LEI in Your City

Curriculum Information

Note:  LEI instruction focuses on the language a lawyer needs for conversation or work in the context of different areas of law; this is not a law school curriculum.

  • Skills:  All Plans include a balance of reading, listening, writing and speaking exercises unless the student has chosen a special emphasis on a particular skill

  • Homework:  All Plans include frequent homework assignments unless the student has requested no homework

  • Standard Curriculum:  The LEI Standard Curriculum offers basic subjects of general interest to many lawyers

Tailored curriculum:  You may create your own curriculum by replacing subjects in the Standard Curriculum of any Plan with any other subjects offered by LEI. Click here to see all Subjects.

LEI in In Your City – Standard Curriculum
*indicates U.S.A. only
Subjects Plan
200, 210, 220, 230, 300, 310, 320, 330		 Plan
240, 250, 260, 270, 280, 290, 		Plan
340, 350, 360, 370, 380, 390
One Week
Two Weeks
Civil Procedure X X X
Contracts X X X
Corporations (U.S. law) X X X
Criminal law X X X
Intellectual Property X X X
Introduction to Common Law X X X
Legal writing – correspondence X X X
Speaking:  business meetings X X X
Torts X X X
Courtroom protocol and personnel X* X* X*
Observation of a trial court * X* X* X*
Constitution of the U.S.A.   X X
Employment law   X X
Jury System   X X
Introduction to Case Analysis   X X
       
Legal system of the U.S.A.   X X
Legal writing: drafting contracts   X X
Real Property   X X
Observation of an appellate court *   X* X*
       
Human Rights     X
Negotiation     X
Speaking:  conversation with colleagues     X

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Questions?  Contact Legal English International Director Irene Kiebert