English for Law Students has been written by experts in communication and aims at encouraging dialogue and interaction between lecturer and student. The methodology used is not only useful to law students but also to those lecturers who do not have a legal background.


Key Benefits

• It is a comprehensive course, which considers time, investment, practice and reward
• As a self-study guide, it is highly interactive; as a teaching aid, it offers valuable suggestions for student/teacher interactions 
• Includes study notes and exercises as well as revision exercises

A companion podcast link containing lecturers' support material is available at http://player.iono.fm/juta-law/isbn9780702182174.

• Introduction to English for Law Students
• Divisions and subjects in the study of law
• Reading the judgment in a South African court case
• Dealing with textbooks
• Reading complex text
• Structuring academic writing
• Reading an Act
• Expressing and evaluating opinions 
• Plain legal language
• Critical reading skills
• Law and literature
• Formal correspondence
• Advanced research in law subjects
• Two revision units
• Listening skills practice on CD

Language skills which are progressively developed throughout the book: 

• note-making
• summarising
• writing skills
• reading skills
• study skills
• grammar skills
• listening skills progressively developed by exercises on CD

• First time or non-law students needing to access and understand legal sources
• Students with English as a second language 
• Teachers of English and law 
• Libraries