Vocabulary
ABA abbr. for American Bar Association Американская ассоциация адвокатов
adversary adj противоположный
average v составлять в среднем
ban v запрещать
embrace v включать; охватывать
enhance v усилить; повышать
ensure v гарантировать; обеспечивать
increasingly adv все более; более того
marshal v систематизировать; привести в порядок систему
notion n понятие, представление
partnership n товарищество, компания
prevailing adj существующий, действующий
prohibit v запрещать
prohibition n запрет
promulgate v обнародовать, провозглашать
render v исполнять
survive v выживать
transplant v зд. переносить; пересаживать
viability n жизнеспособность
Vocabulary tasks
A Match the English words and expressions with their Russian equivalents.
1 to take measures 2 to increase viability 3 to assure effective operation 4 to take an oath 5 to be liable 6 on behalf of 7 to ban from practising |
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B Complete the following text with the words and phrases from the box.
How many law firms do you really need?
clients relate to ambitions lawyers business advice legal services entities need law firms as well as range provide clients specialize term relationships everyday issues |
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary is a global 1) __________ organization, members of which are separate and distinct legal 2) __________. We know that there are a number of good 3) __________ you can choose from; and we realize that you need more than one firm for a number of reasons, including conflicts and volume of work.
Some law firms 4) __________ in one or two areas of commercial law, some in those areas that command the highest fees. DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary has wider 5) __________ because clients often have wider needs.
We are organized to 6) __________ with a range of essential
7) __________ - not just on mergers, acquisitions and finance but also on technology, property, people, commercial dealings, tax and litigation. We are there for the important 8) __________ organizations face, as well as the big, less frequent deals.
We find that more and more 9) __________ want lawyers they can get to know and who can be bothered to get to know them.
This promotes longer 10) __________ which lead to better communication and a proper understanding of how the legal issues
11) __________ the business. We are now one of the largest legal services organizations in the world 12) __________ in Russia and the CIS. With over 3000 13) __________ in 54 offices in 20 countries including over 100 lawyers in our offices in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kyiv and Tbilisi, we want to be there when you 14) __________ us. Not just some of the time, but all of the time.
Most businesses have a wide 15) __________ of legal issues. Your law firm may be very good at what it does, but is what it does all that needs to be done?
Part 4
Read the questions below and the extract from a journal article about client selection.
Which section (A, B, C or D) does each question 1- 6 refer to? For each question 1- 6, mark one letter (A, B, C or 0) on your answer sheet. You will need to use some of these letters more than once. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Example: 0 It is important for a firm to follow an existing procedure.
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B C
D
1 A firm may act with undue haste if it has failed to anticipate adverse economic conditions.
2 A financial outcome for a firm may be the reverse of that intended.
3 It can be prudent for a firm to move into a specialty that is less affected by fluctuations in the economy.
4 A bad decision may result in a drain on a firm’s resources.
5 It is undesirable for commercial pressures to determine the continuation or otherwise of representation.
6 A firm may underestimate the requirements of an aspect of law in which it lacks experience.