A different podcast interview with Georgetown Law’s Paula Klammer, legal translator and legal English professor

Post by Prof. Stephen Horowitz, Professor of Legal English I was fortunate to have the opportunity to interview my colleague Paula Klammer for the Multilingual Lawyer interview series for the USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast, a podcast aimed at helping foreign-educated lawyers and law students improve their legal English. Here’s a summary of the episode from … Continue reading “A different podcast interview with Georgetown Law’s Paula Klammer, legal translator and legal English professor”

Podcast interview with legal translator Paula Arturo

Post by Prof. Stephen Horowitz, Legal English Lecturer I was very excited this morning to see that Daniel Sebesta of the American Translators Association (ATA) podcast had done a podcast interview with my Georgetown Legal English colleague, Professor Paula Arturo, about her work and career path as a legal translator. Episode and more info from the … Continue reading “Podcast interview with legal translator Paula Arturo”

2-Year LLM graduate Ji Woong Seok’s article on crypto regulation published

Post by Stephen Horowitz, Legal English Lecturer We are excited to share that Georgetown Two-Year LLM program 2024 graduate Ji Woong Seok recently had his article titled “Standardizing a Global Regulatory Framework: Lessons Learned from a Comparative Study of the U.S., the E.U., and South Korea’s Regulation of Crypto Assets” published in Business and Finance Law … Continue reading “2-Year LLM graduate Ji Woong Seok’s article on crypto regulation published”

Mistakes and Oral Communication in Legal English

In legal English (and in life), mistakes are good.    Educators often talk about what and how we teach our students. But in my last semester as a Legal English Fellow at Georgetown, I want to share what I’m learning from the two colleagues who have taken me under their wings.   The number one … Continue reading “Mistakes and Oral Communication in Legal English”

Georgetown Legal English Faculty Update: What we did over the summer

We haven’t posted much on here over the last few months, and that’s in a large part because we’ve all had busy summers. Below are updates on what some of the Georgetown Legal English faculty has been up to over the summer: Professor Craig Hoffman Professor Hoffman is back at Georgetown Law this fall after … Continue reading “Georgetown Legal English Faculty Update: What we did over the summer”

Multilingual lawyer perspectives on the LWI’s Biennial Conference at Georgetown Law School

Post by Prof. Paula Klammer, Adjunct Professor of Law I recently attended the Legal Writing Institute’s Biennial Conference at Georgetown Law School (July 20-23, 2022). As a first-time attendee, I had no idea what to expect. In fact, I wasn’t even sure why I had insisted on going in the first place. I don’t teach … Continue reading “Multilingual lawyer perspectives on the LWI’s Biennial Conference at Georgetown Law School”

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