Universidad de Concepción

Departamento de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales

Derecho - Inglés Jurídico
Professor Fabiola Bocaz Zelada

Unit 1. Worksheet 3. Vocabulary review 1

I. Translate the following words:

1. Litigation 13. Unlike:

2. Judge 14. undertake
3. Legal practice 15. conveyancing
4. Advocacy 16. Draw up
5. Appear 17. will
6. Training contract 18. instructed
7. Pleading a case 19. Placement
8. Act for 20. seat
9. Claim 21. Secondment
10. Partnership 22. merger
11. On behalf of 23. trainee
12. Draft 24. Practitioner

II. Classify the following vocabulary between noun, verb & noun person.

NOUN NOUN-PERSON VERB

ADVICE
APPLICATION
TRAINEESHIP
SPECIALISM
PARTNERSHIP
PRACTICE
 III. Matching Pairs.
a. Solicitor 1. _____ A company, specially a large one.
b. Placement 2. _____ An official position.
c. Litigation 3. _____ A lawyer who gives legal advice to individuals and companies. S/He passes the
d. Seat exams in the USA.
e. Training contract 4. _____ a lawyer who gives legal advice to solicitors. S/He passes the exams in the UK.
f. Corporate 5. ______ a lawyer who gives legal advice and opinion to individuals and companies. (UK)
g. Advocacy 6. _____ A period of practical training in law.
h. Attorney 7. _____ the process of making a claim.
i. Act for 8. _____ to represent clients in and out of court.
j. Barrister 9. _____ The skill of speaking for someone in court.
10. _____ Temporary position.

IV. Complete the following sentences with the vocabulary above.

Trainee / Appeared / will / specialise / Draft /
1- Could you __________ a report on this?
2- He _____ before the judge Scott.
3- My grandmother gave me some money in her _____________
4- My brother wants to ___________ in human rights.
5- Paul is a ___________ solicitor who is about to qualify this summer.

GRAMMAR AND CONTENT

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
I give legal advice I don’t give…
You draft legal documents You don’t draft…
We do advocacy We don’t do…
They draw up contracts They don’t draw up…
She gives legal advice She doesn’t give legal…
He drafts legal documents He doesn’t draft legal …
It does advocacy It doesn’t do advocacy

V. Write sentences with the following words. Use simple present tense.
Lawyer / Clients /Undertake /Right of audience /Do advocacy /
VI. Write the role of a Solicitor. (use simple present tense)