The Study Legal English Podcast

🗒️ About this episode: Join me as I dive into an enlightening conversation with the innovative Kateřina Chudová, head of the language unit at the faculty of law at Masaryk University. In this episode, we discuss the transformative power of AI in legal English education. From using AI as a vocabulary assistant to its potential role as a mentor, Kateřina shares her insights and experiences. Tune in to get some top tips for using AI to study legal English. 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation⁠. 📙Episode links Website pageChatGPTBing79621@mail.muni.cz 🥇Learn legal English Take a legal English class or courseSign up for my site membershipBuy my book: Practical English Language Skills for LawyersGet italki credit for English classes 📣 Connect with me YouTubeLinkedInInstagramFacebookNewsletter

🗒️ About this episode: Ken Adams, the leading authority on contract drafting language, tells us about his A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting now in its 5th edition. Ken tells us about some key additions to this book, including information about the words 'material', 'consequential damages', and 'including'. I also share my opinion as to why every legal English learner who deals with contracts should get a copy of this book. 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation⁠. 📙Episode links Website pageThe Word Material Is Ambiguous in Contracts, Why That’s a Problem, and How to Fix ItA Manual of Style for Contract Drafting, Fifth EditionKen Adams' blogLimitation-of-Liability Overkill blog post 🥇Learn legal English Take a legal English class or courseSign up for my site membershipBuy my book: Practical English Language Skills for LawyersGet italki credit for English classes 📣 Connect with me YouTubeLinkedInInstagramFacebookNewsletter

🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I'm joined by Natasha Costello to talk about our legal English Summer School. 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation⁠. 📙Episode links Website page 🥇Learn legal English Take a legal English class or courseSign up for my site membershipBuy my book: Practical English Language Skills for LawyersGet italki credit for English classes 📣 Connect with me YouTubeLinkedInInstagramFacebookNewsletter

🗒️ About this episode: In this episode I’ve got an announcement to make: Natasha Costello and I are running our first workshop series based on our new book Practical English Language Skills for Lawyers: Improving your Legal English. Our first workshop series is on the topic of networking. We want to help you feel more confident about networking in English. We are running 4 workshops on the topic of networking: 1️⃣ Workshop 1: Legal English for preparing for a networking event takes place on Tuesday 21st March 2023 18:00-19:00 CET 2️⃣ Workshop 2: Legal English for small talk takes place on Tuesday 28th March 2023 18:00-19:00 CEST 3️⃣ Workshop 3: Legal English for delivering an elevator pitch takes place on Tuesday 4th April 2023 18:00-19:00 CEST 4️⃣ Workshop 4: Legal English for following up after a networking event takes place on Tuesday 11th April 2023 18:00-19:00 CEST 🏷Each session costs €30. Note that you can attend all four or choose any specific one you like. ➡ Note that places are limited to 10 participants. All of the information is available here. 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation⁠. 📙Episode links Website page 🥇Learn legal English Take a legal English class or courseSign up for my site membershipBuy my book: Practical English Language Skills for LawyersGet italki credit for English classes 📣 Connect with me YouTubeLinkedInInstagramFacebookNewsletter

🗒️ About this episode: Can Chat GPT teach you legal English? Chat GPT is a chat bot that uses artificial intelligence, to answer questions that you ask it. In this episode, I show you a conversation I had with Chat GPT and share the advantages and disadvantages of using Chat GPT as your legal English teacher. 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation⁠. 📙Episode links Website page 🥇Learn legal English Take a legal English class or courseSign up for my site membershipBuy my book: Practical English Language Skills for LawyersGet italki credit for English classes 📣 Connect with me YouTubeLinkedInInstagramFacebookNewsletter

🗒️ About this episode: This episode is about five legal English preposition mistakes that probably you are making. We look at the correct way to use them and also do a quiz. We look at the correct way to use them and also do a quiz. 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation⁠. 📙Episode links Website pagePreposition mistakes playlist 🥇Learn legal English Take a legal English class or courseSign up for my site membershipBuy my book: Practical English Language Skills for LawyersGet italki credit for English classes 📣 Connect with me YouTubeLinkedInInstagramFacebookNewsletter

🗒️ About this episode: This episode is about five legal English preposition mistakes that probably you are making: We look at the correct way to use them and also do a quiz. 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation⁠. 📙Episode links Website page 🥇Learn legal English Take a legal English class or courseSign up for my site membershipBuy my book: Practical English Language Skills for LawyersGet italki credit for English classes 📣 Connect with me YouTubeLinkedInInstagramFacebookNewsletter

🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, we listen to my interview with Louis Pruvost, head of communications at Gapsmoov, a company specialising in cross-cultural education. We look at what culture is, the cultural challenges you could face as an international legal professional, and the tools you can use to become more culturally aware. To try Gapsmoov for free send an email to info@gapsmoov.com. 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation⁠. 📙Episode links Website pageGapsmoovGlobal Dexterity by Andy MolinskyThe Culture Map by Erin MeyerLe Culturoscope 70 Questions Pour Aborder l'IntercultureBridge the culture gaps by Robert GibsonWatching the English by Kate Fox 🥇Learn legal English Take a legal English class or courseSign up for my site membershipBuy my book: Practical English Language Skills for LawyersGet italki credit for English classes 📣 Connect with me YouTubeLinkedInInstagramFacebookNewsletter

🗒️ About this episode: This is a recording of the webinar for legal English teachers and students to explore the book: Practical English Language Skills for Lawyers ahead of its launch at the end of January. The webinar took place on 16th January 2023 on Zoom. Speakers: Natasha Costello and Louise Kulbicki (co-authors) Host: Stephen Horowitz 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation⁠. 📙Episode links Website page 🥇Learn legal English Take a legal English class or courseSign up for my site membershipBuy my book: Practical English Language Skills for LawyersGet italki credit for English classes 📣 Connect with me YouTubeLinkedInInstagramFacebookNewsletter

🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I announce when Practical English Language Skills For Lawyers: Improving your Legal English by Natasha Costell, and me, Louise Kulbicki will be published. And I invite you to join me and Natasha for a webinar on Monday 16th January 2023 at 6pm - 7pm CET on Zoom. The webinar will be kindly hosted by Stephen Horowitz. Any questions about this episode, the book, or the webinar? Email me: Louise@studylegalenglish.com 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation⁠. 📙Episode links Website pageLinkedIn event page 🥇Learn legal English Take a legal English class or courseSign up for my site membershipBuy my book: Practical English Language Skills for LawyersGet italki credit for English classes 📣 Connect with me YouTubeLinkedInInstagramFacebookNewsletter

🗒️ About this episode: This episode is about coursebooks you can use to improve your legal English. The episode also features some messages from the authors of those books. 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation⁠. 📙Episode links Website pageThe Lawyer's Legal English coursebook by Catherine MasonAdvanced Legal English by Catherine Mason and Natalie CanhamLegal English by Rupert HaighIntroduction to International Legal English by Amy Krois-Lindner, Matt Firth, and TransLegalInternational Legal English by Amy Bruno-Linder and TransLegalExpress Series: English for Legal Professionals by Andrew Frost Professional English in Use Law by Gillian D. Brown and Sally RiceEnglish for Law in Higher Education Studies Course Book by Jeremy Walenn, Terry PhillipsAbsolute Legal English by Edwards and Callanan 🥇Learn legal English Take a legal English class or courseSign up for my site membershipBuy my book: Practical English Language Skills for LawyersGet italki credit for English classes 📣 Connect with me YouTubeLinkedInInstagramFacebookNewsletter

🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I share resources to improve your legal English speaking: Podcast LITE and PRO members get access to a downloadable transcript for this episode. PRO members also get access to a downloadable vocabulary list. 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation⁠. 📙Episode links Website page https://www.interpals.net/https://www.mylanguageexchange.com/https://www.conversationexchange.com/https://www.tandem.net/https://www.lingbe.com/ italki VerblingPreply PRO Speak module demoSchool of Life video on Wabi-SabiHow perfectionism makes us ill 🥇Learn legal English Take a legal English class or courseSign up for my site membershipBuy my book: Practical English Language Skills for LawyersGet italki credit for English classes 📣 Connect with me YouTubeLinkedInInstagramFacebookNewsletter

🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I share: 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast ⁠with a donation⁠.⁠ 📙Episode links ⁠Website page⁠ Podcasts mentioned: USLaw Essentials Law & Language PodcastHow I Lawyer PodcastUK Law WeeklyBBC Law in ActionWomen in Law Talking LawLegal Speaking Podcast Magic Circle Law firm podcasts by: Allen & OveryClifford ChanceFreshfields Bruckhaus DeringerLinklatersSlaughter and May General English podcast: Lukes’ English Podcast Spotify playlist: Legal English podcasts 🥇Learn legal English Take a legal English class or courseSign up for my site membershipBuy my book: Practical English Language Skills for LawyersGet italki credit for English classes 📣 Connect with me YouTubeLinkedInInstagramFacebookNewsletter

🗒️ About this episode: FLASH SALE NOW ON! This weekend I’m running a flash sale on my online TOLES courses. I’ve got a huge offer on and that is: buy 1 get 1 free. It means if you sign up and pay the full price, you will get a free place on that course for a friend or colleague. So essentially each of you will only pay 50%. This offer is only valid until Sunday 10th July 2022 and ends on that day at 11.59pm CET. 🔓To take advantage of this offer: ➡️Find a friend or colleague who will study with you ➡️ Go to www.studylegalenglish.com/courses ➡️Click on either TOLES Foundation Exam Preparation Course or TOLES Higher Exam Preparation Course ➡️ Click book a class and from the drop-down and choose the dates when you would like to study ➡️ Fill in the form with your details and pay for the course ➡️Send an email to Louise@studylegalenglish.com with your friend’s details to register them on the same course as you at no extra cost. 😁It’s super simple. Start improving your legal English! 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast ⁠⁠with a donation⁠.⁠⁠ 📙Episode links ⁠⁠Website page⁠⁠ 🥇Learn legal English ⁠Take a legal English class or course⁠⁠Sign up for my site membership⁠⁠Buy my book: Practical English Language Skills for Lawyers⁠⁠Get italki credit for English classes⁠ 📣 Connect with me ⁠YouTube⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠Newsletter

🗒️ About this episode: In this episode I interview Podcast PRO member, Brazilian lawyer – Regiane Gurski. We talk about her story learning English and legal English, why she likes being a PRO member, her experience of taking my legal English Podcourses, and her tips on learning. The end of the episode includes phrases and idioms with definitions and example sentences. Podcast LITE and PRO members get access to a downloadable transcript for this episode. PRO members get access to a downloadable vocabulary list and quiz. See the tabs below. 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation⁠. 📙Episode links Website page⁠Study Legal English Podcourses⁠⁠Listen to different accents⁠⁠Connect with Regiane on LinkedIn ⁠ 🥇Learn legal English Take a legal English class or courseSign up for my site membershipBuy my book: Practical English Language Skills for LawyersGet italki credit for English classes 📣 Connect with me YouTubeLinkedInInstagramFacebookNewsletter

🗒️ About this episode: Study Legal English is now a TOLES registered centre and is running the following TOLES preparation courses: Online TOLES FOUNDATION preparation courseOnline TOLES HIGHER preparation courseTOLES Winter School in Italy But what is TOLES? This episode is all about the TOLES exams. We look at the following questions: What is TOLES? How can it help you? How can you prepare for it? Where can you take it? Resources mentioned in the episode: The Lawyer's English Language Coursebook by Catherine MasonAdvanced Legal English by Catherine Mason and Natalie CanhamThe Study Legal English Level TestStudy Legal English LITE and PRO membershipitalki (platform to find an English teacher)European Legal English Teachers' Association (EULETA) trainer directory 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation⁠. 📙Episode links Website page 🥇Learn legal English Take a legal English class or courseSign up for my site membershipBuy my book: Practical English Language Skills for LawyersGet italki credit for English classes 📣 Connect with me YouTubeLinkedInInstagramFacebookNewsletter

🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I interview Polish judge Dawid Sztuwe about his experience conducting court hearings online during the Covid-19 pandemic. Dawid gives tips for lawyers, parties, and other judges on how to deal with problems and some resources which can help you learn more about online hearings. Connect with Dawid: dawid.sztuwe@icloud.com Read about the Bergamo conference I refer to in the episode here. 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast ⁠with a donation⁠.⁠ PODCASTS mentioned in the show: https://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/digital-edge/https://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/law-technology-now/https://www.lawnext.com/category/lawnexthttps://thewiredwig.com YOUTUBE mentioned in the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBFM8ghFXIE&list=PLr69H4uGYkn4YLKgPvSURJvD9C4fiEEjx&index=2&t=2shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzufvpqlG9Y&t=13shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfrHPikN30w&t=3shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SFHCvyoMYU 📙Episode links Website page 🥇Learn legal English Take a legal English class or courseSign up for my site membershipBuy my book: Practical English Language Skills for LawyersGet italki credit for English classes 📣 Connect with me YouTubeLinkedInInstagramFacebookNewsletter

🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I give an overview of what real property law is and what a real property lawyer does. This episode features lots of legal English vocabulary and at the end of the show I do a quick quiz to test your real property vocabulary! 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation⁠. 📙Episode links Website page 🥇Learn legal English Take a legal English class or courseSign up for my site membershipBuy my book: Practical English Language Skills for LawyersGet italki credit for English classes 📣 Connect with me YouTubeLinkedInInstagramFacebookNewsletter

🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I interview Jonah Perlin, Georgetown Law professor of legal practice and advanced legal writing. We talk about Jonah's background teaching English and working on international complex commercial litigation as an attorney. We talk about aspects of persuasive writing including theory of case, and logos, pathos, and ethos. 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation⁠. 📙Episode links Website page⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠How I Lawyer Podcast by Jonah Perlin⁠⁠Wordle game⁠⁠PACER US Court documents⁠⁠Legal Writing Institute Monograph Series⁠⁠Point Made: How to Write Like the Nation's Top Advocates by Ross Guberman⁠⁠Point Taken: How to Write Like the World's Best Judges by Ross Guberman⁠⁠#AppellateTwitter⁠ 🥇Learn legal English Take a legal English class or courseSign up for my site membershipBuy my book: Practical English Language Skills for LawyersGet italki credit for English classes 📣 Connect with me YouTubeLinkedInInstagramFacebookNewsletter

🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I interview John Terry Dundon, Georgetown Law professor of contract drafting. We talk about John's background teaching English abroad, working as an attorney, and teaching legal English and contract drafting. We talk about what the priorities are for drafting contracts including going into detail on specific clauses such as reps and warranties, indemnities, and covenants. John shares his views on plain English and also shares a couple of helpful resources for contract drafting and legal English language learning. 🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation⁠. 📙Episode links Website page ⁠John on LinkedIn⁠⁠Working With Contracts: What Law School Doesn't Teach You, 2nd Edition by Charles M. Fox⁠⁠Aspen Select Series Academic Legal Discourse and Analysis: Essential Skills for International Students Studying Law in The United States by Marta Baffy and Kirsten Schaetzel⁠⁠Black’s Law Dictionary, 11th Edition 11th Edition by Bryan A. Garner⁠ 🥇Learn legal English Take a legal English class or courseSign up for my site membershipBuy my book: Practical English Language Skills for LawyersGet italki credit for English classes 📣 Connect with me YouTubeLinkedInInstagramFacebookNewsletter