Legal & Compliance

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 7 minStartup EnglishLesson 6 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: run a four-area legal check-in — company, IP, people, data — using at least five legal terms correctly, with one concrete ask per area.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Talk to the lawyer

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Navigating Legal Requirements

    Read a 303-word text about Navigating Legal Requirements

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Legal & Compliance Vocabulary

    8 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: A model legal check-in

    Read a 277-word text about A model legal check-in

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: Match Legal Terms

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: legal vocabulary

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Role Play: Discussing Legal Requirements with Your Lawyer

    Role-play: You are meeting with your startup lawyer to discuss the legal and compliance requirements for your growing company. (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: run the legal check-in

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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IncorporationIntellectual property (IP)Due diligenceNon-disclosure agreement (NDA)Non-compete clauseTrade secretGDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)Terms of service

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