Prerequisites: 
Good command of English (minium B2 level)

Contents: 
1. Legal Professions: barristers and solicitors, judges, prosecutors, notaries. Possible steps in a legal career.
2. The Study and Classification of Law: what is law?, distinction between public & private law, branches of law. Sources of law.
3. Constitutional law. Legislature, executive and judiciary.
4. Human rights.
5. EU law.
6. Administrative law. Administrative proceedings and judicial review.
7. Public economic law. Public procurement.
8. Financial law. Revenue and expenditure of the state. Tax law.
9. Environmental law.
10. Criminal law. The concept and structure of an offence. Types of offences.

Recommended reading: 
1 Legal English, Sierocka H., Publikator. Białystok 2011
2 Practical English for Lawyers, Konieczna A., C.H.Beck. Warszawa 2007
3 International Legal English, Krois-Lindner A. & Translegal, Cambridge University Press. Cambridge 2007
4 English for law, Riley A., Prentice Hall. 1995
5 English in Legal Context, Takeuchi M., PWN. Warszawa 2013

Additional reading:
1 Legal English. Civil and Commercial Law. A Handbook, Skorupa-Wulczyńska A., Wolters Kluwer. Warszawa 2016
2 Professional English in use. Law., Brown G. D., Rice S., Cambridge University Press. Cambridge 2013