Vocabulary tasks

1. Match the words to their definitions: lawyer, notary, trial, investigator, court, evidence, legal consultant, prosecutor, legal entity, judge.

1. a legal process in which a judge and often a jury in a court of law examine information to decide whether someone is guilty of a crime

2. someone whose job is to hear cases and make decisions in a court of law

3. someone whose job is to advise people about laws, write formal agreements, or represent people in court

4. a place where trials take place and legal cases are decided,especially in front of a judge and a jury or a magistrate

5. information that is given in a court of law in order to prove that someone is guilty or not guilty

6. a person whose job is to prove in court that someone accused of a crime is guilty

7. an individual or group that is allowed by law to take legal action, as plaintiff or defendant. It may include natural persons as well as fictitious persons (such as corporations).

8. someone who has the legal authority to make a document official

9. person whose job is to officially find out the facts aboutsomething, especially a crime or an accident

10. an expert or a professional person whose job is to give help and advice on legal matters

2. Give the right word to form a collocation: to give, to protect, to interrogate, to solve, to punish, to apply, to investigate, to prevent. Use these collocations in the sentences of your own.

3. Fill in the right words from the Vocabulary list.

1. Police are … possible links between the murders.

2. The rules are intended …accidents.

3. His duty is to … … of the empoyees.

4. The police … … for several hours.

5. We can help you … your financial problems.

6. He refused togive… at the trial.

7. We've reached an agreement … ….

8. The defendant has a right to afair….

9. My parents used to …me by not letting me watch TV.

10. For ten years he has been fighting to … his innocence.

11. A police officer told the … that he had seen Brown leaving the house.

12. The study aims to find out what makes people … crimes.

Speaking and Discussion.

1. Answer the questions.

1. Do you think there are equal opportunities in your country in the world of work? Why / why not?

2. Are the job opportunities that are open to you today the same as the job opportunities your parents / grandparents had?

3. Do you think the world of work is changing? Why / why not?

2.Complete the following sentences.

1. My ideal job is…
2. I think going to work every day is… because…
3. To get a job it’s necessary…
4. The most important factors when choosing a job are…
5. The least important factors when choosing a job are…

3. Speak about your Future Profession.