LEGAL ENGLISH IN PRACTICE Flashcards
CERTIFIED TRANSLATOR
What does it mean?
A translator is a cultural mediator that helps you market your products and services and engage with your audiences in your target countries.
What can a translator do for you:
- Translate your content
- Edit and proofread your translated content
- Adapt your products to the culture of your target market.
- Test your products to find language and functional errors.
- Provide a cultural assessment of your market campaign in your target countries before launching them.
What does a good legal translator need?
-Subject-matter expertise
-Language proficiency
-Specialization
-Translation techniques
-Research skills
-Attention to detail
-Confidentiality and security
-Writing skills
-Terminology management
Types of Law Firms
- LocalFirm
- NationalFirm(ECRubio,Creel,RitchMueller)
- International Firm (Fasken, Baker McKenzie, White&Case, GreenBerg Traurig).
The Big Four
- Deloitte 2. EY
- KPMG 4. PwC
Legal Rankings
- Chambers 2. Legal500
CAN A FOREIGN TRAINED ATTORNEY BECOME A US ATTORNEY?
bachelor degree – 3-4 yrs
Juris doctor degree- 3 years
Master degree LLM - 2 yrs
Doctoral degree JSD - 3 yrs
Must pass a bar examination
In the USA and CANADA, a graduate student from JD, LLM, or JSD is not entitled to practice law just by getting a degree.
To practice law, attorneys must pass a Bar Examination in the Jurisdiction (state) where they want to practice.
In the USA once you have been accepted by any state bar, you are allowed to plead cases in the courts of such state.
The American Bar Association (ABA)
Professional association of lawyers that usually regulates:
- The requirements to practice law in the state on which such bar is constituted.
- The legal profession in general, such as: Pro Bono requirements, Ethical
rules, Discipline procedures
Bars are regulated in each state, so the requirements of the states are not the same.
The ABA provides comprehensive information about the requirements in all jurisdictions.
