Peculiarities of foreign language training of lawyers in Northern Europe: Finland and Sweden

• Authors: Olga Nitenko

Abstracts

EN

Professional higher education in law in Finland and Sweden is analyzed at the leading universities as an example. The selection of universities for the research is based on the world rankings and on the availability of foreign language training within master courses in law at these universities. The main peculiarities of foreign language training for prospective lawyers in Northern Europe are identified.

PL

Edukację wyższą w zakresie prawa w Finlandii i Szwecji poddano analizie na przykładzie wiodących uniwersytetów. Wybór uczelni do badań oparty został na światowych rankingach oraz dostępności nauczania języków obcych na studiach magisterskich na kierunku prawo. Zidentyfikowano główne cechy charakterystyczne nauczania przyszłych prawników w zakresie języków obcych w Europie Północnej.

Keywords

PL

nauczanie języków obcych; edukacja wyższa w zakresie prawa; światowy ranking uniwersytetów; język obcy

EN

foreign language training; higher education in law; world ranking of universities; foreign language

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Edukacja Międzykulturowa
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 4
• Pages: 118-131

Dates

published

2015

Contributors

author

Olga Nitenko

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/em.2015.07

Biblioteka Nauki

1963209