INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS FOR LAW STUDENTS: THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCES

• Authors: Elena G. Vyushkina
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper deals with a practical approach to developing of law stu- dents’ communicative and professional competences within a one-term, optional, cross-curricular course. The author, whose principal occupation is teaching Le- gal English, was offered the opportunity to train a team of law students to take part in the national rounds of the International Client Consultation Com- petition. Since then, the author has been involved in coaching teams for law students’ competitions and the author’s three year work has resulted in framing an experimental cross-curricular course “Client Consultation in English”. The background and necessity for the development of the course are outlined in the paper, along with a brief overview of teaching legal skills in Russia and general information about international competitions for law students. The basic ele- ments of the course are described, as well as the methods used by the author for training students’ teams. A similar framework is being used now for creating another cross-curricular course “Legal Negotiations in English”.

Keywords

EN

legal English; communicative competence; professional communication; interviewing skills; client consultation

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 34
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 189-204

Dates

published

2013-10-01

online

2013-12-31

Contributors

author

Elena G. Vyushkina

• Saratov State Law Academy, Russia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/slgr-2013-0030