Plain English Writing Courses for Spanish-Speaking Lawyers and Professionals

Plain English Courses

  • All courses are taken from working documents, legal or from business world.
  • Each new theoretical point is practiced in class with workplace examples.
  • Participants leave able to put into practice all the points learnt.
  • Tailor-made courses from an individual’s or a company’s work also available.
  • Our courses are available for Spain and Latin America.

Plain English Writing Course I for Lawyers

This course will show you how to make your written English more concise and effective. All examples are from real life lawyers’ work.

Time frame: 6 hours

Plain English Writing Course I for Professionals

This course will show you how to make your written English more concise and effective. Examples are from real life professionals’ work.

Time frame: 6 hours

Plain English Writing Course II

Puts into practice the theory learnt on Course I by applying Plain English theory to actual documents: memos, letters, faxes, etc.

Time frame: 4 hrs.

Effective Emails

A workshop which will show you how to make your emails more efficient and gain a better response from your clients.

Time frame: 3 hrs.

False Friends

Words that sound right and look familiar to the Spanish-speaker but are actually wrong when translated directly.

Two workshops are on offer: False Friends for Lawyers and False Friends for the Business World.

Time frame: 1.5hrs each.

Legal English Usage

A practical workshop which illustrates common errors for Spanish-speaking lawyers writing in English.

Time frame: 1.5hrs.

Prepositions in Legal Language

A workshop which will clear up all the doubts and queries every Spanish-speaking lawyer has about prepositions in English.

Time frame: 1.5hrs.

Presentation Skills

This workshop will give you guidelines on presentation skills, practical tips and useful expressions for giving presentations in English. Using their newly learnt skills, professionals practice giving a workshop.

Time frame: 3 hours.