94: Daniel Edelson on techniques to improve legal English (Interview)

🗒️ About this episode: Today I interview Daniel Edelson – US attorney, adjunct professor at St. John’s Law, and founder of USlawessential.com. We talk about how to improve your legal English with:

● Visual examples

● Noticing

● Rephrasing

● Summarising

You’ll also learn how to use the following terms and phrases: According to, under, and provides.

There are 2 bonus podcast episodes this week for Podcast PRO members only:

1. Summary: Daniel Edelson Interview

2. Vocabulary: Daniel Edelson Interview – Explanations of vocabulary and differences between US and UK terms. These include links to helpful resources.

• US Law Essentials website
• US Law Essentials YouTube
• Documents submitted to US Supreme Court
• Westlaw
• Lexis Nexis
• The Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot
• Law School Memorandum of Law part 1 US Law Essentials video

What techniques and resources do you use to study legal English? 

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If you have a question for Daniel contact him at [email protected].

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