Legal Professions Part 2. Types of Law

LEGAL PROFESSION II.
TYPES OF LAW
Wordlist
Accuse
Allegation
Bail
Bailiff
Capital punishment
Claimant
Conveyancing
Convict
Corporal punishment
Custody
Damages
Deal with
Discriminate
Endure
Formation of a business
Go bankrupt
Grounds
Insolvent
Judgment
Lease
Merge
Obligation
Owe
Plaintiff
Plead a case
Press charges
Proceedings
Property
Redundancy
Relocate
Resident
Salary
Sick pay
Sue
Suffer
Testify
Testimony
Valid
Wage
Will (n.)
Witness
Exercise 1. Who’s Talking?
Directions: Read the following quotations and decide who is speaking. (Choose from the list
below.)
witness – jury foreman – highway patrol officer – clerk of the court - defendant –
judge – thief – prosecutor
1. “This is a stick-up
2. ! Empty the cash register and put all the money in this bag.”
3. “I plead not guilty?”
4. “Call 911! I just saw someone running out of the bank with a gun.”
5. “I’m going to prove to you that the defendant is guilty of this crime.”
6. “We find the defendant not guilty.”
7. “You were driving 30 miles an hour over the speed limit.”
8. “Bail is set at $10,000.”
9. “All rise”.
Exercise 2. Different Areas of Law
Directions: There are many different areas of law and some lawyers choose to specialize in
one or more of these. Read the situations that follow and decide which type of lawyer you
would recommend for each problem.
Business or Corporate Law Employment Law Personal Injury Law

Bankruptcy Law Family Law Real Estate and Property Law
Civil Rights Law Immigration Law Tax Law
Consumer Law Insurance Law Wills and Estate Planning
Criminal Law Intellectual Property Law Workers Compensation Law
1. May Sanji has been looking for an apartment. Recently, she found one that she would
like to rent. However, when the landlord found out that she was a recent immigrant, he
told her that the apartment had already been rented. She knows for a fact that the
apartment is still available and feels that the landlord does not want to rent to her
because of the color of her skin. What type of lawyer should she see?
2. Larry Michaels is a writer. He has published several books in the education field. Last
week he found a web-site that has copied material from his books without his permission
and is selling it on the Internet. What type of lawyer should he see?
3. Anita Flores is worried about her elderly mother who lives in Mexico. She wants to
sponsor her to come to live in this country. What type of lawyer should she see?
4. Roberta Anderson was divorced three years ago and received custody of her children. Her
husband was ordered by the court to pay her $1000 per month, but he stopped making the
payments six months ago. What type of lawyer should she see?
Exercise 3.
Look at the following idioms and choose the correct definition from the list below. Write the
definition beside the idiom.
1. behind bars
2. take the stand
3. under oath
4. press charges (lay charges; charge)
5. drop the charges
6. throw the book at
7. bail someone out
8. on death row
9. crack the case
10. get off
a) officially accuse someone of a crime
b) in prison and waiting to be put to death
c) pay to get someone out of jail or help someone out of a difficult situation or problem
d) in jail or prison
e) give a hard punishment to someone or get very angry at someone
f) solve the crime
g) not be convicted; not be found guilty of a crime
h) enter the witness box to give testimony or evidence in a courtroom
i) withdraw the formal accusation that someone has committed a crime
j) having promised to tell the truth in court
Exercise 4.
Look at the words and phrases in the box. All of the words are connected with specific areas
of law. Match each of the words with the correct definition.
1. To be ________________________ means not having enough money to pay your debts.

2. A ________________________ is the joining together of two or more things, such as
companies, to form one single thing or company.
3. A ________________________ is a person who pays rent to the owner of a house, a flat or
an office in return for living there, or for using the building for business purposes.
4. ________________________ is the legal process involved in transferring the ownership of
a house or land from the seller to the buyer.
5. To ________________________ against someone means to behave differently towards
that person, usually in the workplace, because of their age, sex or the colour of their skin.
6. ________________________ is a situation where someone loses his or her job for a
reason that is not valid.
7. ________________________ is money that an employer must pay to an employee when
that employee is ill and cannot work.
8. A ________________________ is an agreement to allow someone to use land or buildings
for a fixed period of time in return for a payment of rent.
9. The ________________________ is the establishment of a new business in a specific way.
10. A ________________________ is a business which a minimum of two people own and
control.
11. ________________________ is the time period when a woman is not at work before and
after the birth of her baby. Her employer usually pays her for part or all of the time that she is
away.
12. ________________________ is the total amount of money, property and other assets that
a business has.
13. ________________________ is a situation where someone loses his or her job because an
employer no longer needs so many employees.
14. A ________________________ is a person who owns a house, a flat or office and
receives rent from someone for allowing them to live there, or use the building for business
purposes.
15. ________________________ is a more formal way of saying land and houses.
Exercise 5
There is a word or phrase missing from the following sentences. For each sentence choose
the word or phrase which best fits into the space from the options provided. Put a circle
around the correct answer on the answer sheet. Do not mark more than one answer for each
sentence.
Example: If a person loses his or her job for a reason that is not valid it is called unfair (*)
___________.
1. Solicitors are allowed to (1) ___________ clients in court.

2. This is a criminal (2) ___________, so I will have to refer you to a colleague who deals
with criminal law.
3. I studied some landlord and (3) ___________ law when I was at university but I don’t
remember it now.
4. It is legal in England and America for some lawyers to work on a no win-no (4)
___________ basis.
5. I don’t think I will ever want to (5) ___________ as a judge because I enjoy my job as a
solicitor.
6. I think it is fair that everyone gets (6) ___________ pay for doing the same job.
7. I have decided to specialise in land law so I expect to be doing a lot of (7) ___________.
8. My law firm has a good reputation for handling (8) ___________ property cases, especially
if computer software is copied without the designer’s permission.
9. If a lawyer is allowed to be heard in a particular court we say that he or she has right of (9)
___________.
10. If you want the judge to award you damages from the defendant you will have to prove to
the court that you have (10) ___________ a loss.
Answer Sheet
Example: (*) A firing B redundancy C dismissal D release
(1) A talk for B act for C speak for D advocate for

(2) A problem B topic C subject D matter
(3) A renter B occupier C tenant D resident
(4) A payment B fee C salary D money
(5) A sit B practise C arbitrate D rule
(6) A same B equivalent C alike D equal
(7) A transferring B assigning C relocating D conveyancing
(8) A invention B creative C intellectual D original
(9) A speaking B consultation C hearing D audience
(10) A suffered B experienced C had D endured

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LEGAL PROFESSION II.

Exercise 1. Who’s Talking?

Exercise 2. Different Areas of Law

Business or Corporate Law Employment Law Personal Injury Law

1. To be ________________________ means not having enough money to pay your debts.

1. Solicitors are allowed to (1) ___________ clients in court.

Example: (*) A firing B redundancy C dismissal D release

(1) A talk for B act for C speak for D advocate for

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