Course Details
Arabic Legal Writing and Drafting Skills
This course focuses on clear legal writing in Arabic. Effective communication with lawyers is about more than simply words. It entails understanding the unique way lawyers think and approach the legal, political, and business world. During this Arabic course, a number of legal documents are discussed, including drafting contracts, letters, policies and company bylaws. Participants also look at a wide variety of commercial agreements during practical drafting sessions. This course helps participants to draft confidently and effectively in Arabic regardless of the governing law.
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Methodology:
The course consists of group discussions as well as individual and team tasks. There will be writing practice throughout the exercises.
Course goals:
Course participants will be able to:
- Apply a plain Arabic style of writing to all legal documents
- Recognize the need for legal clarity in different types of legal documents: legal letters, emails, memorandum and opinions
- Apply good legal writing practice
- Use best practice techniques to write contracts, letters, policies and company bylaws
- Correct common mistakes in legal writing
- Address and deal with challenges and issues relating to the use of legal jargon
- Proofread effectively
Target groups:
The course is suitable for Arabic speakers looking for a better understanding of how to write Arabic legal documents. This course is for lawyers, legal secretaries, commercial managers, contract managers, HR executives and managers, purchasing managers, tender executives and anyone who must draft, amend or update contracts, legal letters and company policies and bylaws.
Target competencies:
- Drafting letters, policies, company bylaws and contracts
- Proofreading
- Writing in plain Arabic
- Understanding legal terms
- Legal writing practice