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4 Legal English is for lawyers, law students, and legal professionals around the world who want to improve their Legal English and communicate with more clarity and confidence. Through practical, engaging episodes, the podcast explains legal concepts, legal vocabulary, and real-world communication in English for modern legal practice.
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Send us Fan Mail On the docket today, we look at how to explain a legal term clearly to a client without sounding overly technical or imprecise. You’ll learn a simple approach for defining legal concepts in plain English, giving useful context, and checking that the client understands what the term means in practice. This episode is part of 4LE in 4 Minutes, a short-form series designed to teach one practical Legal English skill, phrase, or concept in just a few minutes. These shorter e...
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of 4LE in 4 Minutes, we look at a common Legal English mistake: saying “the court decided guilty.” You’ll learn why this sounds unnatural, when to use found guilty, and how lawyers use verbs like found, held, and decided when discussing court decisions. This short lesson will help you describe criminal verdicts, civil liability, and legal conclusions more clearly and professionally. Free Legal English PDF: Download 10 Common Legal English Mistakes — an...
Send us Fan Mail On the docket today, we explain the phrase “without prejudice”—what it means, when lawyers use it, and why it matters during settlement negotiations and other legal discussions. You’ll learn how the phrase can affect whether certain communications may later be used in court, as well as some important limits to the protection it provides. This episode is part of 4LE in 4 Minutes, a new series of short Legal English episodes designed to explain one useful legal term, phra...
Send us Fan Mail On the docket today, we look at how lawyers can communicate clearly once a virtual negotiation is underway. We discuss using short sentences, signposting, and summaries; managing interruptions, silence, and technical delays; and avoiding pressure to respond before you are ready. We also examine how to distinguish proposals, offers, counteroffers, and acceptance, clarify authority and client approval, and confirm exactly what has—and has not—been agreed. Finally, we look at th...
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of 4 Legal English in 4 Minutes, we explain the legal English word liable. You’ll learn why liable does not simply mean guilty, how lawyers use it in civil cases, and how to use phrases like held liable and liable for damages correctly. Free Legal English PDF: Download 10 Common Legal English Mistakes — and How to Avoid Them here. Learn more about 4 Legal English: Visit 4LegalEnglish.com to find more podcast episodes, Legal English lessons, free resour...
Send us Fan Mail On the docket today, we discuss how lawyers can prepare for and professionally open a virtual negotiation in English. We look at the Legal English vocabulary lawyers should anticipate, how to identify a client’s preferred and fallback positions, why authority and client approval matter, and how agendas, talking points, and well-organized documents can reduce confusion. We also examine useful language for opening an online negotiation, establishing its purpose, structuring the...
Send us Fan Mail On the docket today, we discuss Legal English listening skills and how international lawyers and law students can better understand fast-speaking American lawyers. This episode explains why spoken legal English can feel much harder than written legal English, especially when lawyers use reduced pronunciation, connected speech, acronyms, professional phrases, and legal concepts all at the same time. We look at how to listen for structure instead of every word, recognize common...
Send us Fan Mail On the docket today, we discuss Legal English for criminal law and explain the difference between important terms such as suspect, defendant, charge, indictment, arraignment, conviction, acquittal, guilty plea, and verdict. These words are often used in news reports, legal dramas, textbooks, and professional discussions, but they do not mean the same thing. This episode explains how criminal law vocabulary changes at different stages of a case, why a person who has been...
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4 Legal English is for lawyers, law students, and legal professionals around the world who want to improve their Legal English and communicate with more clarity and confidence. Through practical, engaging episodes, the podcast explains legal concepts, legal vocabulary, and real-world communication in English for modern legal practice.
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