DAMODARAM SANJIVYYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY

VISAKHAPATNAM

Name of Faculty : Pramila Halgeri

Semester: 1st outline

SUBJECT: ENGLISH- 1 (LEGAL & COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH)

S.NO TOPIC NO. OF HOURS

REQUIRED
GRAMMAR
1. Parts of Speech 1
2. Modal Verbs 1.
3. Tenses 2
4. Sentences---Types 1
5. Collocations 1
6. Legal Vocabulary 4

LSRW SKILLS
Listening
7. Conversations in Moot court 2
8. Phonetic sounds and symbols 1
Speaking
9. Role-Play---Negotiations 2
10. Group Discussions 2
11 Interviews 2
12 Advocacy—trails, counsels 2
13 Public Speaking 5
READING
14. Company formations-Association Of memorandum 2
15. Board meetings 2
16 Share- Holders meetings 2
17 Solicitor or Barrister 2
WRITING
18 Comprehension 1
19. Composition 1
20. Documentation 1
21 Report writing 1
22 Curriculum Vitae 1
23 Preparing notice and minutes for the meetings 1
24 Business letters and formal & informal letters 2
25 Drafting-pre & post meeting documentation, injunction claims 2
26 Advocacy preparation 2
27 Employment Tribunal Forms 1
28 Citations 1
29 Critical review 1
30 Statement of purpose 1
31 Defining problem 1
32 Problem solving skills in law 1
 Law in Literature
33 The Merchant Of Venice-Act IV-Trial Scene 2
34 Pickwick papers- Dickens 3
35 Prison reforms 3
36 Two Judgments related to obscenity in Literature 2
37 Chandra’s Death 2
Reference books
1 Legal English-How to understand & Master The Language of Law by
William R Mckay & Helen E Charlton
2 Legal English- Second edition by Rupert Haigh, Routledge