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Mastering Legal English

Mastering Legal English

By: Charlie Shan & Steve Kahaner
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Welcome to The Mastering Legal English Podcast! Whether you're working in a multinational law firm, involved in cross-border transactions, or simply looking to improve your legal communication skills, this podcast is designed to help you navigate the complexities of legal English with ease. Join us as we share practical tips and tricks for using legal English in international practice. From understanding legal terminology to mastering contract drafting, courtroom language, and negotiation strategies, we’ll try to cover it all. Our episodes will feature expert insights, real-world examples, and interactive discussions to ensure you feel more confident and prepared in any legal setting. Stay tuned and sharpen your legal English skills with us.2024 Language Learning Personal Development Personal Success
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  • #11 - Contract Drafting: Mastering the Language of the Deal
    Jul 9 2025

    Join us for the next episode of Mastering Legal English—Contract Drafting: Mastering the Language of the Deal—where you'll gain essential insights into navigating the complexities of contract language.

    This episode will sharpen your drafting skills, clarify tricky terms, and empower you to draft stronger, clearer, and more effective contracts, one clause at a time.

    Today we have Carlos de Cardenas Smith a partner at Uria Menendez, one of Spain’s biggest and “perhaps” most prestigious law firms. He has been the head of corporate practice for more than 10 years and joins us to help us master contract drafting.

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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • #10 - UK v. US Legal English with Steve Churnin
    May 1 2025

    We are back with our new legal English podcast for lawyers who speak English as a foreign language!

    Whether you're working in a multinational law firm, involved in cross-border transactions, or simply looking to improve your legal communication skills, this podcast is designed to help you navigate the complexities of legal English with ease.

    Join us as we share practical tips and tricks for using legal English in international practice. From understanding legal terminology to mastering contract drafting, courtroom language, and negotiation strategies, we’ll try to cover it all.

    Our episodes will feature expert insights, real-world examples, and interactive discussions to ensure you feel more confident and prepared in any legal setting.

    Stay tuned and sharpen your legal English skills with us!

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • #9 - Win with Words: Legal Negotiation in English
    Apr 4 2025

    The Mastering Legal English Podcast is back with episode 9!

    This episode we explore negotiation tips and strategy. Mastering Legal English for Effective Deal-Making 🚀 Negotiate with Confidence. Speak with Precision. Win with Words.

    For foreign language speaking lawyers, mastering legal English isn’t just about vocabulary—it’s about persuasion, clarity, and strategy.

    In this dynamic session, we’ll dive into the language of legal negotiation, equipping you with the essential phrases, cultural insights, and communication tactics needed to navigate high-stakes discussions in English.

    🔹 What You’ll Learn:

    ✔️ Key negotiation phrases and structures to sound authoritative and persuasive.

    ✔️ How to reject offers without burning bridges.

    ✔️ The cultural dos and don’ts of negotiating in English-speaking legal environments.

    ✔️ How to avoid common translation traps that weaken your position.

    ✔️ Techniques to build rapport and close deals effectively in English.

    💼 Whether you're negotiating contracts, settlements, or international deals, this session will give you the linguistic edge to ensure your words work for you—not against you.

    📍 Who Should Attend?

    Foreign language speaking lawyers working in international transactions or disputes. Legal professionals who want to sharpen their negotiation skills in English. Anyone who’s ever thought, “How do I say ‘Ni de coña’ professionally in English?” 😆

    Join us and take your legal negotiation skills to the next level—because in law, the right words can make all the difference.

    Whether you're working in a multinational law firm, involved in cross-border transactions, or simply looking to improve your legal communication skills, this podcast is designed to help you navigate the complexities of legal English with ease.

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    24 mins

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