Mateo Guerrero-Tabares

Courses

• Spanish for Lawyers

  The goal of this course is to prepare students with intermediate Spanish proficiency to communicate in Spanish in a legal context. The focus of the course will be on serving low-income Spanish-speaking clients. While students will be introduced to legal terminology and will become equipped with the substantive terms necessary to practice in particular areas of public interest law, such as housing, immigration, family, and criminal law, the course will also emphasize communicating with clients about complex legal issues and processes in familiar terms they understand. Thus, the course will be organized primarily around particular client interactions that lawyers encounter. The course will be taught in Spanish and will consist of paired, small group and class-wide discussions; role-playing; games; and some writing and listening activities. The course will also include translation exercises designed to simulate translations Spanish-speaking lawyers are commonly expected to perform in a U.S. context (e.g., translation of affidavits). Separate intake process administered by the Office of Global Programs.

  To be considered for the course, please do the following by Wednesday, August 23 at 9:00 AM:

  1. Complete in English the Interest Questionnaire.

  2. Submit a written statement in Spanish to the Office of Global Programs at law.globalstudents@nyu.edu. The written statement should describe your interest in the course, your past experiences learning Spanish, and the areas of law in which you are most interested. Please also include any specific legal career goals and how this course will help you achieve them. Statements submitted in English will not be considered. Both items must be completed no later than Wednesday, August 23, 2023 for consideration to the Fall 2023 iteration of the course. You will be contacted by the week of September 4 if selected for the class, and the approved cohort of students will then be registered manually by Records and Registration. The first class will be Wednesday, September 13. Note that the course requires a minimum enrollment of eight students to be offered. Please reach out to the Office of Global Programs at law.globalstudents@nyu.edu with any questions.