Who is this course for?
This course is intended for legal professionals who communicate with non-Dutch speaking clients, colleagues, and partners on a regular basis. This includes lawyers, attorneys, notaries, and legal staff at Dutch and international organisations. Whether you want to improve your English for international contract negotiations, or be able to consult with international clients in German. The course is available for groups and individual participants.
What can you expect from this tailor-made language course?
- Training in the language of your choice: English, German, French, Spanish or any other language you need in your work.
- Focus on your working environment: No standard materials, but your own working environment is taken as the starting point. You will practise using legal terminology in the context of your own cases and documents. From clearly formulating legal opinions to writing emails and reports, and making small talk with international colleagues.
- Interactive modes of instruction: Think of role-play in which we simulate realistic work situations and writing assignments that you can use straight away in your day-to-day work.
- Cultural awareness: Learn how cultural differences affect communication and how to deal with these differences successfully in your work field, for example in contract negotiations, dismissal procedures, or in working with partners.
- Targeted feedback: You will receive intensive guidance and feedback from an experienced language trainer who understands the legal sector.
Content and approach
We tailor this course fully to your needs or the needs of your team. We start with an intake interview, in which we identify your learning objectives, language level, work situation, and practical preferences. Based on this information, we put together a personalised programme, from an intensive short course to a comprehensive learning programme. Depending on your wishes, this may include the following elements:
- Formal and informal conversational skills
- Writing emails, reports and other types of documents
- Feedback on pronunciation, word choice, tone and structure of conversations and written communications
- Insight into intercultural communication: habits, sensitivities, and non-verbal signals
You can take this course on our premises, in-company, or remotely via the virtual classroom. It is also possible to combine these options.
The result
After completing this course, you will:
- Communicate more effectively and confidently in the target language
- Have greatly improved your legal vocabulary and writing skills
- Recognise and harness cultural differences in international collaborations
- Be able to communicate clearly, correctly and professionally within your work context
