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Dec 25, 2025 · 21 min
Is an LLM Program Right for You?
In this special episode of the USLawEssentials Law & Language Podcast, we speak with two experts who share insights into whether an LL.M. Program is right for you. Our guests today are Professor Brian Sites and Vasudha Krishnamurthy. Professor Brian, among other things, is a nationally recognized expert on the bar examination and directs the LL.M. Program at Georgia State College of Law. Vasudha is an international attorney, admitted to practice in California, specializing in cybersecurit
Jul 25, 2023 · 41 min
Multilingual Lawyer: Seongryeol ‘Ryan’ Park
The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast continues its series of interviews with multilingual lawyers as Stephen Horowitz interviews Seongryeol ‘Ryan’ Park. This interview was recorded much earlier in 2023 and Ryan, who already has a fascinating story, just embarked on a new career as South Korea’s Assistant Secretary to the President for International Public Relations. At the time of this interview, he worked for the South Korean government as a Director in the Ministry of Unification. Ryan
Apr 10, 2023 · 31 min
Multilingual Lawyer: Tanya Primiani
Episode 59 The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast continues its series of interviews with multilingual lawyers as Stephen Horowitz interviews Tanya Primiani. Tanya is Co-Director for the WJP Rule of Law Index at the World Justice Project and manages planning and implementation of the Index team’s global, thematic, and country-specific research projects. She is fluent in Spanish, French, and Italian and earned her law degree from the University of Montreal holds a Master of Arts in Internati
Mar 5, 2023 · 2 hr
Multilingual Lawyer: Iaroslav Gregirchak
The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast continues its series of interviews with multilingual lawyers as Stephen Horowitz interviews Iaroslav Gregirchak. Mr. Gregirchak serves as the Deputy Business Ombudsman on the Business Ombudsmen Council. The Council is a specialized alternative dispute resolution (ADR) platform enabling businesses to challenge various instances of business malpractice in Ukraine. This is a fascinating interview as Mr. Gregirchak explains not only his work with the Busine
Feb 2, 2023 · 50 min
Jonah Perlin & Eun Hee Han
The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast continues its series of interviews with multilingual lawyers as Stephen Horowitz interviews Professors Jonah Perlin and Eun Hee Han. This is a fascinating discussion among three professors at Georgetown University Law Centre. Jonah and Eun Hee are Legal Practice professors, meaning they teach legal writing, but they also both have significant experience working with international students in Georgetown’s JD program. Whether you are a student or instruct
Jan 14, 2023 · 8 min
Legal English Vocabulary: Produce
Episode 56 The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast continues its Legal English vocabulary series as Stephen Horowitz and Daniel Edelson discuss the legal and non-legal meanings of the word produce. Fun fact: produce is a heteronym! Change its pronunciation and the meaning changes.
Jan 2, 2023 · 34 min
The Multilingual Lawyer: Vitaliia Yurchak
Episode 55 The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast welcomes you to 2023 with a very special interview with multilingual lawyer Vitaliia Yurchak. Vitaliia is earned her first law degree in her home country of Ukraine. In addition, Vitaliia holds a Ph.D. Political Science and published 15 articles addressing political problems of international systems and global development. After coming to the United States, Vitaliia earned her LL.M. from St. John’s University School of law where she also stu
Dec 9, 2022 · 13 min
Hunger for Justice and a Microwaved Meal
Episode 54 The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast presents the latest episode in the What’s New in the Legal News series. In today’s episode, Stephen Horowitz discusses with Daniel Edelson a recent article detailing a proposed class action lawsuit by a woman who claims she was deceived by the packaging for a Macaroni and Cheese microwavable meal. When you’re hungry and have a keen sense of justice, every second counts! And the lawsuit alleges that the company that produced the meal deceived
Nov 30, 2022 · 34 min
Multilingual Legal Professional: Stephen Rifkind
The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast continues its series of interviews with multilingual legal professionals as Daniel Edelson interviews translator Stephen Rifkind. Stephen is originally from the United States and lives in Israel. In addition to translating a wide range of legal documents, he teaches English at Ort Braude College of Engineering. Fluent in English, Hebrew, French, and Russian, Stephen describes the excitement and challenge of translating documents not just from one lang
Nov 21, 2022 · 24 min
Multilingual Lawyer: Dianne Miano
The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast continues its series of interviews with multilingual lawyers as Stephen Horowitz interviews Nory Dianne Miano. Dianne is a lawyer originally from the Philippines and graduated from Georgetown Law with a Masters of Laws in Taxation and a Certificate in International Taxation as well as a Certificate in Legal English. She also graduated from Georgetown’s 2-year LLM Program Prior to studying at Georgetown she graduated from the University of the Philipp
Oct 29, 2022 · 13 min
Diagnosis: Implausible
Episode 51 The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast continues its What’s New in the Legal News Series as Stephen Horowitz and Daniel Edelson discuss a recent decision by a federal court to dismiss the lawsuit of a former Yale University professor who sued the University after she lost her faculty position. Among other things, she alleged that her contract with the University prohibited her employer from firing her for Tweets in which she appeared to diagnose former President Trump and others
Oct 19, 2022 · 7 min
Legal English Vocabulary: Action
Episode 50 The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast continues its Legal English vocabulary series in which our hosts discuss a word that has both a regular meaning and a legal English meaning. Today, Stephen Horowitz and Daniel Edelson discuss the word Action. What kind of action did you undertake today to improve your legal English? Start with this episode!
Oct 12, 2022 · 47 min
Multilingual Lawyer: Paula Arturo-Klammer
Episode 49 The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast continues its series of interviews with multilingual lawyers as Stephen Horowitz interviews Professor Paula Arturo-Klammer. Paula is a legal English Lecturer & Research Fellow at the Georgetown Center for Legal English. Currently earning her Ph.D. in Law from Universidad de Palermo in Argentina, Paula is an experienced lawyer and translator and is bilingual in Spanish and English. She speaks a few other languages, too, including French and
Oct 3, 2022 · 11 min
Analogies: 2
Episode 48 The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast continues its new series on analogies. In this series, your hosts, Stephen Horowitz and Daniel Edelson, don’t actually talk about law and legal English vocabulary. Instead, they discuss how international students & attorneys can improve their legal English vocabulary and analytical skills by practicing and explaining analogies. Today’s episode features an analogy from the SAT exam, a standardized test high school students typically take a
Sep 19, 2022 · 6 min
Legal English Vocabulary: Consortium
Episode 47 The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast continues its Legal English Vocabulary series as your hosts, Stephen Horowitz and Daniel Edelson, discuss the word “consortium”. As with other words in the Legal English Vocabulary series, consortium has both a legal English meaning and a more general meaning. Please connect with USLawEssentials on LinkedIn and Facebook.
Sep 5, 2022 · 13 min
Analogies: 1
Episode 46 The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast presents its 46th episode with a brand new series on analogies. This episode is a bit different from other episodes because your hosts, Stephen Horowitz and Daniel Edelson, don’t actually talk about law and legal English vocabulary. Instead, they discuss how international students & attorneys can improve their legal English vocabulary and analytical skills by practicing and explaining analogies. Today’s episode features two analogies taken
Aug 24, 2022 · 34 min
Multilingual Lawyer: Nick Harling
Episode 45 The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast continues its series of interviews with multilingual lawyers as Stephen Horowitz interviews immigration attorney Nick Harling. Nick speaks Japanese and lived for several years in Japan teaching English with the JET Program. In Japan, Nick gained first-hand experience of what it is like to work overseas and to experience the pressures of navigating another country’s immigration law system. Among other things, Nick discusses his experiences wor
Aug 17, 2022 · 5 min
Legal English Vocabulary: Impeach
Episode 44 The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast continues with a brand new series on legal English vocabulary. In this series your hosts Stephen Horowitz and Daniel Edelson discuss vocabulary words that have both a legal English definition and meanings not associated with legal English. Today’s vocabulary word is: ImpeachPlease connect with USLawEssentials on LinkedIn and Facebook.
Aug 3, 2022 · 39 min
Multilingual Lawyer: Ellis Duncan
Episode 43 The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast continues its series of interviews with multilingual lawyers as Stephen Horowitz interviews Ellis Duncan, Director of the Graduate Tax Program at the Georgetown University Law Center. Eliis is modest about his multilingual abilities but he can also speak tax – – which everyone knows is a language all its own. This is an enormously informative interview as Ellis discusses his own career in tax law, Georgetown’s tax law offerings, what makes t
Jul 26, 2022 · 10 min
Law Exam Essentials: Promissory Estoppel
Episode 42 Intrigue! Betrayal! A friendship on the line! The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast continues its Law Exam Essentials series as Stephen Horowitz & Daniel A. Edelson discuss promissory estoppel. The doctrine of promissory estoppel provides that a promise, unsupported by consideration, may still be enforceable where a party reasonably relies on the promise to its detriment. So will Stephen have to reimburse Daniel? Will Daniel ever trust Stephen again? This episode will answer th

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