法律英语课件

Lesson One Modern Legal Education

1 French lawyers are trained in universities, and English barristers, on the other hand, enter the profession as members of one of four Inns of Court, which are combinations of a law school and professional organization

法国律师是在大学里培养出来的，而英国的大律师是作为四大律师学院之一的成员进入律师这一行的，这些律师学院是由法学院和专业组织组成的。

2 Today, American legal education is almost uniformly postgraduate professional education at a formal law school, usually affiliated with a university. And a degree from an ap proved law school is common requirement for admission to the bar, although the apprenticeship route is still open, theoretically, in a number of states.

今天，美国的法律教育几乎统一都是在正式的法学院进行大学后职业教育，这所法学院通常隶属于一个大学。得到经美国律师协会批准的法学院的学位是进入律师行业的通常要求，尽管在理论上许多州仍允许存在经过学徒期成为律师这样的路径

3 State university law school tend to concentrate on the traditional law courses: contracts, torts, constitutional law, procedure, property, wills, trust and estates, corporation,

partnerships, agency, international law, maritime law, labor law, administrative law.

州立大学法学院往往注重传统课程：合同法，宪法，程序法，财产，遗嘱，信托和财产，公司，合伙，代理，国际法，海商法，劳动法，行政法。

4 One reason lawyers are found in so many of the most sensitive spots in American political and economic life is simply that their legal education has exposed them to a broader range of public problems than any other graduate program.

在美国政治经济生活中这么多最敏感的职位上都能发现律师的一个原因只是由于他们的法律教育使他们比其他专业的毕业生更广泛的接触到社会问题。

5 More than ever before, law school today offer you a opportunity to apply your legal skills as you require them, to use what you learn as you learn it. School all over the country now have programs under which you can spend time while in law school working for the city’s legal aid department or the public defender organization. You are also given opportunities to work with governmental agencies in drafting legislation, codes and regulations.

今天的法学院比以前能提供更多机会让你在获得法律技能的时候能应用它们，当你在学习的时候就能用你所学。全国

各地的法学院都有这样的项目，即你可以在法学院读书的时候就为城市的法律援助部门和公设律师组织工作。你还有机会与政府的代理机构一起起草法律法规和规范。

6 Most of our law schools do not try to teach you the “law”of one state or another; they concentrate on teaching you legal principles, legal reasoning and something of the philosophy of law.

我们的大多数法学院并不教你某一个州或另一个州的法律，他们注重教你法律原则，法律推理和一些法律哲学。

7 Minor troubles such as traffic violations or fines for breaking windows during a spree at college will not be held against you. But a conviction for having committed a felony will in all likelihood prevent your being admitted to practice, as will membership in any subversive group or organization, unless you can explain away as something you did when you were young and foolish and show that you have long since resigned.

一些较小的麻烦比如违反交通或因在大学里的一次狂欢中打碎窗户而被罚款都不会阻碍你成为律师，但是因犯重罪而被宣告有罪的话就完全不可能成为律师了，同样的如果你是任何破坏性集团或组织的成员的话也不可能成为律师，除非你能解释清楚你当年的所作所为是因为年少无知而犯的错误并且表明你已经退出很久了。