Law & Language Podcast
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The USLawEssentials Law & Language Podcast helps you improve your English and better understand US law and American legal culture. Many of these short episodes are tied to a legal news event or case in the United States. Others include interviews with multilingual lawyers. The shows are hosted by attorneys experienced teaching US law and legal English to students and lawyers from around the world. Listening to the podcasts will improve your ability to understand and communicate in English.
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Analogies: 1
Episode 46 The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast presents its 46th episode with a brand new series on analogies. This episode is a bit different from other episodes because your hosts, Stephen Horowitz and Daniel Edelson, don't actually talk about law and...
Multilingual Lawyer: Nick Harling
Episode 45 The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast continues its series of interviews with multilingual lawyers as Stephen Horowitz interviews immigration attorney Nick Harling. Nick speaks Japanese and lived for several years in Japan teaching English with the...
Legal English Vocabulary: Impeach
Episode 44 The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast continues with a brand new series on legal English vocabulary. In this series your hosts Stephen Horowitz and Daniel Edelson discuss vocabulary words that have both a legal English definition and meanings not...
Multilingual Lawyer: Ellis Duncan
Episode 43 The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast continues its series of interviews with multilingual lawyers as Stephen Horowitz interviews Ellis Duncan, Director of the Graduate Tax Program at the Georgetown University Law Center. Eliis is modest about his...
Law Exam Essentials: Promissory Estoppel
Episode 42 Intrigue! Betrayal! A friendship on the line! The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast continues its Law Exam Essentials series as Stephen Horowitz & Daniel A. Edelson discuss promissory estoppel. The doctrine of promissory estoppel provides that...
Multilingual Lawyer: Karen Lundquist
Episode 41 The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast continues its series of interviews with multilingual lawyers as Stephen Horowitz interviews Professor Karen Lundquist. Karen Lundquist is an assistant professor of ESL and English skills at the University of...
Elements of Contract Formation
Episode 40 The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast presents the next episode in our Law Exam Essentials series. In today's episode, Stephen Horowitz & Daniel Edelson focus particularly on the element of consideration and have some fun with different...
Multilingual Lawyer: Claudia Amato
Episode 39 The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast continues its series of interviews with multilingual lawyers as Stephen Horowitz interviews Claudia Amato. Based in Italy, Claudia is a remarkable attorney, translator, and legal English instructor. Among other...
Forum Shopping with Johnny Depp
Episode 38 In the latest episode of the USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast, Stephen Horowitz and Daniel Edelson continue their conversation concerning the Johnny Depp & Amber Heard lawsuit and an article discussing why the trial took place in Virginia....
Objection: Hearsay!
Episode 37 The USLawEssentials What's New in the Legal News Series continues as Stephen Horowitz and Daniel Edelson discuss the Johnny Depp & Amber Heard civil litigation. Daniel was wondering why more people began watching the USLawEssentials What is Hearsay...
Multilingual Lawyer: Guanxiong Xu
Episode 36 The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast continues its series of interviews with multilingual lawyers as Stephen Horowitz interviews Guanxiong Xu. Guanxiong is an associate attorney with the renowned law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP...
Law Exam Essentials: Sources of US Contract Law
Episode 35 New Series: Law Exam Essentials! The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast is happy to present the first episode of a new series, Law Exam Essentials. In this series, we will introduce a legal topic commonly tested on US law school exams and bar exams....
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