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THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ENGLISH &

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS PROGRAM (ILEPS)

English is the de facto language of international commerce and English common law is the
foundation of international commercial legal practice. A successful career in international
legal practice therefore demands good communication skills in legal English and sound
professional skills developed in the context of commercial legal practice.

PROGRAM BENEFITS

This unique program is designed to equip you to grow your career both within your current jurisdiction and to enable
you to transfer your skills to other jurisdictions thereby opening up career opportunities across the region.

Through this program, lawyers from civil law jurisdictions will:

an insight into commercial and professional lawyers’ skills which are
corporate practice within a common transferable to other practice areas
Gain law jurisdiction, the foundation of Acquire and other jurisdictions

cross-border commerce

their written and verbal For employers, the program is a great way to
Improve communication skills in legal fast-track the development of your up and coming
English, the language of
lawyers whether through the full program or by
international commerce way of selected individual units.