Beginner – Intermediate
Legal English Foundations
Core vocabulary, sentence patterns and reading skills for legal professionals
USD 29.00
Instant account accessPersonalized PDFSecure checkout3rd Edition
A structured foundation in the language used across legal practice. This book helps non-native English-speaking lawyers, law students, paralegals and business professionals understand legal vocabulary in context, read statutes and clauses more efficiently, and communicate legal ideas with greater precision. Each unit combines explanations, authentic-style examples, guided exercises, vocabulary review and professional application tasks.
What you will learn
- Distinguish legal English from general and business English
- Recognise the structure of legal definitions, rights, duties and prohibitions
- Use high-frequency legal verbs, nouns and collocations accurately
- Interpret common Latin and Law French expressions still used in practice
- Read statutes, regulations, judgments and contractual clauses strategically
- Explain legal concepts to clients in clear professional English
- Avoid common false friends and translation errors
- Build a reusable personal legal vocabulary system
Pages128
Edition3rd Edition
LanguageEnglish
LevelBeginner – Intermediate
FormatPersonalized PDF
PublicationJul 2026
Detailed contents
- 1. Understanding the Nature of Legal Englishp.1
- 2. Legal Systems, Courts and Sources of Lawp.13
- 3. People, Parties and Professional Rolesp.27
- 4. Rights, Duties, Powers and Liabilitiesp.41
- 5. Core Legal Verbs and Collocationsp.55
- 6. Latin and Law French in Modern Practicep.69
- 7. Reading Statutes and Regulationsp.83
- 8. Reading Judgments and Case Summariesp.97
- 9. Explaining Law in Plain Englishp.109
- 10. Consolidated Practice and Answer Keyp.119
Edition history and updates
Expanded plain-English explanations, revised vocabulary workshops and updated professional application exercises.
Draft