The Study Legal English Podcast

By Louise Kulbicki

The Study Legal English Podcast is the world's first legal English podcast. Helping lawyers and law students become fluent in legal English.

Legal English is difficult to master and is important for... more

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November 23, 202099: Ken Adams - Cracking the Contract Drafting Code (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
Ken Adams, the leading authority on contract drafting language, tells us about THE code you need to know about for contract drafting. We discuss the categories of contract language, the use of shall, the use of legalese words such as defend, indemnify and hold harmless. Ken also opens up about what drives him to do what he does.
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Connect with Ken on ⁠Twitter⁠ and ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and visit his website.
A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting by Ken Adams

Categories of Contract Language: Quick Reference

Banishing Shall From Business Contracts: Throwing the baby out with the bathwater
My Indemnification Language

My New Article on “Represents and Warrants”

Interpreting and Drafting Efforts Provisions: From Unreason to Reason
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November 02, 202098: Mark Anderson - IP Contracts and IP terminology (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
Mark Anderson, one of the UK's top IP lawyers, tells us about his approach to contracting and shares his top tips on IP drafting. We discuss:
template contracts

governing law and jurisdiction clauses

common law concepts and civil law contracts

language usage in IP contracts e.g. assigns v licenses

grant-back clauses.
Connect with Mark on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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Drafting and Negotiating Commercial Contracts by Mark Anderson and Victor Warner

A to Z Guide to Boilerplate and Commercial Contracts by Mark Anderson and Victor Warner

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents

Drafting Agreements in the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries
Manual of Style for Contract Drafting by Ken Adams

Mark’s blog article ‘Using the right words in contracts: knowing your 3Rs’

Mark’s blog article ‘Damages are not an adequate remedy: go directly to injunction’
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October 13, 202097: Alex Hamilton: Contract Innovation minus the AI (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
Move over Buffy the Vampire Slayer, here’s Alex the Contract Slasher. Alex Hamilton, CEO of NewLaw firm Radiant Law, is synonymous with legal innovation. I am in LOVE with what this crazy guy and his Rad team are doing. In this episode we discuss what NewLaw is, how most law firms are using AI, and what you can do to genuinely improve your contracts.
Connect with Alex on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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Radiant Benchmark

Alex’s article ‘AI and contracting’

Alex’s article ‘On being unreasonable’
Alex’s article ‘On being reasonable’

Radiant Law LawTech Glossary

People Alex mentioned Richard Susskind and Gary Marcus.
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48min
September 28, 202096.2: Sarah Fox: Liquidated Damages and Visual Contracts (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
This is part two of my interview with Sarah Fox. We talk about liquidated damages, what you can do today to improve your contracts, and using visuals in contracts.
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Contact Sarah on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ or email ⁠[email protected]⁠

Sarah’s book: ⁠How to Write Simple and Effective Small Works Contracts in 500 Words⁠

Sarah’s blog post on liquidated damages: ⁠Delay Damages: Busting the Myths⁠

⁠IACCM’s research on negotiated v disputed contract terms⁠

⁠Sarah’s example t-shirt design contract⁠

⁠IACCM’s Contract Design Pattern Library ⁠

ParkingEye Limited (Respondent) v Beavis (Appellant) [2015] UKSC 67 – Watch the judgment of the case ⁠here⁠

Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v New Garage & Motor Co Ltd [1914] UKHL 1
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28min
September 21, 202096.1: Sarah Fox: How to write a 500-word contract and know it's good (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode I interview Sarah Fox on her concept of drafting a contract in 500 words. We talk about the bare essentials of contracts and about a checklist to help you in contract review.
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Sarah’s blog post: ⁠10 Essentials for a Construction Contract⁠

Sarah’s ⁠STAR Review checklist⁠

⁠Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande⁠

Sarah’s book: ⁠How to Write Simple and Effective Small Works Contracts in 500 Words⁠

Trebor Bassett Holdings Ltd (2) The Cadbury UK Partnership v ADT Fire and Security plc [2012] EWCA Civ 1158

MT Hojgaard AS v E.ON Climate and Renewables UK Robin Rigg East Ltd & Anor [2017] UKSC 59

Article about ⁠SEABORNE FREIGHT (UK) LTD⁠
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42min
August 31, 202095: An Overview of Employment Law (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
In this episode we learn about employment law. We find out about:
what employment law is

what employment lawyers do

the skills needed to be an employment lawyer.
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12min
July 27, 202094: Daniel Edelson on techniques to improve legal English (Interview)
🗒️ About this episode:
Today I interview Daniel Edelson – US attorney, adjunct professor at St. John’s Law, and founder of USlawessential.com. We talk about how to improve your legal English with:
● Visual examples
● Noticing
● Rephrasing
● Summarising
You’ll also learn how to use the following terms and phrases: According to, under, and provides.
There are 2 bonus podcast episodes this week for Podcast PRO members only:
1. Summary: Daniel Edelson Interview
2. Vocabulary: Daniel Edelson Interview – Explanations of vocabulary and differences between US and UK terms. These include links to helpful resources.
US Law Essentials website

US Law Essentials YouTube

Documents submitted to US Supreme Court

Westlaw

Lexis Nexis

The Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot

Law School Memorandum of Law part 1 US Law Essentials video
What techniques and resources do you use to study legal English?
Send me an email to [email protected] or join in the conversation on social media @legalenglisher.
If you have a question for Daniel contact him at [email protected].
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42min
June 15, 202093: TMT Law - What Does a TMT Lawyer Do? (Article)
🗒️ About this episode:
Today’s episode is all about Technology, Media & Telecommunications law.
We’ll be looking at:
● What TMT law is
● What TMT lawyers do
● What makes a good TMT lawyer
This episode is available as a podcast episode and YouTube video.
The article in this video is available here.
Do you work in TMT law? Would you like to work in this field? If you do or if you would like to – why? Why did you choose this area? Let me know.
Send me an email to [email protected] or join in the conversation on social media @legalenglisher.
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6min
May 18, 202092: Commercial Law - #4 Essentials You NEED to Know (Monologue)
🗒️ About this episode:
In today’s episode I give an overview of what commercial law is and what a commercial lawyer does. We’ll be looking at:
● what commercial law is
● what commercial lawyers do
● what skills commercial lawyers need
● pros and cons of the job
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10min
April 20, 202091: Mergers and Acquisitions Overview (Article)
🗒️ About this episode:
In today’s episode I read an extract from an article all about mergers and acquisitions. The article was written by Claire Consoli, an associate in the corporate team at Skadden LLP, and published on the Lex 100 website.
We’ll be looking at:
● what an M&A is
● what M&A lawyers do, and
● the realities of the job.
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10min

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