Objeto del Aprendizaje: Actividad para clase de inglés en Zoom. Profesor Tomas Costanzo

 

 

 

Legal English Activity (for Zoom lessons)

By Prof. Tomas Costanzo- San Luis

1)      Look at the following situations and decide wether the plaintiff needs a criminal or a civil lawyer. Circle the correct option.👇👇👇

 

 2)  Read the text below. It is about starting a claim in a civil court. Decide whether the statements are true or false

 

3)  Listening: The burden of proof in civil trials.

Listen to the man in the video: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHkxlKUgtts&ab_channel=SearcyLawVideo  

…and say:

                                             

•  What is the burden of proof?
•  How important is the burden of proof in a criminal case? And what about the burden of proof in a civil case?
• How important is the witness statement in a criminal case? And what happens in a civil case?

 

4)  Here are some expressions related to “starting a claim in a civil Court”. Complete the sentences by matching the first half of each sentence with the correct ending.

 

 Sources:

--Youtube video on the Burden of proof:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHkxlKUgtts&ab_channel=SearcyLawVideo

--The Legal English Coursebook (Catherine Mason). Higher level. (Global Legal English).