Unit 4 the legal careers in russia Section I

Exercise 1

Practise saying the words connected with legal careers. Find their Russian equivalents. Divide the words into two groups: law-related jobs and places of work.

the Bar, the organs of the Prosecutor’s Office, companies, judges, notaries, courts, jurisconsults, notary offices, legal advice offices, investigators, organs of tax inspection, organs of police, firms, banks, enterprises, prosecutors, customs officers, traffic officers, law enforcement agencies, advocates

Exercise 2

a) Match the English words to their Russian equivalents.

arbitrator	адвокатура, коллегия адвокатов
enterprise	нотариально засвидетельствовать
investigator	прокурор
jurisconsult	посредничать, выступать в качестве посредника
notary	нотариус
prosecutor	защищать на суде, выступать защитником
the Bar	следователь
to accuse of	обвинить; предъявить официальное обвинение
to appoint	назначать, определять (на должность)
to defend	предприятие
to mediate	юрисконсульт
to notarize	судья арбитражного суда

b)Use some of the words from the box and make 3 word combinations to describe the Russian court system and its work.

Exercise 3

Match the words or word-combinations to their explanations.

1. advocate	a) an individual, company, or other entity which has legal rights and is subject to obligations
2. legal person	b) a person, usually a lawyer, who has legal authority to witness the signing of documents in order to make them legally valid.
3. notary	c) a lawyer who speaks in favour of someone or defends them in a court of law.
4. police	d) the official organization that is responsible for making sure that people obey the law
5. the Bar	e) someone who carries out investigations, especially as part of their job
6. investigator	f) lawyers collectively
7. judge	g) a lawyer or official who brings charges against someone or tries to prove in a trial that they are guilty
8. prosecutor	h) a public officer appointed to decide cases in a law court

Exercise 4

a) Make the word combinations and translate them. Use a good dictionary.

law	a) social relations
prosecutor’s	b) the observance of the law
legal	c) person
in-house	d) notary actions
to supervise	e) lawyer
to regulate	f) assistant
to perform	g) legal proceedings
to conduct	h) enforcement

b) Make 4 sentences with the word-combinations from a).

Exercise 5

a) Match the English word combinations to their Russian equivalents.

to act for the client in court	раскрыть преступление
to check the legality	представлять клиента в суде
to commit a crime	проверять законность
to conduct legal proceedings	совершать преступление
to draft contracts	составлять проект договора
to investigate crimes	расследовать преступления
to solve crimes	вести судебное разбирательство
to perform duties	выполнять обязанности
to preside in the courtroom	предотвращать преступления
to prevent crimes	урегулировать спор
to settle а dispute	председательствовать в суде

b) Use 5 word combinations from the box and make 5 sentences to describe the work of lawyers in Russia. Remember to use proper grammar form of the words.

e.g. to commit a crime + to solve crimes = Investigators never commit crimes, solve them.

Exercise 6

Grammar focus 7. Modal verbs. Revision.

Complete the sentences with the suitable modals:

can, may, must, should, needn't.

1. You …… go to the notary office and file the documents. I’ll do everything myself.

2. I think you ……. listen to your advocate. He knows what he says.

3. ….. I enter the courtroom when the hearing has already begun?

4. I am your lawyer. I want to know what happened. You …… tell me.

5. This witness doesn’t know English. He ….. speak only Spanish. We need an interpreter for him.

Text 1

Pre-reading task: Skim the text and divide it into the logical parts. Entitle them.