Curso Monográfico de Preparación al International Legal English Certificate (ILEC)

Todas las unidades están comprendidas por ejercicios de comprensión lectora, ejercicios de comprensión auditiva, habilidad oral y escrita y vocabulario.

Unit 1: The practice of law

• Bodies of law
• Types of law
• Legal education: a call to the bar
• A lawyer’s Curriculum Vitae

Unit 2: Company law: company formation and management

• Introduction to company law
• Memorandum of association
• Limited liability partnerships

Unit 3: Company law: capitalisation

• Introduction to company capitalisation
• Shareholders and supervisory boards
• New legislation in foreign countries

Unit 4: Company law: fundamental changes in a company

• Introduction to changes in companies
• Spin-off
• Minutes of a meeting
• Shareholder rights

Unit 5: Contracts: contract formation

• Introduction to contract formation
• Most common contract clauses
• E-contracts

Unit 6: Contract remedies

• Introduction to contract remedies. Types of remedies
• Liquidated damages clauses and penalty clauses
• Understanding contract clauses
• Types of breach

Unit 7: Contracts: assignment and third-party rights

• Contract assignation
• Third party rights
• Follow-up emails and drafting closing arguments

Unit 8: Employment law

• Introduction to employment law
• EU Directives on employment
• A sex discrimination case
• Types of dismissal

Unit 9: Sale of goods

• Sale of goods legislation
• Most common sale contract clauses
• Retention of title clauses

Unit 10: Real property law

• Introduction to property law
• Understanding a lease or tenancy agreement
• Easements, usufructs and other relevant figures

Unit 11: Intellectual property

• Introduction to intellectual property
• Business method patents
• Trade-marks, trade secrets and copyrights

Unit 12: Negotiable instruments

• Introduction to negotiable instruments
• Bill of exchange, promissory note and check
• Legislation governing electronic negotiable instruments

Unit 13: Secured transactions

• Introduction to secured transactions
• A security agreement
• Intellectual property on secured transactions

Unit 14: Debtor-creditor

• Introduction to debtor-creditor relationship
• Statutes governing attachments
• Insolvency

Unit 15: Competition law

• Introduction to competition law
• Anticompetitive activities and antitrust measures in the EU
• Report on changes in merger regulation