Legal English I (ING401) | GSÜ - ECTS Information Guide

Content

Objective

The course aims to develop students’ skills of using the English language in the context of their legal practice. Students will learn legal terminology, make presentations in English, write submissions and draft decisions in English. As a side learning output, the course will also help students to improve their advocacy skills.

Course Content

• Legal professionals
• International disputes
• International and comparative law of responsibility
• International and comparative procedural rules
• Discovery and document production
• Drafting written submissions
• Preparation for drafting memorial and counter-memorial in the chosen moot court
• Preparation for the oral pleading
• Hearing
• Drafting court/tribunal judgment/award

References

• Legal Writing and Analysis, 2nd edition Linda H. Edwards
• Judgments of the relevant courts.

Weekly Contents

Theory Topics
Week	Weekly Contents
1	Introduction to the Course: Methodology and Content
2	Majow Law System: Common Law and Civil Law
3	International Disputes
4	International and Comparative Law of Responsibility
5	International and Comparative Procedural Rules
6	Discovery and Document Production
7	Introduction to the Functioning of In-Class Moot Court
8	Preparation for Drafting Memorial and Counter-Memorial in the Chosen Moot Court I
9	Preparation for Drafting Memorial and Counter-Memorial in the Chosen Moot Court II
10	Preparation for the Oral Pleading I
11	Preparation for the Oral Pleading II
12	Hearing
13	Drafting Court/Tribunal Judgment/Award I
14	Drafting Court/Tribunal Judgment/Award II

Practice Topics
Week	Weekly Contents
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14

Assessment System

Contribution to Overall Grade
Activities	Number	Contribution
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade	1	40
Contribution of final exam to overall grade	1	60
Total	2	100

In-Term Studies
Activities	Number	Contribution
Assignments	0	0
Presentation	0	0
Midterm Examinations (including preparation)	1	40
Project	0	0
Laboratory	0	0
Other Applications	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Term Paper/ Project	0	0
Portfolio Study	0	0
Reports	0	0
Learning Diary	0	0
Thesis/ Project	0	0
Seminar	0	0
Other	0	0
Total	1	40

Relation of Proficiency

No	Program Learning Outcomes	Contribution
No	Program Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	Recognizing fundamental legal concepts, defining, interpreting and using them.				X
2	Recognizing fundamental disciplines of law and their content, including legislation, case-law and the doctrine in the relevant discipline.				X
3	Recognizing positive norms in the legislation and being able to define and explain the principals of methodology.				X
4	Being able to determine, identify and restate legal problems.					X
5	Being able to use legal interpretation principals in an efficient manner in order to analyse and resolve a legal problem and in order to develop a strategy.				X
6	Being able to conduct academic researches on legal problems and to propose solutions.				X
7	Assuming responsibility individually or collectively for resolving complicated legal problems.					X
8	Being able to criticise positive norms of the law system.				X
9	Being able to explain technical legal knowledge in Turkish, French and English verbally or in writing, being able to report personal opinion concerning a legal problem verbally or in writing in a persuasive manner.					X
10	Being able to follow up the local and international legal literature, to update technical legal knowledge permanently, to use information technology in an efficient manner in order to achieve these goals.					X
11	Being able to conduct comparative academic researches between different law systems.					X
12	Respecting human rights and universal principals and notions of law.					X
13	Respecting the ethical standarts, good faith, fairness and equity principals.					X
14	Being sensitive to social problems, democracy, laicism and rule of law principal.					X

ECTS

Activities	Number	Period	Total Workload
Class Hours	14	2	28
Working Hours out of Class	11	2	22
Total Workload			50
Total Workload / 25			2.00
Credits ECTS			2