New English for Law Examination and preparation courses

We are very proud to announce that after 5 years of development Cambridge ESOL, the University of Cambridge faculty specialising in English Testing, is now offering the world's first ever accredited examination in English for Law. The examination is called ILEC (International Legal English Certificate) and takes place twice a year, in May and November. CAE now runs six-week preparation courses for the test starting in late March and October (minimum enrolment period is two weeks). The exam is aimed at upper-intermediate to advanced learners of English and can be taken by law students and qualified lawyers alike. The exam has been long awaited by law companies around the world to externally validate the English abilities of their employees and for recruitment purposes. Please feel free to contact the Professional Centre for further details.

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Lawyers interested in studying at the CAE Professional Centre can learn legal English in individual lessons or combine small-group Professional English classes with legal English on a 50:50 basis.

There is no typical or pre-fixed content of the lessons because the objectives of each course, in both all-day one-to-one or half-day combination training, are negotiated with the client on their first day at the Centre. Since most of our lawyers have highly specialised and therefore usually very different needs the courses are tailored to suit the individual. In addition, the content varies with the length of course and is amended with regular feedback. However, the following specialist areas are regularly approached;