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Key words: 
English language, law, law base, high-quality education, international competition, 
judicial service, protection of public interest.
English is the one of the most ancient language in the world. It is an international language or the 
world’s lingua franca for business, commerce, science, medicine, and many other key areas. Thus, in 
the domain of law as well English plays a prominent role as a global language. Huge amount of sci-
entific researches, books, legal contracts, legal practices, even the first unique Constitution, the basic 
document of the state all over the world was written and have been developing in this language. Legal 
norms, court proceedings, relationships between the state and citizien that were admitted as the most 
humanitarian as well as democratic were regulated on the basis of English common law.
Nowadays, English-speaking countries have been working on the highly effective and accessi-
ble law bases. Legal websites, like Lexisnexis, Westlaw, Legislation.uk, EBSCO, Heinonline, OPIL 
(Oxford public international law), WorldCat and Kluwer law online as well as the websites of Law 
schools and universities such as, Harvard Law Today, followed by Oxford Schoolarship Online and 
NYU school of law are the best example of wide-spread databases in the world. It creates more op-
portunities for teachers to provide students with almost inexhaustible learning materials.
There are number of reasons for acquisition of this language. Firstly, the student who wants to 
learn an international perspective on law, up-to-date legal practices and researches, conducted by 
well-known scientists, and even the legel bases of countries, wheather it is English-speaking or not, 
have to learn this language as very important. For example, what can the student do who is going to 
compare the election system of Korea with its home country, but does not know Korean language? In 
this case, the awareness of English language can be seen the most appropriate solution for this issue.
Secondly, everybody knows that the most humanitarian and democratic legal norms and rules 
were adopted and entered into force in Europe, especially USA, United Kingdom as well as France 
and Germany. Young researchers who aimed to enrich their own legislation with aforementioned 
norms, should learn English, because the documents were written in English or translated into it.
Thirdly, co-operation among law schools is the being well-established gradually. International 
competitions that organizing by universities or state bodies choose English as an official language, 
because of its position as universally recognized by UNO. Take AMES, European law, Vis, ELSA, 
ICC and etc. moot court competitons as an example. They give unforgettable and valuable experience 
on the sphere of international law and can aid to improve leadership as well as public speaking skills. 
It is also one of the most common languages used for presentations, conferences, seminars, debates, 
especially when we are speaking to an international audience.

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Fourthly, English influences the judicial system at local level. For instance, when judges adju
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dicate a foreigner, they may need a translator to administer justice properly. Whenever the judge is 
fluent in English, he/she will be able to control the correctness of the translation.
Additionally, as the world becomes smaller and interconnected, being able to communicate with 
people from different countries becomes a really valuable skill. Learning English can really boost 
employment opportunities and help to expand talents - across a worldwide stage.
Moreover, English along with French is one of the official languages of the International Court 
of Justice, where international disputes and situations between countries are resolved by peaceful 
means. A competent lawyer willing to operate in international courts like the international court of 
justice, the International Criminal Court and the European Court of Human Rights has to have a good 
command of both general and legal English.
Furthermore, as Albert Einstein said: “Education is not learning of the facts, but training the mind 
to think”. While intellectual regulation is becoming the key for progress, ensuring the high quality 
of education should be the main goal of any state. It requires to gain experience from developed 
and well-educated countries and new teaching methods for improvement. If we want to expand our 
knowledge, study further or carry out research, then English will be an invaluable tool. So long as 
we take into account the fact that English is an official language in educational institutes with highly 
effective teaching methods that can meet international standarts, the importance of learning english 
will be clarified. This provides golden opportunity to receive new knowledge that may be unavailable 
in our first language.
On the basis of learning the researches and facts about role of English language in law, we have 
revealed the following functions of a foreign language in lawyer’s profession:
— to create an access to legislative, judicial systems of foreign countries (the USA, France, 
Germany, Great Britain);
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to introduce to world jurisprudence;
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to acquire the international law;
— to help for comparing the ways of prosecution of judicial cases in foreign countries with 
home country ones;
— to help in rendering assistance to foreign and joint enterprises, firms;
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to improve the professional level of a judicial service;
— to raise qualifications of a lawyer by studying literature in a foreign language;
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to create an opportunity for taking part at international seminars, meetings, conferences, 
workshops;
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to improve lawyers’ professional skills by working on probation in foreign countries, etc.
To sum up, it has been shown that English has great importance in jurisprudence when it comes 
to boosting employment opportunities, expanding your knowledge and promoting justice. Generally 
speaking, knowledge of English will have only positive impact on the work of lawyers.
Reference:
Ivana Lukica, Agnieszka Katdonek. “The Value of Language and Content Needs Analysis in 
English for.” 
1st International Conference on Foreign Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics. 
Sarajevo, 2011. 1-8.

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