B)Fill in the gaps using nouns and verbs from a). Translate the sentences.

1) This will give … to more people.

2) This idea was never put into…

3) Trade union representatives are chosen by …

4) The police are investigating his possible … in the crime.

5) The number of people in … has fallen.

6) The … of a new library has been of great benefit to the students.

7) “No taxation without …” means that if people pay taxes they should be in a parliament.

8) The company’s failure was mainly due to bad … .

Exercise 17

Match the words and word combinations from the text with their Russian equivalents.

1) college of advocates	a) юрисконсульт
2) self-managed cooperative type organisation	b) предоставлять
3) executive board	c) обеспечивать защиту
4) legal aid offices	d) коллегия адвокатов
5) render	e) давать рекомендации
6) in-house counsel	f) исполнительный комитет
7) plaintiff	g) независимая общественная организация
8) defendant	h) юридическая консультация
9) juridical	i) представлять истца в суде
10) to draft legal documents	j) предоставлять юридическую помощь
11) to represent a plaintiff	k) составлять юридические документы
12) to counsel people	l) юридический
13) to provide defence	m) истец
14) to render legal assistance	n) ответчик

 

Exercise 18

Match words in columns to make pairs of synonyms.

1) in-house lawyer	a) to appear
2) to draft	b) to increase
3) litigation	c) authority
4) to grow	d) jurisconsult
5) to pop (up or out)	e) well-known (leading)
6) prominent	f) to draw up
7) to research	g) to provide
8) to render	h) trial
9) to employ	i) to hire
10) powers	j) to look into

 

Exercise 19

Match the words, read and translate the new word-combinations.

1) Colleges of advocates	a) are appearing
2) Many lawyers	b) are formed in accordance with territorial subdivision
3) Law firms	c) 40 institutions of higher education in law
4) There are	d) are hired as in-house counsels
5) New private law school	e) provide all regular legal assistance to citizens

 

Exercise 20

Answer the questions.

1) How is the college of advocates organized?

2) What does the work of advocates involve?

3) Why has the number of in-house counsels increased lately?

4) Why is the legal profession gaining popularity in Russia?

 

Exercise 21

Divide the text “Types of legal professions in Russia” into logical parts. Give a heading to each part. Make a brief summary using these headings as a plan.

Exercise 22

Speak about:

1) in-house counsels and their functions;

2) advocates and their functions.