Undergraduate
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Law
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Legal English III

Course CodeSemester Course Name LE/RC/LA Course Type Language of Instruction ECTS
HUK0223 Legal English III 2/0/0 DE English 2
Course Goals
To gain dominance on English legal terminology and professional English knowledge at minimum level.
Prerequisite(s) Knowledge of English grammar
Corequisite(s) Course Code Course Name…
Special Requisite(s) The minimum qualifications that are expected from the students who want to attend the course.(Examples: Foreign language level, attendance, known theoretical pre-qualifications, etc.)
Instructor(s) Assist. Prof. Dr. Muharrem Tütüncü
Course Assistant(s) Arş. Gör. Yıldız Diridiri
Schedule
Office Hour(s)
Teaching Methods and Techniques -Lecturing, written work, translation, practice on sample legal texts

 
Principle Sources (1)   Strunk ve White, The Elements of Style, 5.bası

(2) Qoates ve Enquist, The Legal Writing Handbook, 6.bası
Other Sources -
Course Schedules
Week Contents Learning Methods
1. Week Basic English Terminology (1) Verbal lecture; Text Study
2. Week Basic English Terminology (2) Verbal lecture; Text Study
3. Week Sample legal correspondance examination (1) Verbal lecture; Text Study
4. Week Sample legal correspondance examination (2) Verbal lecture; Text Study
5. Week Examination of legal opinion texts in English (1) Verbal lecture; Text Study
6. Week Examination of legal opinion texts in English (2) Verbal lecture; Text Study
7. Week Translation Study (1) Verbal lecture; Text Study
8. Week MIDTERM EXAM
9. Week English Contract Examination (1) Verbal lecture; Text Study
10. Week English Contract Examination (2) Verbal lecture; Text Study
11. Week English Contract Examination (3) Verbal lecture; Text Study
12. Week English Report Examination (1) Verbal lecture; Text Study
13. Week English Report Examination (2) Verbal lecture; Text Study
14. Week Translation Study (2) Verbal lecture; Text Study
15. Week FINAL
16. Week FINAL
17. Week FINAL
Assessments
Evaluation tools Quantity Weight(%)
Midterm(s) 1 30
Final Exam 1 70


Program Outcomes
PO-1Have the ability to reach and evaluate information sources;
PO-2Have the ability to use, compare, interpret, deduce from and apply scientific data;
PO-3Have historical knowledge enabling to interpret modern law achievements;
PO-4Have the ability to use Turkish efficiently verbally and in written;
PO-5Have the ability to follow up professional literature at least in a foreign language;
PO-6Have acquired professional and ethical sense of responsibility;
PO-7Have the ability to use vocational information technologies efficiently for solution of legal problems;
PO-8Have the ability to apply information acquired to solution of a concrete case;
PO-9Have full knowledge of legal rules which regulate relationship among natural legal persons and have the ability to interpret such rules;
PO-10Have full knowledge of legal rules which regulate relationship between individual and state and have the ability to interpret such rules;
PO-11Have the ability to practice the profession as a lawyer who adopts universal principles of law;
PO-12Have full knowledge of basic concepts and rules regarding structure and relationship manners of international community; have the ability to interpret and discuss about the foregoing;
PO-13Have basic knowledge enabling to evaluate international community’s common issues and their possible solutions;
PO-14Have knowledge enabling to apply to human rights bodies having a supranational judicial quality and to follow up the process;
PO-15Have knowledge on European Union Acquis Communautaire and operation of its institutions;
PO-16Have a world view enabling to question, criticize and develop law in direction with needs of humanity;
PO-17Have knowledge on historical development process of jurisprudence and judicial systems;
PO-18Have the ability to solve actual legal problems within the frame of contemporary legal approaches;
PO-19Be at the level of understanding and knowledge which reflects all qualities in the best way required by the profession on national and international scale;
PO-20Have full knowledge of legal arrangements and practices regarding economic and financial mechanisms;
PO-21Have knowledge on historical development of rights of individuals and societies and on basic texts adopted during the process;
PO-22Have the ability to express himself individually and before a group;
PO-23Have the ability to use, compare, interpret, deduce from and apply scientific data;
PO-24Have the ability to follow up regulations and legal quests in order to meet new needs appeared within the frame of relationships between individuals;
PO-25Have the ability to cooperate by implementing activities during courses, hypothetical law suits and judicial studies and other vocational and academic visits;
PO-26Have the ability to understand and handle national and international dimensions of law, jurisprudence and practices by means of follow up;
PO-27Have knowledge of international judicial bodies and their ways of operation.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1Dominance on basic Professional English terminology
LO-2Examination of legal opinion texts in English
LO-3Examination of contracts in English
LO-4Examination of correspondance texts in English
LO-5Examination of reports in English
Course Assessment Matrix:
Program Outcomes - Learning Outcomes Matrix
 PO 1PO 2PO 3PO 4PO 5PO 6PO 7PO 8PO 9PO 10PO 11PO 12PO 13PO 14PO 15PO 16PO 17PO 18PO 19PO 20PO 21PO 22PO 23PO 24PO 25PO 26PO 27
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LO 5