- •1. Check to see if you know the meanings of these key words for discussion:
- •2. Read and translate the text. My Future Profession
- •3. Give the corresponding equivalents to the following words and word combinations.
- •4. Match the words with their definitions
- •5. Answer the questions.
- •6. Read and translate the text.
- •7. Problem-solving:
- •9. Read and translate the text.
- •10. Match the words on the left with the correct definitions on the right:
- •11.Translate the following sentences into English.
- •12. Find the definition for each term.
- •13. Complete the following text about basic legal concepts using the following words and phrases. Use each term once.
- •Intellectual property plaintiff police private individual
- •1. Read and translate the text.
- •2. Choose the correct definition for each legal profession mentioned in the text.
- •3. Read and translate the text.
- •4. Answer the questions.
- •5. Read and translate the text.
- •6. Answer the questions.
- •Solicitors
- •Barristers
- •The English Court System
- •7. Look at the chart above and then complete the description that refers to each court.
- •8. Below are 10 people (or groups of people) who work in the different courts. Can you find them in the word square below?
- •9. Complete the following text choosing from the words in the square.
- •10. Below is a list of tasks carried out by solicitors and barristers. Classify them into the appropriate column.
- •12. Below are some typical legal phrases. What preposition do you use with the following phrases?
- •13. Use the clues on the left to complete the words on the right.
- •14. Discuss the following questions with your groupmate.
- •15.Read through the sentences, trying to imagine which words would fit in the blanks. Then listen to a dictation of the full sentences, and write the missing words in the blanks.
- •18. Look at the following illustration of a typical courtroom scene. Work with a partner to answer the following questions.
- •19. Listen to the lecture on the usa legal system.
- •20. Listen to the following questions, and write short answers. You will hear cach question one time only.
- •21. Prepare a short oral report about the legsaI system of your country, comparing and contrasting it to the legal sys tem of the United States.
- •22. Discuss these questions in small groups. Appoint one person to report your group's responses for each question to the class.
- •Constitution The Fundamental Law of Ukraine
- •1. Answer the following questions:
- •2. Fill in prepositions:
- •3. Find the English equivalents for the following:
- •Individual work
- •Module 2.2
- •Legal professions
- •The devil’s advocate
- •75-Year-old caught shoplifting in supermarket
- •Crime and punishment kramer vs. Kramer
- •In divorce cases, as in society, rules are changing
- •Entertainment the phantom of the opera
- •Globe Theatre From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia
- •The original Globe
- •Layout of the Globe
- •The modern Globe
2. Choose the correct definition for each legal profession mentioned in the text.
1 an officer acting as a judge in the lower courts.
2 a public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a law court
3 a group of people who swear to give a true decision on issues of in a law court
4 an official who investigates the cause of any death thought to be violent or unnatural causes.
5 a lawyer who has the right to speak and argue in higher law courts
6 a lawyer who prepares legal documents, advises clients on legaf and speaks for them in lower law courts.
3. Read and translate the text.
Solicitors and Barristers
England is almost unique in having two different kinds of lawyers, with separate jobs in the legal system. The two kinds of lawyers are solicitors and barristers.
if a person has a legal problem, he will go and see a solicitor. Almost every town will have at least one. In fact there are at least 50,000 solicitors in Britain, and the number is increasing.
Many problems are dealt with exclusively by a solicitor. For instance, the solicitor deals with petty crimes and some matrimonial matters in Magistrates' Courts, the lowest Courts. He prepares the case and the evidence. He actually speaks in Court for you.
In a civil action he can speak in the County Court, when the case is one of divorce or recovering some debts. In the County Court the solicitor wears a black gown over his ordinary clothes.
A solicitor also deals with matters outside Court. He does the legal work involved in buying a house, for instance. He writes legal letters for you and carries on legal arguments outside Court. If you want to make a will the best man to advise you is a solicitor.
To quality as a solicitor, a young man or woman joins a solicitor as a “clerk” and works for him whilst studying part time for the “Law Society” exams Interestingly enough, it is not necessary for you to go to university. When you have passed all the necessary exams, you can “practice”, which means you can start business on your own.
Barristers are different from solicitors. Barristers are experts in the Interpretation of the Law. They are called in to advise on really difficult points. The barrister is also an expert on advocacy (the art of presenting сases in Court), Indeed, if уоu desire representation in any Court except the Magistrates' Court, you must have a barrister, with one or two exceptions.
Barristers are rather remote figures. If you need one, for instance, you never see him without your solicitor being with him. Barristers do not have public offices in any street . They work in what are known as chambers, often in London. Тhеу all belong to institutions called Inns of Court, which are ancient organizations rather like exclusive clubs. In many ways the remoteness they have aid the job they do are medieval in conception
To qualify as a barrister you have to take examinations of the Bar Council. These are different from solicitors' examinations. There are over 5,000 barristers in England. A good one can earn 30,000 pounds a year. Only barristers can become judges in an English Court above a Magistrates' Court.
Barristers are also found in South Africa and New South Wales Australia.