Chinese for Specific Purposes: Legal Chinese

Catalog description

Legal Chinese is a superior-level content-based course providing students with a brief overview of Chinese state laws, legal business cases and the study of legal Chinese terminologies. Through text reading and legal business case discussion, the class engages Penn professional school students and undergraduate social science majors in legal case study, encouraging them to reflect on what they read, as well as giving them the opportunity to experience a course that brings together Chinese legal content and Chinese professional literacy training. The goal of the course is to help students better understand the legal language and content in order to prepare them for specific careers of interest. By the end of the semester, students should be able to 1. use of professional Chinese terms in written report and oral presentations 2. demonstrate awareness of Chinese legal system and laws 3. participate more confidently in negotiations and meetings 4. describe the differences between Chinese and American legal education and principles 5. summarize and explain how a client won or lose a legal case 6. conduct professional oral presentation using content-specific terms 7. apply legal principles, concepts to one’s own discipline and future career