Descrição

O Curso inglês jurídico será primeiramente oferecido somente para magistrados. Nos semestres seguintes será oferecido tanto para turmas de magistrados quanto para turmas formadas por público externo (estaudantes e operadores do direito).

As aulas serão com o Professor Julian Cornellius, irlandês, Mestre em Direito  pela University College Dublin. O Professor Julian possui prática profissional em Nova Iorque, nos EUA, além de Irlanda, Inglaterra e País de Gales.

Julian também tem experiência na preparação de candidatos à habilitação profissional como advogados nos Estados de Nova Iorque e da California, ambos nos EUA.

Julian Cornellius

Julian is an Attorney at Law admitted in good standing in New York, and as Solicitor in Ireland, England and Wales. He has worked in diverse fields of legal practice, always with a focus on the understanding and translating legal systems and cultures for the benefit of clients.

In legal education, julian has supported lawyers across the world in preparing for English language exams in the United States, including the New York and Californian Bar exams.

In Brazil he has a coaching business for lawyers and legal professionals (The Legal Beagle) focused on communication. He provides services in legal English, soft skills training for individuals and firms, law firm marketing, legal design and other related areas.

Julian holds an LLM in Human Rights from University College Dublin and has a strong academic interest in international areas of study such as IP, Tech and ADR, as well as the fields of environmental law, climate justice, criminology and human rights law.

Para os magistrados, o curso, de um semestre, compreenderá:

1. The Common Law

• Origins of legal systems
• Comparisons – e.g. the role of precedent
• Terminology
• Case studies (e.g. US +UK)
• Discussion of influence in Brazilian context.
• Deeper look at areas specific to the common law (e.g. Equity and Trusts)

2. Introduction to US law

• US Constitution
• Sources of law
• Judicial organization
• Jurisdictional issues
• The role of jury’s in practice
• Sample case studies

3. UK Legal System

• Introduction
• Changes post BREXIT
• Case law sample
• English film study?

4. Introduction to Evidence

• What is evidence
• Types of evidence
• Burden of Proof
• Examples (e.g. privilege, hearsay, presumptions)
• Affidavit evidence
• Presentation of evidence at a hearing / trial

5. Civil Actions

• Pleadings
• Fact-finding and discovery
• Pre-trial
• Trial
• Appeals

6. Introduction to EU Law

• Short introduction to institutions and functions
• Sample case law

7. Discussion on international law human rights law

• Discussion on international law
• Short introduction to European system (e.g. EU law and European Court of Human Rights)
• Discussing the impacts of international law in Brazil
• Sample case law / sample UN reports

8. Contracts

• Vocabulary practice
• Discussion of concepts and cases

9. Tort

• Vocabulary practice
• Discussion of concepts and cases

10. Criminal law

• Vocabulary practice
• Discussion of concepts and case

11. Soft skills 1 – Legal Writing
12. Soft skills 2 – Presentation Work