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Arabic Legal Writing and Drafting Skills

Why Attend

This course focuses on clear legal writing in Arabic. Effective communication with lawyers is about more than simply words. It entails understanding the unique way lawyers think and approach the legal, political, and business world.

During this Arabic course, a number of legal documents are discussed, including drafting contracts, letters, policies and company bylaws. Participants also look at a wide variety of commercial agreements during practical drafting sessions. This course helps participants to draft confidently and effectively in Arabic regardless of the governing law.

Course Methodology

The course consists of group discussions as well as individual and team tasks. There will be writing practice throughout the exercises.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Apply a plain Arabic style of writing to all legal documents

Recognize the need for legal clarity in different types of legal documents: legal letters, emails, memorandum and opinions

Apply good legal writing practice

Use best practice techniques to write contracts, letters, policies and company bylaws

Correct common mistakes in legal writing

Address and deal with challenges and issues relating to the use of legal jargon

Proofread effectively

Target Audience

The course is suitable for Arabic speakers looking for a better understanding of how to write Arabic legal documents. This course is for lawyers, legal secretaries, commercial managers, contract managers, HR executives and managers, purchasing managers, tender executives and anyone who must draft, amend or update contracts, legal letters and company policies and bylaws.

Target Competencies

Drafting letters, policies, company bylaws and contracts

Proofreading

Writing in plain Arabic

Understanding legal terms

Legal writing practice

Note

The Dubai Government Legal Affairs Department has introduced a Continuing Legal Professional Development (CLPD) programme to legal consultants authorised to practice through a licensed firm in the Emirate of Dubai. We are proud to announce that the Dubai Government Legal Affairs Department has accredited EMG Associates as a CLPD provider. In addition, all our legal programmes have been approved.

Basic legal writing concepts and contract drafting

The various types of legal documents
Tips in writing bilingual legal documents
Signs of a well drafted contract; the simple rules!
The language of drafting
Identifying the legal formalities for a binding contract
Structure and formation of a commercial contract: following the formula
The importance of Boilerplate clauses

Plain Arabic in legal correspondence and writing a legal letter

Good legal writing practice
Pitfalls and issues relating to the use of legal jargon in legal writing
Writing different types of emails
Layout of a letter
Body of a letter
Putting a letter together
Typical sentences in legal letters
The letter writing clinic: looking at the ten most common problems

Writing a legal policy or company bylaw and legal writing troubleshooting

Layout of a policy or bylaw
Body of a policy or bylaw
How to write the best policy or bylaw
Understanding the principles of legal interpretation
The four defects that affect legal writing
Use of consistent terminology
Easily confused words
How courts react to legal writing and what to expect

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Arabic Legal Writing and Drafting Skills

By EMG Associates UK Limited

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