Orientation in the U.S. Legal System and Business Law
July 23, 2012 - August 3, 2012
Location
The Foundry Building in Georgetown
1055 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW. Suite M-100
Washington, District of Columbia 20007
USA
Description
Overview
The International Law Institute (ILI) is pleased to announce its 42st Orientation in the U.S. Legal System education series, the first and longest running program of its kind. This program is ideal for foreign lawyers and professionals, arbitrators, law students and practitioners in general, preparing for graduate legal study in the U.S, and anyone whose job requires an understanding of the American legal system, as compared to the civil law tradition, or for anyone who deals with American and International clients and partners. Our summer program has two components, each one designed to provide you with the best training of its kind: "Introduction to Legal English and Legal Research and Writing" and "Orientation in the U.S. Legal System and Business Law".
Course Outline
This program is designed to introduce attorneys to the American common law. Whether you deal with American corporate clients or American law in general, this program will benefit you significantly. Furthermore, the program will cover the role of common law in international and supranational organizations such as the WTO, the EU, and other similar institutions.
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Course Outline - Cont'd
Strategic Benefits
•Basic knowledge of the institutions of the American legal system
•The use of case law and judicial precedent Exposure to major judicial doctrines central to American law
•Enhancement of analytical and research skills needed in the study of law
•Better understanding of the role of the legal profession in the U.S.
•Opportunities to meet lawyers from the private and public sectors and the chance to observe the practice of law in court
•Writing and Orientation in the U.S. Legal System.
•Introduction to Legal English and Legal Research and partners.
•Our summer program has two components, each one designed to provide to the civil law tradition, or for anyone who deals with American and international clients
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International Law Institute
1055 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW. Suite M-100
Washington, District of Columbia 20007
United States of America
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