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This wiki is designed for people who are teaching, studying, or otherwise involved in the field of Legal English (see this webinar for a little more on the methodology). It should provide reference material on English as a foreign language as it is used in legal contexts, for creating documents, negotiating or dealing with real disputes and procedures or in academic study of the law in different jurisdictions...and also on textbooks available in this area. If you would like to participate in the wiki and related social activities please request a user account here Unfortunately automatic registrations are no longer allowed.

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Now started some background pages for two public lectures at the LSE which look at the future of contract law in Europe, and the future of the profession as a whole in the context of globalisation and the increasing importance of China and India as trading nations.

=What should be in this wiki?= Articles are sought which fit in the list of categories, especially ones near the top of the list of wanted pages. Please go ahead and add what you can... Entries with "dictionary" type information are to be found under the various kinds of language point...  And social and profile information about users via the Community Portal

=What other articles are there already?= A complete list of all pages can be seen on this list