T07-Terminology for Legal Settings-Level 1

This 90-minute session provides basic information and terminology used in legal settings. Topics include information on the major legal systems and law specialties, and more than 500 commonly used terms.

This is one session of a 5-part bundle on the terminology used in healthcare and medicine, legal settings and finance and business, and tips on how to build better glossaries. You may take each session individually or the 5 sessions as a unit.


This content was created by Claudia Brauer.

Register for 2 online sessions on the EU and the USA legal systems and learn more about the rules of procedure of the EU Judiciary and the terms most commonly used in the (U.S.) courts, as well as the penal and law enforcement systems, immigration, and legal business settings.

Each online session from the bundle can be purchased individually, but if you wish to participate in both sessions you can purchase access at the special early bird price: 67 USD 46 USD.

See the sessions from the bundle:

* Basic Terminology in Legal Settings
* The Rules of procedure of the EU Judiciary

Translators
Interpreters
Editors

- General understanding of basic legal concepts
- Terminology generally used in legal encounters
- Listings and study recommendations to improve your knowledge of legal terminology

Sufficient command of English to understand the session.

Participation:
PREPARATION materials will be shared BEFORE each session, and HANDS-ON exercises will be suggested to be completed AFTER each session. The student is expected to be fully engaged in the session with ACTIVE listening, individual thinking and processing of information, as well as hands-on note-taking and interactive activities. This is a fast-pace session with an upbeat and lively mood, that requires full engagement on the part of the participant.

PART 1
Major Legal System
Law Specialties
U.S. Judicial System
Terms 1 - 100

PART 2
Terms 101-500

ALSO, GREAT RESOURCES AND TOOLS FOR FURTHER STUDY AND REFERENCE.

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• access to webinar session.
• unlimited access to the webinar recording.
• powerpoint slides to remind participants of the key points and lessons learned.
• certificates of attendance.

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• Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP, 2003 Server or 2000 (Linux is not supported)
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• Internet Connection Required: Cable modem, DSL, or better recommended
• Recommended: Minimum of Pentium® class 1GHz CPU with 512 MB of RAM (2 GB of RAM for Windows Vista)

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• Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®), OS X 10.5 (Leopard®), OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard®)
• Required: Safari™ 3.0 or newer, Firefox® 2.0 or newer; (JavaScript™ and Java™ enabled)
• Internet Connection Required: Cable modem, DSL or better recommended
• Required: PowerPC G4/G5 or Intel processor, 512 MB of RAM or better

To Use VoIP (microphone and speakers or headset):

• Required: Fast Internet connection (384 kbps or more recommended)
• Required: speakers or headset (USB headset recommended)
• NOT required: Microphone - attendees can communicate with the trainer through incorporated chat.

Recommendations

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 Claudia Brauer    View feedback | View all courses

Bio: Claudia became a trainer of translators and interpreters in 2011, after 35 years of experience as a translator and interpreter. She is also a speaker, writer and blogger on topics related to the current state of the translation and interpreting industry. She has designed and delivered more than 300 hours of proprietary content and uses her wikis to freely disseminated some 25 copyrighted tools designed to help translators and interpreters in the 21st century virtual village. The vision of BrauerTraining is to educate translators and interpreters, so they may become great quality professionals with a high code of ethics, embracing technology to remain competitive in today's world. Claudia can be found on the web at http://brauertraining.com and on Twitter as @Brauer21Century.