Episode 27

The USLawEssentials Law & Language Podcast continues its series of interviews with multilingual lawyers as Stephen Horowitz interviews George Alissandratos. George is fluent in Greek and English and shares with us his perspectives as a new attorney who passed the bar in the midst of a pandemic. Currently an associate at Keane & Beane, George shares fun stories about growing up in New York but also shares timely insights on the challenges and opportunities that young attorneys and law students will embrace. This is absolutely a must-listen for students feeling discouraged.

And yes, naturally there is a Dad joke and by the end of the interview you’ll be craving some Greek food, too.

You can find George’s bio on LinkedIn  here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-alissandratos/

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Episode 26

Uncivil Law

The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast continues its What’s New in the Legal News Series as Stephen Horowitz and Daniel A. Edelson discuss – – and demonstrate – –  lawyers behaving badly. Our episode today focuses on an article published by the American Bar Association concerning uncivil conduct by attorneys. Titled Illinois Lawyers Experienced this type of Incivility Most Often Survey Says, the article reveals the results of a survey of Illinois attorneys and their experiences with obnoxious and unethical conduct. The survey was part of a larger project identifying and addressing unethical conduct by lawyers.

Do you want to know the most common type of incivility experienced by attorneys? Do you want to know the difference between condescension and sarcasm? You’ll learn all this and more in our latest episode.

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Episode 25

The USLawEssentials Law & Language Podcast continues its series of interviews with multilingual lawyers. In today’s episode, Stephen Horowitz interviews Yi Song,   a US attorney from China, who is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law Center where she teaches legal writing to LLM students. This is a real “doozy” of an interview – – go ahead and listen to the interview to learn more about how to use “doozy” in a sentence!  Ms. Song discusses her career path from working at a NYC law firm, where she counseled clients on securities laws and immigration issues, to her current role as in-house counsel for a prominent Chinese real-estate developer.

Ms. Song shares fascinating perspectives on cross-cultural negotiations, and her experiences interacting with US attorneys and clients in China. Among other things, you’ll learn that it has not been so easy for Ms. Song to know when her clients prefer to interact with her in English or in Chinese and she also shares insightful advice for law students and new attorneys.

Ms. Song’s LinkedIn profile is here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yisonggeorgetown/

If you have any questions about legal English, or want to make a suggestion for a future episode, please contact Daniel Edelson at daniel at uslawessentials dot com.

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Episode 24

The USLawEssentials Law & Language Podcast continues its What’s New in the Legal News Series. This week we focus on the felony murder rule and a recent article discussing the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. Steven Horowitz and Daniel A. Edelson introduce the article, Ahmoud Arbery death trial: What’s the difference between malice murder and felony murder in Georgia, which explains how the felony murder rule operates in Georgia and why it applied in the killing of Mr. Arbery. Mr. Arbery, a black man, was accosted by three white men while jogging. One defendant fired the shotgun that took Mr. Arbery’s life, however, the other defendants were also guilty under the felony murder rule.

By way of background, the felony murder rule, which, to our knowledge, only exists in the United States, holds all persons involved in a violent felony guilty of murder, should any person die during the commission of a violent felony. The felony murder rule applies to everyone who committed the felony, regardless of whether a defendant personally caused the victim to die.

A link to the article is here: https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/ahmaud-arbery/malice-murder-felony-murder-difference-ahmaud-arbery-death-trial/85-d13db692-cff9-4b4d-be73-5eba5ae22054

You can watch a USLawEssentials video on the felony murder rule here: https://youtu.be/e1-n32XYV3k

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Episode 23

The USLawEssntials Law & Language Podcast continues its series of interviews with multilingual lawyers, featuring a recently successful bar exam candidate, Chunxia “Violet” Cole. Violet shares some of her dynamic life experiences as a successful project manager from China who came to the United States, and then embarked on an exciting career change by enrolling in a US law school, earning a new degree, and becoming a New York attorney. Violet is currently an intern for the Honorable Wilma Guzman.

Violet offers insightful perspectives as a multilingual student who studied law in China and the United States and the very different approaches to learning the law. She describes how she formed a bond with fellow law students from around the world as they mastered case reading, legal writing, and the many challenges of passing the bar.

If you have questions for Violet (or us at USLawEssentials) feel free to contact her on LinkedIn or email us at daniel at uslawessentials dot com.

The reference to an exercise involving a banana peel comes from the excellent Legal Analysis: 100 Exercises for Mastery by Cassandra Hill & Katherine Vukadin.

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Episode 22

The USLawEssentials Law & Language Podcast continues its series of interviews with multilingual lawyers! In this episode, Stephen Horowitz interviews Quentin A. Alexandre, a newly admitted New York attorney from France.

Currently a litigation associate at Kennedy’s, Quentin not only speaks French and English, but also speaks German. He shares excellent insights on learning legal English, succeeding at a US law school, and building a professional career in the United States as a multilingual lawyer. For more insights, be sure to visit his blog at https://www.theinternationallawyer.org/

You can visit Quentin’s attorney profile here: https://kennedyslaw.com/our-people/profiles/new-york/quentin-a-alexandre/

Oh… and perhaps you should grab a pastry while listening to the podcast. Quentin suggests Levain bakery or Épicerie Boulud  Now we certainly do not want to cause any controversy, but if you know any Belgian attorneys who would like to counter Quentin’s suggestion that French baking might just be a bit better than Belgium’s, we will welcome counterarguments (and samples).

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