Legal Education

Text E. Прочитайте текст Е и переведите его на русский язык.

Unit 5. Legal Education

Подберите определения из списка B к словам из списка А и переведите их на русский язык.

A	B
Investigator	a) a presiding court officer, who decides cases in a law court
Advocate	b) a public officer, who certifies documents
Prosecutor	c) a lawyer, who presents a client’s case in a law court
Notary	d) a police officer, whose job is to investigate and solve crimes
Judge	e) a lawyer hired by a government to conduct criminal proceedings

Students can get legal education in a number of higher educational institutions. One of them is The Tax Academy of Russian Federation (T.A.). it was founded by a government decree dated 23 November 1996. There are several faculties in our Academy, which train specialists in different fields: law, finance, accounting, personnel management, information technologies, taxation. The Faculty of Law trains lawyers in the field of taxation. In the course of training the students study a wide range of special subjects, such as: Constitutional Law, Civil Law, Criminal Law, Roman Law and others. At the end of the course of training the students get a traditional higher education diploma certifying their qualification.

The Academy offers a wide range of modern forms of education. Besides the full-time department there is an evening department, a correspondence department, a second higher education department.

In Great Britain one of the best places to get legal education is Cambridge University, students study 25 subjects there. In English Universities there are several different kinds of degree, depending on the level of specialization: Bachelor of laws (L.L.B.) is the first degree, Master of Law (L.L.M.) is the second, more specialized degree.

To become a lawyer in the USA you need 7 years of full-time study: 4 years in University and 3 years in law school.

Vocabulary:

higher educational institution	высшее учебное заведение	in the course of training	в процессе обучения
in the field of	в области…	a wide range	широкий круг
taxation	налогообложение	a full-time department	дневное отделение
faculty of Law	юридический факультет	a correspondence department	заочное отделение

Определите, являются ли следующие утверждения верными (T) или неверными (F)

The Tax Academy is very old.

It trains specialists in different fields.

There are different modern forms of education in the Academy.

Law students in English Universities get only one degree.

In the USA students study law 4 years.

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