Practical Advice on Creating an Open-public Legal English Webinar

Abstract

The article focuses on the issue of arranging open-public webinars on Legal English. The author defines the goals of creating open-public webinars, such as providing potential students with more information about a specific program or course at university, promoting the personal brand of a teacher or university; the target audience — groups of undergraduates, graduate students, practicing lawyers, and everyone who is interested in the topic of the webinar; the peculiarities of preparation stages. The webinar on Legal English for Intellectual Property Law is given as an example.The author of the article accepts the view generally held that the speaker can achieve success and effectiveness only through careful preparation and thorough understanding of the subject. Nowadays potential students are very enthusiastic about learning online and want to take any opportunity to develop their skills with the help of a highly-experienced teacher and receive a timely feedback. To make online open-webinars effective a teacher must be aware of the changes and needs of the target audience and encourage the participants to pose serious complex questions and produce profound reflections.