1. SHORT RÉSUMÉ: Christopher Goddard

2. Contact information: Christopher Goddard Office email: Christopher.Goddard@rgsl.edu.lv

3. Background experience: law, languages, training 1965 - 1983 English lawyer. International training projects in Central and Eastern Europe. Consultant at International Criminal Court EU legal writing expert European Commission projects

4. + from 1999 to date Riga Graduate School of Law responsible : legal writing, reasoning, study skills, thesis preparation Courses and programmes include: Master programmes: study skills, thesis preparation Legal linguistics programme for lawyers and translators from autumn 2007 Bachelor programmes: study skills, legal English, projects/theses

5. Other Activities in law and linguistics Own UK-based company

6. Activities  Editing and proof-reading legal English texts prepared by native and non-native speakers of English.

7. Activities Revising legal English texts translated into English from French, German, and Russian by native and non-native speakers of English. Translating legal texts into English from French, Russian and German.

8. Clients and customers include international law firms universities NGOs banks authors of books and articles governments International Criminal Court EU British Council