Professional Development, Criminal Law, Ethics, Skills

Spanish for Lawyers: The Penal System and Criminal Law

Description:

The Tennessee Bar Association and The Tennessee Foreign Language Institute provide a special opportunity for lawyers who are interested in serving the Hispanic population in Tennessee.

We will be focusing on communication skills for lawyers with Spanish speaking clients. There are five programs in this series. A variety of topics will be covered to include: Spanish language skills to improve client communication, cultural tips, communication based on specific areas of practice, working with interpreters, and a brief review of resources for lawyers. Access all programs in this series here.

This session will cover:

  • Cultural comments
  • Key terminology and phrases: burglary, weapons, violent crimes, illegal drugs and incarceration
  • Crime and corruption
  • Gangs
  • Resources

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Learned many helpful terms and phrases to communicate with clients.

Interesting.

The vocab was very practical and helpful, especially the words for "misdemeanor", "felony" and for "violation of probation"

Will probably get the other four courses. I didn't realize this was the 5th. I am studying Spanish but most courses do not include legal terminology, so this was very helpful.

I thought that Ms. Willis did an outstanding job integrating information regarding culture, gangs, violence and the Spanish language.

The terms were very helpful and I will continue to look back at the materials for more practice. The information on statewide gangs was very insightful.

Very helpful.

Speakers/Producers

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Course Information Webcast - Archived Video Highlights
  • Ethics Credit
  • Dual PowerPoint and video presentation
  • Flexible to your schedule
  • Viewable on desktop, iPad, and mobile
Course Credits Dual Credits: 1.00
General Credits: 0.00
Total Credits: 1

This program will be filed for Tennessee CLE credit. Please email a request to cle@tnbar.org for Georgia and Mississippi CLE credit.