessons will include:

- Introduction to American Legal Institutions
- Fundamentals of U.S Contract Law
- Effective Legal Drafting Workshop

Listening and Speaking
With the aim of preparing participants for real-world situations such as client meetings, conference calls, and negotiations, the WCL Legal English Institute at Sergio Arboleda incorporates exercises that focus on listening, speaking and writing skills, while immersing the participants in legal English language.

Legal Writing
Writing exercises will focus on clear and accurate expression, effective legal style, and organization. Participants will draft short legal summaries, business letters, contract provisions and professional e-mails.  Brief exercises throughout the course will lay the foundation for an intensive workshop on the last day of the course that will put the participants’ legal writing skills into practice.

Teachers
The teachers of the WCL Legal English Institute at Sergio Arboleda are adjunct professors at the American University's Washington College of Law and have been working with international students for many years at all levels of proficiency. They have taught many different kinds of legal English courses both in Washington, DC and abroad.

LEI Program Information

Tuition fee:  $2´000.000
Deadline:  August 27, 2010

Tuition Fee for Early registration and alumni: $1´800.000

Deadline: July 23, 2010.

Tuition for early registration by groups same company: $ 1'700.000
Deadline:
July 23, 2010.

Payment is due upon registration. Payment can be made by credit card or by direct deposit to the University´s account. Please note that the tuition fee is non-refundable. 


Questions:

If you have any questions about the program, please contact us at: legalenglish@usa.edu.co


Phone Contac: (571) 325 8181
                             01-8000 110414

 

For more information please contact:

WCL Legal English Institute - Universidad Sergio Arboleda

Calle 74 #14-14 - Bogotá - Colombia

 

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Teachers Bios

Kathryn E McDonnell practiced international commercial law as corporate in-house counsel for more than 20 years before earning a Masters in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) at American University in Washington, DC. She has taught English as a Second or Foreign Language for 10 years, including for programs in Europe and Asia. She has taught legal English as part of American University’s Summer Legal English Institute for the last 4 years. She is currently an adjunct teacher of ESL at Montgomery College in Maryland and also serves as an arbitrator for the International Centre for Dispute Resolution and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

 

Kevin J. Fandl serves as Counsel in the Office of the Assistant Secretary at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He advises on immigration reform issues and works closely with senior management to craft policies and procedures intended to further these reforms. He previously served as Acting Director of the Office of the Executive Secretariat where he managed all executive correspondence for the agency. He began his federal career as an attorney and international trade specialist for U.S. Customs and Border Protection in 2003.

Kevin is also an adjunct law professor at the American University Washington College of Law, teaching courses on international trade and development law, contracts, and advanced legal writing. He has lectured on these issues in Chile, Guatemala, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and Colombia, where he was a Fulbright scholar in 2006. He lectures in English and in Spanish.

Within his academic work, Kevin has also written and published several articles on subjects such as economic development, international trade law, and the informal economy. Some of his more recent publications have included, The Role of Informal Legal Institutions in Economic Development (Fordham International Law Journal), Bilateral Agreements and Fair Trade Practices: A Policy Analysis of the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal), and Dead Capital and the Sea: Post-Tsunami Relief for the Southeast Asian Informal Economy (Yale Journal of International Affairs).

Kevin earned his Ph.D. in Public Policy from George Mason University in 2010. His dissertation addressed the rule of law and small business development in Colombia. He earned his JD in law in 2003 from the American University Washington College of Law, where he served as the Senior Critical Essays Editor on the International Law Review. He also completed his Masters degree in International Relations at American University in 2000 and a certificate in International Human Rights Law from Oxford University the same year. Kevin is licensed to practice law in New York, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C.

Kevin lives in Washington, D.C. with his beautiful wife and daughter.

Rector:
Rodrigo Noguera Calderón
Decano:

José María del Castillo
Vicedecano:
Ernesto Lucena Barrero
Duración:
10 Semestres
Jornada:
Diurna
Título:
Abogado
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