Mastering Legal English

By: Charlie Shan & Steve Kahaner
  • Summary

  • 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
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Episodes
  • #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
  • #8 - False Friends & Tricky Legal Terms Across Borders with Guest Ricardo Chiesa
    Feb 15 2025

    The Mastering Legal English Podcast is back with episode 8!

    This episode will feature Ricardo Chiesa and we speak about false friends and tricky terminology that can land you in trouble in international practice.

    Ricardo Chiesa teaches legal English and legal translation at the law school in the University of Buenos Aires.

    He has been teaching for 40 years at different universities and is very well known in the field.

    He started as an ESL student at 6 years old and he studied translation in university. So he's a role model for what you can achieve even if you're not a native English speaker.

    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 32 mins

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