1. ENGLISH FOR
LAWYERS III
INTRODUCTION

2. LECTURER Snježana Husinec, PhD Office hours: Monday, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.,
Gundulićeva 10, Office 2A
Contact:

3. English for Lawyers I Obligatory literature Additional source
1. Coursebook
Sočanac, Matijašević, Javornik Čubrić, Husinec, Horvatić Bilić: English for the Legal Profession.
Zagreb: Narodne novine, 2017.
Additional source
2. Teacher’s presentations
( – Katedra za strane jezike, predmeti, Engleski jezik pravne struke I, Nastavni materijali, Snježana Husinec

4. Additional reading RECOMMENDED GRAMMAR BOOK
M. Hewings, Advanced grammar in Use, 12th printing, Cambridge University Press, 2004

5. RECOMMENDED DICTIONARIES
GENERAL ENGLISH
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
LEGAL ENGLISH
A) Monolingual
Black’s Law Dictionary
P. H. Collin, Dictionary of Law, 03rd edition, Peter Collin Publishing, London, 2002
Online dictionaries:
legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com
B) Bilingual
M. Gačić, English-Croatian Dictionary of Law, Naklada Ljevak, Zagreb, 2004
V. Ivir, Croatian-English Dictionary of Business and Government, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1998

6. Course syllabus MODULE III: Branches of English Law
Unit 14: Criminal Law
Unit 15: The Law of Torts
Unit 16: Contract Law
Unit 17: Family Law
Unit 18: Company Law
Unit 19: Employment Law

7. Participation and Attendance
PARTICIPATION in the lecture – OBLIGATORY !
REGULAR ATTENDANCE = no more than 3 absences
REGULAR ATTENDANCE REWARDED by:
A) the possibility to take the end-term test
B) bonus task and bonus points in the end- term test

8. Requirements for the examination
Tested knowledge:
A) vocabulary
B) content (presented in the coursebook and during the lecture)
1. Written qualifying exam
(focus on terminology and relevant grammar) OR
END-TERM EXAM – second half of January
(for those with 3 or fewer absences)
2. Oral exam
(speaking about the topics covered by the curriculum – using relevant legal terms)

9. Additional information
STUDENT MENTORS
- students with excellent command of
English assisting their weaker colleagues
TEMPUS STUDY ROOM
Trg Republike Hrvatske (in the basement)
Monday – Friday = 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
- a variety of useful resources (dictionaries, legal books on different topics)
- free Internet access

10. Optional assignment
minute presentations on topics related to the curriculum
1 or 2 students prepare an oral report and present it in the class
Before giving the presentation students must:
discuss the chosen topic with the lecturer, who then (if acceptable) approves it
consult at least 3 RELIABLE sources and prepare a draft of their presentation
show the PP presentation and the draft to the lecturer
REWARD for successful presentation – exemption from oral exam

11. What makes a good presentation?
good preparation – be “an expert” in the area that you present
usage of reliable sources – don’t copy the whole paragraphs of text from your sources – retell them in your own words
relevant information – separate the important facts from the less relevant ones
clear structure – introduction, body, conclusion
speaking freely to the audience – practice the whole presentation aloud a few times

12. How to become a good presenter?
3 basic rules:
KISS – “keep it short and simple” principle
TTT – introduction- Tell them what you are going to tell them
- body – Tell them what you want to tell them.
- conclusion – Tell them what you have just told them.
audience oriented – eye-contact !!!
- voice - speak up, use pauses,
- face - enthusiasm