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to workin a big
lawfirmtake?
Thestudyof lawis intellectually
stimulatingandchallenging,
andcanleadto a
varietyof interesting
careers.
includecoresubjectssuch
as
criminallaw,contract
law,tort law,land law, equityandtrusts, administrative
law andconstitutional
law. In addition,studentsare oftenrequiredto
take
courses
coveringskillssuchas legalwritingandlegalresearch.
typically
coursesavailable.Sincemany
lawstudentsgo
onto becomelawyers,studentsoftentakecourses
that
willbeusefulto themduringtheirfuturecareers.
Someonewishingto runa
small
partnership
orto workalone
as a sole
practitioner
in a smalltownmay
decideto take subjectssuchas familylaw,
employmentlaw and housinglaw.
Thosewishingto workin a largelawpractice
willconsidersubjectssuchas
companylaw,commerciallaw and litigation
andarbitration.
Many
universitiesalsooffercourseson legalpractice.
Courseslikethis
give
studentsthe opportunity
theworkof a lawyerbeforedeciding
ona careerinthe law.Another
wayof findingoutmoreaboutlawin
practice
to experience
is
to
get
involvedwitha voluntary
advicecentreor lawclinic.Theseclinicsoffer
freelegalassistanceto the local
communityand
provide
a usefulintroduction
to someof the day-to-dayworkof a lawyer.
look
at fourthings:education,personality,
workexperienceandlanguage
ability.
SinceEnglish
is essential.Whenlawfirms
hirenewrecruits,
they
generally
is the languageof the international
legalcommunity,
lawfirms
increasingly
expect
graduates
to havea
good
commandof English.
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Inthe UKandthe USA,law
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years
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complete.Inthe UK,theseprogrammes
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alsoa varietyof optional
(elective)
Forstudentswishingto workina commercialpractice,
knowledgeof foreign
languages
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decidewhetherthesestatementsaretrue
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is false,correctit.
I A courseinfamilylawis usuallyincludedamong
the coresubjectsat law
schoolsintheUK.
2 Some
lawdegree
programmes
offercoursesin someof the important
skillsthat
lawyersneedin orderto dotheirwork,suchas legalwritingor legalEnglish.
3 Lawclinics
givelawstudentsthe opportunity
to learnaboutthe legal
problems
of the medical
profession.
4 Today,commercial
law
firms expectrecruitsto be completely
fluentin English.
you
shouldtryto writedownas many
collocations
as
you
can,and
not
only
singlewords.
Howmanycollocations
with
the
wordslegal(e.9. legalwritin$ and law
(e.9.
Iaw
firm)can
you
find in the text?
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questions
witha
partner.
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workin?
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listof strategies
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use?
the new
wordwiththe helpof surroundingwords.
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readon.
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Lookup somenewwords,ignoreothers.
ü
Analyse
the unknownword:askwhat
part
of speech
it is (a nounor an
adjective,
for example);
if it hasa rootor a
prefix(Latin
or French,
for
that mayhelp
you
understand
it; if it hasa
positive
or
negative
meaning,etc.
Keepthesestrategies
in mindwhenreading
the texton
page10.
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