Section I
Exercise 1
Practise saying the words connected with legal careers. Find their Russian equivalents. Divide the words into two groups: law-related jobs and places of work.
| the Bar, the organs of the Prosecutor’s Office, companies, judges, notaries, courts, jurisconsults, notary offices, legal advice offices, investigators, organs of tax inspection, organs of police, firms, banks, enterprises, prosecutors, customs officers, traffic officers, law enforcement agencies, advocates
|
Exercise 2
A) Match the English words to their Russian equivalents.
| 1. arbitrator
| a. адвокатура, коллегия адвокатов
|
| 2. enterprise
| b. нотариально засвидетельствовать
|
| 3. investigator
| c. прокурор
|
| 4. jurisconsult
| d. посредничать, выступать в качестве посредника
|
| 5. notary
| e. нотариус
|
| 6. prosecutor
| f. защищать на суде, выступать защитником
|
| 7. the Bar
| a. следователь
|
| 8. to accuse of
| h. обвинить; предъявить официальное обвинение
|
| 9. to appoint
| i. назначать, определять (на должность)
|
| 10. to defend
| j. предприятие
|
| 11. to mediate
| k. юрисконсульт
|
| 12. to notarize
| l. судья арбитражного суда
|
B)Use some of the words from the box and make 3 word combinations to describe the Russian court system and its work.
Exercise 3
Match the words or word-combinations to their explanations.
| 1. advocate
| a) an individual, company, or other entity which has legal rights and is subject to obligations
|
| 2. legal person
| b) a person, usually a lawyer, who has legal authority to witness the signing of documents in order to make them legally valid.
|
| 3. notary
| c) a lawyer who speaks in favour of someone or defends them in a court of law.
|
| 4. police
| d) the official organization that is responsible for making sure that people obey the law
|
| 5. the Bar
| e) someone who carries out investigations, especially as part of their job
|
| 6. investigator
| f) lawyers collectively
|
| 7. judge
| g) a lawyer or official who brings charges against someone or tries to prove in a trial that they are guilty
|
| 8. prosecutor
| h) a public officer appointed to decide cases in a law court
|
Exercise 4
A) Make the word combinations and translate them. Use a good dictionary.
| 1. law
| a) social relations
|
| 2. prosecutor’s
| b) the observance of the law
|
| 3. legal
| c) person
|
| 4. in-house
| d) notary actions
|
| 5. to supervise
| e) lawyer
|
| 6. to regulate
| f) assistant
|
| 7. to perform
| g) legal proceedings
|
| 8. to conduct
| h) enforcement
|
B) Make 4 sentences with the word-combinations from a).
Exercise 5
