Legal English 2

Meeting 1
Roossita Wiryani S.T., M.Pd.
Doctoral Candidate of Applied English Linguistics
Meeting 1
• 3-step Business Writing Process (BWP) in Legal Writing
• Elements of Legal Writing
• Punctuation for Legal Writing
3-Step Business Writing Process (BWP) in
Legal Writing
• What steps are involved in Legal Writing?
• Discuss in groups

• Read Bovee (2021) pp137-140 and check your answers

3-Step Business Writing Process (BWP) in
Legal Writing
1.Plan:
Analyse the situation  gather information 
choose medium & channel  organise the information
2.Write:
Adapt to your audience  compose your message
3.Complete:
Revise the message  produce the message 
proofread the message  distribute the message
Elements of Legal Writing
Some important elements of Legal Writing:
• Articles
• Prepositions
• Adjectives
• Adverbs
• Past Tenses
Articles
• What are articles (in the English language) and what do they do?
• Discuss in groups

• Read Haigh (2005) p.6 and check your answers

• Do exercise 1
Prepositions
• What are prepositions and what do they do?
• Discuss in groups

• Read Haigh (2005) p.7 and check your answers

• Do exercise 2
Adjectives
• What are adjectives and what do they do?
• Discuss in groups

• Read Haigh (2005) p.10 and check your answers

• Do exercise 4
Adverbs
• What are adverbs and what do they do?
• Discuss in groups

• Read Haigh (2005) p.11 and check your answers

• Do exercise 5
Past Tenses
• What are the different Past Tenses and how are they different?
• Discuss in groups

• Read Haigh (2005) p.14 and check your answers

• Do exercise 7
Punctuation for Legal Writing
• What does punctuation comprise?
• Discuss in groups

• Read Haigh (2005) pp.25-31 and check your answers

• Do exercise 13
Extra work
• Study the other elements of Legal English in Haigh (2005) Unit 2
pp.6-24

• Answer selected exercises

• Check answers in groups

End of Meeting
• Any questions?

• Well done today!

• See you next week