MOCK TRIAL WEEK | 19–23 October

From 19 to 23 October 2026, we are dedicating a special week to Mock Trials – practical English-language training through situations that mirror real-life professional contexts.

You can already sign up by purchasing one or more Mock Trial Week sessions. Once your purchase is confirmed, you will automatically receive an email with a link allowing you to book the specific session that suits you best. With your Mock Trial Week package, you will also receive an email with a link to access the DROP IN Speaking Toolkit – a practical language resource featuring useful expressions and phrases that you can review before the session and use during the discussion.

You do not have to be a legal professional to join us. The sessions are open not only to judges, legal associates, practitioners and trainees, but also to professionals from other fields, such as social workers, expert witnesses and other participants in judicial proceedings, who need English in their professional environment.

The minimum recommended level of English is B1 (Intermediate Level). You can find out more about the CEFR levels of English proficiency here.

You do not need to speak perfect English. You just need to start using it.

The aim of Mock Trial Week is not to test how perfectly you speak English or expect you to express everything without mistakes. On the contrary, the idea is to create a safe professional environment where you can speak, try, make mistakes, find better ways of expressing yourself and gradually become more confident communicating in English.

The cases will not be unnecessarily complex or require extensive preparation in advance. They will be based on case law from other countries and will start from clear, concrete situations presented briefly and in an accessible way, while leaving enough room to examine and discuss them from different legal, professional and practical perspectives. Topics will cover different areas of law – from criminal and civil law, through administrative law, to issues of judicial cooperation.

Through the Mock Trials, you will work on argumentation, professional vocabulary, and expressing your opinions clearly and precisely in English. Throughout the sessions, you will be supported by an experienced teacher specialising in this field – you can read more about her here.

Prepare in advance – but without the pressure.

Brief descriptions of the individual cases and the specific Mock Trial topics will be available already this weekend, giving you plenty of time to familiarise yourself with the case, think about possible arguments and prepare for the discussion.

Each session is limited to a maximum of six participants, ensuring that everyone has enough space to speak, argue their position and participate actively. All you need to participate is a stable internet connection. Your camera and microphone must remain on throughout the session to make the discussion as active and interactive as possible.

Our existing DROP IN participants have a special benefit – one free Mock Trial session. Their free participation code will be sent to the email address they used to register for DROP IN. They can then simply book the session that suits them best.

Join us and take your English to the next level through situations that are much closer to real professional life than a traditional classroom!

This week, in our Drop In for Legal English lessons, we once again create space to discuss real legal issues – issues that call for debate, the exchange of views and well-reasoned arguments. Through discussions on current and thought-provoking legal topics, you will practise how to express your views and arguments clearly, respond to different opinions and use precise legal terminology in situations that reflect communication in real professional environments.

This week’s topics explore the connections between law and trust, responsibility, equality and the protection of individuals – from legal certainty and witness reliability to the position of vulnerable citizens, mental health and criminal responsibility, contracts of adhesion, and barriers to equal advancement in the workplace.

What actually makes a witness reliable? How far should the protection of vulnerable people extend? When should mental illness affect criminal responsibility? Is an agreement truly the result of free will when there is no room for negotiation? And how can the existence of a “glass ceiling” be proven in court?

Come with an opinion. Leave with new perspectives, stronger communication skills and greater confidence in expressing yourself.

Reservations for Week 4 are now open.

DROP-IN TOPICS FOR WEEK 4 (5–9 October 2026) can be viewed HERE.

Once you have purchased a Drop-IN Package, DROP-IN sessions can be booked HERE.

All other details about the DROP-IN sessions can be found HERE.

Choose a topic. Choose a time. DROP IN – drop by.

Week 3 of DROP IN FOR LEGAL ENGLISH classes brings six opportunities to enhance your professional communication in English – through conversation, exchange of ideas, and discussion of current legal topics. Practise how to express your views clearly and fluently, argue your position, use precise legal terminology, and communicate with colleagues from different countries and professional backgrounds.

This week, we will discuss topics that raise interesting legal and social questions: gender balance on corporate boards, lengthy court proceedings, children as witnesses, domestic violence, the role of notaries, and the jury system.

This is not a traditional class – come to discuss, argue, listen, and learn through real professional communication. Each session brings a new topic, new vocabulary, and a new opportunity to make your Legal English more confident, natural, and precise.

Reservations for Week 3 are now open.

DROP-IN TOPICS FOR WEEK 3 (September 28– October 2) can be viewed HERE.

If you have already purchased your DROP-IN package, you can book your sessions HERE.

All other details about DROP-IN classes, including the link to purchase a DROP-IN package, can be found HERE.

Choose your topic. Choose your time. DROP IN!

Week 2 of DROP-IN classes brings a new selection of topics from the fields of Business and Legal English, with a focus on current issues that provide a basis for professional discussion, argumentation and the exchange of different professional perspectives.

In the Legal English programme, we will discuss, among other things, the principle of immediacy and whether every witness should be heard in person, as well as whether written evidence can replace oral testimony. Contracts of Adhesion open up the question of genuine consent when one party determines the contractual terms in advance and the other can only accept or reject them.

The topics No Victim, No Crime? and Punishment Without Prison take us into the area of criminal law, exploring questions surrounding the existence of a criminal offence without a clearly identifiable victim, the limits of state intervention, and the possibility of electronic monitoring and house arrest replacing imprisonment.

In Punishing Corporations, we will examine corporate liability and corporate punishment, including whether sanctions should be linked to a company’s revenue or size, as well as the consequences of sanctioning a company for its employees and other stakeholders.

Punitive Damages, an institution unknown to continental European law, raises a somewhat different question: Is compensation sometimes not enough, and should certain damages also serve a punitive purpose in cases of particularly serious unlawful conduct, rather than merely compensate for the harm caused?

The Business English programme goes beyond business terminology, too. The second week’s topics include returning to work and burnout syndrome; responsibility for waste disposal; questions surrounding modern education; the future of Europe; road safety; and European Union enlargement.

The topics are the starting point; English is at the heart of it all. Current issues provide the framework for genuine discussion in which participants express their views, exchange perspectives and develop arguments. What matters is not what they think, but how they formulate their views and how those views sound in a specific professional context – how they agree or disagree, how they soften or emphasise a particular statement, how they respond to opposing views, and how they adapt their arguments to the purpose of the communication.

In other words, it is not what you think that matters most, but how it sounds when you say it — and whether you can express your position in a way that suits the situation, your interlocutor and the purpose of the communication.

Reservations for the second week are now open.

DROP-IN TOPICS FOR WEEK 2 (September 22 - September 25, 2026) can be viewed HERE.

If you have already purchased your DROP-IN package, you can book your sessions HERE.

All other details about DROP-IN classes, including the link to purchase a DROP-IN package, can be found HERE.

Choose your topic. Choose your time. DROP IN!