The Study Legal English Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
E137: Barrie J. Roberts - Negotiating Success: How English Learners Can Master Principled Negotiation (Interview)
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In Episode 137 of the Study Legal English Podcast, I interview Barrie J. Roberts, author of "The Getting to Yes Guide...
E136: 3 top tips for legal writing (interview)
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I'm joined by Natasha Costello to share our top three tips for effective legal email writing. We div...
E135: Our book anniversary - your questions answered (interview)
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this special episode, I'm joined by Natasha Costello to celebrate the one-year anniversary of our book, "Prac...
E134 - Kateřina Chudová - Top Tips for using AI to Study Legal English (Interview)
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: Join me as I dive into an enlightening conversation with the innovative Kateřina Chudová, head of the language unit at ...
E133 - Ken Adams: A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting 5th edn. (Interview)
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: Ken Adams, the leading authority on contract drafting language, tells us about his A Manual of Style for Contract Draftin...
E132: Legal English Summer School, Italy, June 2023 (Announcement)
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I'm joined by Natasha Costello to talk about our legal English Summer School. 🙏This podcast is ...
E131: Legal English for Networking Workshop Series (Announcement)
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode I’ve got an announcement to make: Natasha Costello and I are running our first workshop series based o...
E130: Can Chat GPT teach me legal English? (Monologue)
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: Can Chat GPT teach you legal English? Chat GPT is a chat bot that uses artificial intelligence, to answer questions that...
E129: Legal English preposition mistakes #2 (Monologue)
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: This episode is about five legal English preposition mistakes that probably you are making. We look at the correct way to...
E128: Legal English preposition mistakes #1 (Monologue)
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: This episode is about five legal English preposition mistakes that probably you are making: to impose something ... som...
E127: Decoding culture with Louis Pruvost (Interview)
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, we listen to my interview with Louis Pruvost, head of communications at Gapsmoov, a company specialising...
E126: Listen to the Pre-booklaunch webinar (Announcement)
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: This is a recording of the webinar for legal English teachers and students to explore the book: Practical English Languag...
E125: Pre-Booklaunch Webinar (Announcement)
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I announce when Practical English Language Skills For Lawyers: Improving your Legal English by Natasha C...
E124: Top coursebooks for legal English learning (Monologue)
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: This episode is about coursebooks you can use to improve your legal English. The episode also features some messages from...
E123: Top resources for legal English speaking (Monologue)
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I share resources to improve your legal English speaking: ✅ ways to find a language exchange partner...
E122: Top Podcasts for legal English listening (Monologue)
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I share: ✅ top podcasts for improving your legal English listening ✅ a Spotify playlist for legal...
FLASH SALE: Online TOLES courses buy one get one free (Announcement)
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: FLASH SALE NOW ON! This weekend I’m running a flash sale on my online TOLES courses. I’ve got a huge offer on and tha...
E121: Regiane Gurski – A PRO Member’s experience of learning legal English (Interview)
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode I interview Podcast PRO member, Brazilian lawyer – Regiane Gurski. We talk about her story learning Eng...
E120: What is TOLES - An overview (Monologue)
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: Study Legal English is now a TOLES registered centre and is running the following TOLES preparation courses: Online TOL...
E119: Dawid Sztuwe - Online court hearings (Interview)
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I interview Polish judge Dawid Sztuwe about his experience conducting court hearings online during the C...
E118: Real property law - An overview (Monologue)
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I give an overview of what real property law is and what a real property lawyer does. This episode featu...
E117: Jonah Perlin - Persuasive Legal Writing (Interview)
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I interview Jonah Perlin, Georgetown Law professor of legal practice and advanced legal writing. We talk...
E116: John Terry Dundon - Contract Drafting Priorities (Interview)
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I interview John Terry Dundon, Georgetown Law professor of contract drafting. We talk about John's b...
E115: Martin Kopa - Working as a Regional Court Judge (Interview)
03 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I interview Martin Kopa, Regional Court Judge in Brno, Czech Republic. We talk about his work as an atto...
E114: Vlastimil Göttinger - Working at the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic (Interview)
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I interview Vlastimil Göttinger, Secretary-General of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic. We...
E113: Black Friday My Biggest Sale This Year (Announcement)
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I share with you a discount code to get a huge 50% off my site memberships and products. When you checko...
E112: My Tour of the World's First Constitutional Court (Vlog)
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, Vlastimil Göttinger, Secretary-General of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, gives me a to...
E111: UMCS Project - Study Legal English for Development & TOLES for Professional Career. (Announcement)
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: This episode is about the Study Legal English for Development and TOLES for Professional Career Project which ran in su...
110: Intellectual Property Law – An Overview (Article)
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode I give an overview of intellectual property law and what IP lawyers do. I read an extract from an article...
109: Michael Lindner - TransLegal's Online Legal English Resources (Interview)
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode I interview CEO of TransLegal, Michael Lindner. We talk about TransLegal's helpful legal English reso...
108: Banking Law - An Overview (Monologue)
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I give an overview of banking and finance law, including: what is banking and finance law, what does a ...
107: Louise Kulbicki on Teaching Practical Legal Skills in Oman (Interview by Stephen Horowitz)
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I’m interviewed by Stephen Horowitz about my practical legal skills course I’m teaching Muscat, Oman...
106: Tort Law - An Overview (Monologue)
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I give an overview of tort law, including: what is tort law, types of tort (focusing on negligence, tres...
105: TransLegal and Study Legal English Collaboration (Announcement)
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I’ve got an exciting announcement to make about a collaboration between TransLegal and Study Legal Eng...
104: Good Legal Design with Stefania Passera (Interview)
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I interview Stefania Passera, one of the best legal designers in the world! We talk about good v bad leg...
Contract Negotiation Online Course (Announcement)
14 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: A short announcement about an upcoming online course on contract negotiations. 🙏This podcast is free to help people ar...
103: Rupert Haigh with 5 Points for Better Legal Writing (Interview)
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I interview Rupert Haigh, author of Legal English. Rupert shares with us 5 difficulties learners of lega...
102: The Lawyer's English Language Coursebook (Review)
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this podcast episode I talk about the Lawyer's English Language Coursebook, also known as the TOLES book for the T...
101: How I became a qualified foreign lawyer in England and Wales with Aloysius Chang (Interview)
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this podcast episode I interview Aloysius Chang about his experience studying for and passing the Qualified Lawyers Tr...
100: What is this podcast and who am I? (Monologue)
23 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: This podcast episode gives an overview of what the podcast is and some information about my background as the podcast hos...
99: Ken Adams - Cracking the Contract Drafting Code (Interview)
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: Ken Adams, the leading authority on contract drafting language, tells us about THE code you need to know about for cont...
98: Mark Anderson - IP Contracts and IP terminology (Interview)
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: Mark Anderson, one of the UK's top IP lawyers, tells us about his approach to contracting and shares his top tips on ...
97: Alex Hamilton: Contract Innovation minus the AI (Interview)
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: Move over Buffy the Vampire Slayer, here’s Alex the Contract Slasher. Alex Hamilton, CEO of NewLaw firm Radiant Law, i...
96.2: Sarah Fox: Liquidated Damages and Visual Contracts (Interview)
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: This is part two of my interview with Sarah Fox. We talk about liquidated damages, what you can do today to improve you...
96.1: Sarah Fox: How to write a 500-word contract and know it's good (Interview)
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode I interview Sarah Fox on her concept of drafting a contract in 500 words. We talk about the bare essentia...
95: An Overview of Employment Law (Monologue)
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode we learn about employment law. We find out about: what employment law is what employment lawyers do ...
94: Daniel Edelson on techniques to improve legal English (Interview)
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: Today I interview Daniel Edelson – US attorney, adjunct professor at St. John’s Law, and founder of USlawessential.co...
93: TMT Law - What Does a TMT Lawyer Do? (Article)
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: Today’s episode is all about Technology, Media & Telecommunications law. We’ll be looking at: ● What TMT law is...
92: Commercial Law - #4 Essentials You NEED to Know (Monologue)
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In today’s episode I give an overview of what commercial law is and what a commercial lawyer does. We’ll be looking a...
91: Mergers and Acquisitions Overview (Article)
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In today’s episode I read an extract from an article all about mergers and acquisitions. The article was written by Cla...
90: The American Way of Writing with Steven D. Stark (Interview)
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In today’s episode I interview Steven D. Stark. Steven is a graduate from Harvard and Yale and a writer of ‘The Ameri...
89: Private Practice v Working In-House (Article)
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: Today I read an article all about the differences between private practice and working in house. The article is called ‘...
88: Denis Potemkin - Contracts are Broken, Here's How to Fix Them (Interview)
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: What is contract automation? What is the future for contracts? How are contracts broken? In this interview, Denis Potemki...
New Year Prize 2019-2020 - Winner (Announcement)
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
EPISODE INFORMATION: Happy New Year! Today I have a few announcements including the winner of teh New Year Prize 2019. HELPFUL LINKS: Go to: https:...
New Year Prize 2019 - Win One-Year Podcast Pro Membership (Announcement)
27 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
EPISODE INFORMATION: This season I'm in the mood to celebrate! I'm giving you the chance to win a whole one-year Podcast Pro membership with the ‘N...
Legal and Forensic Linguistics Conference Round table: The role of legal interpreters
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
An un-edited recording of a round table discussion held at the Legal and forensic linguistics conference organised by Anton Osminkin and Charlotte Dan...
87: Contract Drafting Tips with Natasha Costello (Interview)
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: Do you draft contracts in English? Do you know the common mistakes? Want some tips to improve? Get some contract d...
86: What is Precedent? (Vlog)
25 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: •Do you know what precedent is?•Do you know how precedent works? Find out the answers to these questions and learn Le...
85: How is Primary Legislation Made? (Vlog)
12 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: Do you know what primary legislation is? Do you know how the law is made in the UK? Find out the answers to these que...
84: My Trip to Gray's Inn (Vlog)
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: Do you know what an Inn of Court is? Do you know the difference between a barrister and solicitor? Do you want to kn...
83: The Legend of the Devil's Paw Imprint (Fiction)
14 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode I’m joined by two senior English language lecturers from the Law and Administration Faculty of UMCS, L...
How to Study Legal English online with Italki (Announcement)
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
82: Richard Lackey's Experience as a Legal Translator (Interview)
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode I interview Richard Lackey, a Legal Translator & Owner of Contractually Speaking Ltd. We talk about: ...
81: LL.M Legal Writing Tips with Stephen Horowitz (Interview)
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode I interview Stephen Horowitz, Director of Legal English at St John's Law. We talk about: • Legal En...
80: My Experience as a Litigation Lawyer with Alex Woods (Interview)
02 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode I interview Alex Woods, Senior Solicitor & Owner of Redwood Legal Ltd - a boutique law firm specialis...
79: Civil Appeals (Monologue)
05 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: This episode looks at civil appeals. The episode includes: How parties appeal a decision The appeal courts involved ...
78: A Civil Trial (Monologue)
22 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: This episode looks at the differences between various types of civil trials and the overall structure of a civil trial. T...
77: Pre-Trial Process for Civil Claims (Monologue)
08 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: This episode is available as a video and podcast. It looks at the pre-trial civil procedure including: How a defendant...
76: Making a Claim (Monologue)
24 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: This episode is available as a video and podcast. It looks at what a claimant should do to make a claim including: Brin...
75: Before Commencing Civil Proceedings (Monologue)
10 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: This episode looks at the steps parties should take before commencing civil proceedings including: Trying to resolve th...
74: Civil v Criminal - what's the difference? (Monologue)
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: This episode is an overview of the differences between criminal and civil proceedings. We look at: The type of parties ...
73: How do the courts decide whether or not to grant bail? (Article)
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: This episode is all about bail. I read an extract from an article 'How do the courts decide whether or not to grant b...
72: Disclosure in Criminal Cases (Article)
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: This episode looks at the duty of disclosure in criminal proceedings. It features an edited version of the blog article ‘...
71: The Layout of Criminal Courts (Monologue)
22 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: This episode looks at the layout of the magistrates’ court and Crown Court, including different features and where vari...
70: Sentencing of Offenders (Monologue)
08 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: This episode focuses on sentencing of offenders who are guilty of committing a criminal offence. It answers the following...
69: A Criminal Trial in the Crown Court (Monologue)
25 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: This episode focuses on what happens in a criminal trial in the Crown Court and includes information about: ● the diffe...
68: A Criminal Trial in the Magistrates' Court (Monologue)
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: This episodes focuses on what happens in a criminal trial in the magistrates' court and includes information about: ...
67: Before a Criminal Trial - The Pre-trial Hearing (Monologue)
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: This episode focuses on pre-trial criminal procedure, after the investigation stage and decision to prosecute. We look at...
66: Criminal Investigations and Charging (Monologue)
25 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: This episode focuses on pre-trial criminal procedure including the investigation stage and decision to prosecute. We look...
65: Introduction to the Criminal Justice System (Monologue)
18 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: A brief introduction to the criminal justice system. This episode covers: The role of the criminal justice system Diff...
64: Christopher Kessling - TV Legal English v Real Legal English (Interview)
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: Today's guest is criminal defence barrister Christopher Kessling. Called to the Bar in 1992, he has more than 20 year...
63: Day in the life of ADR professional #3 (Fiction)
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode we hear a fictional monologue from a professional working in alternative dispute resolution. It includes:...
62: Day in the life of ADR professional #2 (Fiction)
21 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode we hear a fictional monologue from a professional working in alternative dispute resolution. It includes:...
61: Day in the life of ADR professional #1 (Fiction)
14 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode we hear a fictional monologue from a professional working in alternative dispute resolution. It includes:...
New Year Prize *WINNER* 2018-2019 (Announcement)
07 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There are some important announcements today. Listen to find out about: *Who the winner is of the New Year Prize 2018-2019 competition *What I've bee...
Announcement: New Year Prize 2018-2019 (Announcement)
03 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
There are some important announcements today. Listen to find out about: The sad news - I'm taking a short break in December but I'll be back in the N...
60: An Introduction to Conciliation (Monologue)
26 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode we learn about conciliation. We find out about: The process of conciliation The differences between me...
59: An Introduction to Mediation (Monologue)
19 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I'm joined by Natasha Costello to talk about our legal English Summer School. 🙏This podcast is ...
58: An Introduction to Arbitration (Monologue)
12 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In this episode I introduce the topic of alternative dispute resolution, focusing specifically on arbitration. We find ou...
57: Introduction to Tribunals (Article)
29 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: Today's episode looks at tribunals in the UK, giving details about: ● what the tribunals are;● how the tribunals ...
56: Aleksandra Łuczak – Tools for Teaching & Learning Legal English (Pustulka, Memrise, Quizlet) (Interview)
22 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: Today's guest is Aleksandra Luczak, Head of the English Legal Language Department at Kozminski University in Warsaw w...
55: Simon Porter discussing legalese - hereby, whereby, therefor, hereinafter (Interview)
08 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: I managed to interview Simon Porter founder of Written Legal English when I was in Poland for the Legal English Share and...
54: Scott Lo - The Pros and Cons of Different Legal Careers (Interview)
01 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In today's episode I interview Scott Lo. Scott is a solicitor with many years of experience working in large internat...
53: Christopher Rathbone - Using Plain Language in Legal English Writing (Interview)
17 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In today's episode I interview Christopher Rathbone, a Canadian attorney who has been living and working in Tokyo for...
52: Liz Rivers - Why you need to know about mediation (Interview)
10 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In today's episode I interview Liz Rivers - the queen of mediation! Liz was the UK's first female CEDR (Centre fo...
51: Judge Al Hasan's Experience Learning English (Interview)
03 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: In today’s episode we hear from Judge Naser Alhasan, he is a Syrian judge, who like millions of other people, fled to T...
50: How to Set and Achieve your SMART Legal English Goals (Monologue)
13 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
EPISODE INFORMATION: How can you achieve your Legal English goals? Find out in today's short episode. After you've listened to this episode why not se...
49: The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (Monologue)
06 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: Today's episode looks at the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. I talk a tour I went on of the Supreme Court whilst...
48: The Senior Courts of England and Wales (Monologue)
30 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: Today's episode looks at the senior courts of England and Wales, those being the Crown Court, Court of Appeal and the...
47: The Inferior Courts of England and Wales (Monologue)
16 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
🗒️ About this episode: Today's episode focuses on the inferior courts of England and Wales. We find out about the magistrates' court, th...