About Cambridge Law Studio
Cambridge Law Studio is one of the world’s most trusted and successful providers of education in legal English.
We were established in the late twentieth century and are members of the International Division of the Law Society of England and Wales. We are accredited by the Accreditation Service for International Colleges.
Our teachers have provided English language support courses for international lawyers from many leading commercial law firms and we have also worked with lawyers from corporations such as Sony Ericsson and Daimler Chrysler.
We are pleased to offer courses to working lawyers and to law students who are still at university in their own country and already have the ambition to find employment with an international law firm.
The director of Cambridge Law Studio has been teaching legal English for many years and has written many successful publications on the subject including ‘The Lawyer’s English Language Coursebook’ and ‘An Essential A-Z of Business Law’.
Of the many different English exams available, TOLES is favoured by many law firms and other employers when selecting or promoting employees. The TOLES certificates in legal English are the most accurate and relevant that you can possess.
TOLES was the first international legal English examination. It is the undisputed market leader and has 12 years of proven accuracy. The accuracy of the certificates has satisfied candidates, law firms and other employers.
TOLES is 100% practical. It meets the needs of global law firms rather than being dominated by the theories of English language teachers. For this reason it is well respected by international law firms, who recognise its relevance, practicality and accuracy.
There is no speaking element to TOLES. Law firms report that they are easily able to assess a lawyer’s oral English skills at interview. Law firms are looking for evidence of: good understanding of written contracts, strong drafting skills, accurate writing in letters, opinions and emails.
As TOLES is designed as a practical, relevant exam for use by law firms, it contains no superfluous, contrived speaking elements.
TOLES Advanced is the third level of the TOLES exam series. The exam tests a candidate’s ability to use the authentic legal English required by international law firms. At this level, candidates receive a score out of a possible 500 points and there are six grade bands assessed by colour. Green is the lowest score and Gold is the highest.
Cambridge Law Studio provides different legal English courses compared to other schools because we understand what employers want from working lawyers.
We know that a strong and practical legal English course based at Girton College, University of Cambridge will help you get the job you want in law. We constantly consult employers such as law firms, banks and international corporations about their needs. They all tell us the same thing. They say they need lawyers with practical legal English skills. Lawyers who can negotiate international deals, draft and amend contracts and write opinions and formal letters professionally and accurately. However, employers tell us what they’re really searching for are lawyers who have a very rare quality: ‘commercial awareness’.
At Cambridge Law Studio practical legal English skills and commercial awareness are the key targets of every lesson. You will certainly leave us with much better English for law skills than when you arrived. However, you will also know more about the enormous difference between the legal English you need to understand a contract law lecture and the legal English you really need to negotiate and draft a commercial contract. You will also know more about the English you really need to advise a client on setting up a business, advising on local law or avoiding bankruptcy. We specialise exclusively in assisting students whose first language is not English.
Cambridge Law Studio is a legal English school which contracts with Cambridge Colleges for the use of facilities and otherwise has no connection or association with the University of Cambridge or its Colleges.
Cambridge Law Studio Ltd. Registered in England and Wales. Company number 3852827.
Cambridge Law Studio is a member of the International Division of the Law Society of England & Wales.
