English for Lawyers
For International Law Students and Lawyers
Summer 2013
July 15 - August 23, 2013
Classes are held at the Evelyn and Joseph I. Lubin Graduate Center, 1 Martine Avenue, White Plains, New York 10606
Course Descriptions
Legal Writing (5 hrs/week): This course provides practice in writing legal English. Writing skills taught will include outlining, summarizing, paraphrasing, synthesizing, persuading, and developing academic legal style. 
Days: Monday and Wednesday
Time: 09:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Price: $870.00
Reading Legal Materials (5 hrs/week): This course is designed to help LL.M. students learn reading strategies for processing legal texts.
Days: Monday and Wednesday
Time: 1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Price: $870.00
American Law and Legal Education (5 hrs/week): This course is designed to introduce the international LL.M. student to American law by examining U.S. Common Law reasoning and analysis and the traditions on which it is based, the U.S. federal system, and U.S. Law School curriculum, pedagogy, examinations, grading, and student expectations.
Days: Tuesday and Thursday
Time: 09:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Price: $870.00
Listening and Speaking Skills for Law School (5 hrs/week): This course provides practice with a variety of speaking activities common in an American law school class, including asking and answering questions, debates, discussions, and presentations.
Days: Tuesday and Thursday
Time: 1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Price: $870.00
Interested in an on-campus housing?
Dorm rooms are available for Summer in the Dannat Hall on the Law School Campus in White Plains by weekly basis.
- $275 wk for a single room
- Rooms are available from March to August 5 if you are not going to live in Dannat for the Fall semester
If you are interested in living in the Dannat Hall, please return the completed Summer Housing Applicationto English Language Institute with YOUR PAYMENT IN FULL. Please do NOT email your credit card information for your own security. Our LAN fax number is 914-989-8045.
For more information, please contact English Language Institute at:
Phone: (914) 773-3820
E-mail: eliwc@pace.edu
