About us

EULETA had its beginnings during a conference at the University of Greifswald, Germany in 2006 when a group of delegates specializing in the teaching of Legal English came together to discuss how that teaching could be improved and developed. 

They decided that after the conference they would set up an educational organization for the promotion of the professional development of teachers of Legal English. EULETA was born shortly afterwards, incorporated as a registered association under German law. It is a recognized non-profit organization. Membership fees and donations are tax-deductible throughout the European Union.

Objects

The object of the association is to promote the effective teaching of Legal English. We do so by exchanging opinions and experience, publishing information, and running conferences, seminars and training programmes. In particular, we:

• foster continuing professional development
• provide an array of networking opportunities
• organize conferences
• publish teaching materials, journals and training manuals
• run a website with a dedicated members' area
• facilitate an online discussion group
• maintain social media presence
• participate in the development of training courses and qualifications for Legal English teachers
• promote training and examination standards for national and international recognition of Legal English

Events

One of our main activities is the organization of conferences and workshops. The conferences are three-day events held every second year. Themed one-day workshops take place in the non-conference years. The first event took place in 2007. It was hosted by the University of Passau, Germany. The following years took us to the universities of Ulm (Germany), Berlin (Humboldt University), Hamburg (Bucerius Law School), Osnabruck (Germany), Groningen (The Netherlands), Warwick (UK). and Zurich University of Applied Sciences (Switzerland). Our next conference (27-29 September 2018) will be hosted by the Universities of Split and Osijek in Split, Croatia. 

Membership

Membership is open to anyone invloved in the teaching of Legal English who would like to join our growing network of lawyer-linguists gaining valuable access to teaching ideas, lesson plans and materials. All members are free to share their own materials through our website.

 Membership also includes free access to TransLegal’s online dictionary, a listing in our trainer directory, reduced conference fees, and a dedicated members only section on our website. Please see the Join EULETA section for a full list of benefits.

Governance

The association is governed by a board of six members, who work on an entirely voluntary basis. They are elected for a two-year term. Elections are held at EULETA’s biennial conference.