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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
REGISTRATION [+]
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. |
