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A) Choose the correct answer.
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1.What is the main idea of the text“The Legal Profession in Russia”?
a) The Ural State Law Academy trains lawyers.
b) Graduates of Russian law schools have a wide choice of career opportunities.
c) Our graduates can work at the Prosecutor’s office.
d) Lawyers inform clients about legal matters and draft contracts.
2. Which statement corresponds to the text “The Legal Profession in Russia”?
a) Any lawyer in our country has the right to represent a person in court.
b) The profession of a lawyer is the most popular profession nowadays.
c) Our graduates have the right to work only at law enforcement agencies.
d). The work environment and salary are different in various types of legal profession
b) Complete the sentences according to the text “ The Legal Profession in Russia”.
1. Judges preside in the courtroom, ….
a. and supervise the correct application and observance of the law.
b. conduct legal proceedings, resolve disputes and pass judgments.
c. and defend those accused of committing a crime
d. mediate and negotiate settlements.
2. Advocates act for the client in court and out of court, …….
a. conduct legal proceedings, resolve disputes and pass judgments.
b. and supervise the correct application and observance of the law.
c. mediate and negotiate settlements.
d. and defend those accused of committing a crime.
3. Prosecutors and prosecutor’s assistants work at the Prosecutor’s office
a. conduct legal proceedings, resolve disputes and pass judgments.
b. and defend those accused of committing a crime.
c. and supervise the correct application and observance of the law.
d. mediate and negotiate settlements.
4. In-house lawyers inform clients about legal matters, draft contracts and other documents,…
a. conduct legal proceedings, resolve disputes and pass judgments.
b. and defend those accused of committing a crime
c. and supervise the correct application and observance of the law.
d. mediate and negotiate settlements.
5. Notaries work at the notary offices and ……
a. perform notary actions.
b. defend those accused of committing a crime.
c. supervise the correct application and observance of the law.
d. mediate and negotiate settlements.
6. Commercial court judges work at different levels of Commercial courts and
a. perform notary actions.
b. defend those accused of committing a crime.
c. supervise the correct application and observance of the law.
d. settle disputes between legal entities
7. The main task of law enforcement is to prevent, investigate and
a. defend those accused of committing a crime.
b. supervise the correct application and observance of the law.
c. solve crimes.
d. settle disputes between legal entities
Exercise 10
A) Read the words describing the qualities required for the legal profession and translate them into Russian. Use a dictionary.
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| experienced, accurate, flexible, honest, irreproachable, tolerant, diligent, calm, good at problem-solving, decisive, courageous, wise, independent, unbiased, highly-disciplined, laconic, strong-willed |
B) What qualities do you personally have or would like to have?
Exercise 11
A) Fill in the table with the information from the above text and the words from exercise 10.
| Legal career | Functions | Qualities required for the profession |
| an advocate | ||
| unbiased, decisive, wise, good at problem-solving | ||
| a prosecutor | ||
| an arbitrator | ||
| to settle disputes between legal entities | ||
| an in-house lawyer |
B) Speaking. What is your future legal career? What qualities do you need for your profession?
Exercise 12
Use the expressions from exercise 14 “How to make a presentation” (Unit 1 “Court system of the Russian Federation”) and prepare a short presentation on the following topics:
1. The choice of places of work and occupation for a lawyer.
2. The duties of an advocate, a prosecutor, an arbitrator, an in-house lawyer, a judge, a notary.
3. Your choice of a legal career.
Section II
The Legal Profession in Russia
Exercise 13
Answer the following questions.
1) What types of legal profession in England do you know?
2) Do you know the types of legal profession in Russia?
Exercise 14
Choose the correct form of the words in capital letters to fill in the text and you will find out more information about types of legal professions in Russia.
| The Legal Profession in Russia. Lawyers in private practice in Russia work mostly within colleges of advocates – self-managed cooperative-type organizations. There are about nineteen thousand advocates in more than one hundred colleges. The highest body of advocates’ self-management is the general... of a college. The presidium headed by the chairperson is the executive board of each college. The presidium is elected by the general meeting for a term of three years. | MEET |
| Colleges of advocates are … in accordance with territorial subdivisions – in the cities, regions (oblasts), republics or autonomous entities. In its territory any college is represented by law firms or legal aid offices, which render all regular legal assistance to citizens: advocates counsel people, draft legal documents, represent plaintiffs or defendants in civil …, and provide defense in criminal proceedings. | FORMATION LITIGANT |
| There are now more and more American-type law firms in Russia functioning separately from colleges of advocates and especially involved in … private businesses. | REPRESENTATIVE |
| Many lawyers are … by the law offices of enterprises, ministries and agencies as an in-house counsel (a jurisconsult). These lawyers have all powers of an attorney, but they represent their single and permanent “client” – their respective … There are about twenty thousand of them in Russia, and in view of the economic reform this body is growing. | EMPLOYMENT ORGANIZATION |
| Of course, many in the legal profession teach or do academic research work. In Russia, there are forty … of higher education in law (either a law school attached to a university or a separate entity called a “juridical institute”). New private law schools are popping up. There are also separate research centers in law, the most prominent of which is the Institute of State and Law under the Academy of … of Russia. | INSTITUTE SCIENTIFIC |
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Exercise 15
Find in the text and translate all the derivatives from the words:
to meet, to institute, to organize, to educate, to cooperate, to employ, to assist, to manage, to grow, to execute, to separate, to elect
Exercise 16
A) Form a noun from the following verbs and translate them.
1) to employ;
2) to involve;
3) to represent;
4) to execute;
5) to elect;
6) to provide;
7) to manage.
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