Legal English, with the same precision as in French.
One-to-one coaching with an English-speaking coach who is a former lawyer, on your own files. The outcome: CAJA, the only legal English certification built on confidence when speaking.
CAJA is a legal English certification registered with France Compétences (RS6810). It is prepared through one-to-one coaching with an English-speaking coach who is a former lawyer, entirely online, and can be funded through the French CPF training account. Certifying body: Linguaid France.
No group classes. No “conversation class”.
A lawyer doesn’t need to learn English. They need to stop translating in their head during a negotiation, to find the right term in a clause, to advise a foreign client without losing authority. It is precision work, and it is done one to one.
Coaching with an English-speaking coach, a former lawyer
One-to-one video sessions on your files, your contracts, your situations. Targeted correction, role-plays, the same coach throughout the programme.
E-learning “Yes, You Ken English”
Short video and audio capsules by Ken Fagan: the most frequent mistakes of French-speaking lawyers, corrected one by one.
The coursebook, included
Practical English Language Skills for Lawyers (Routledge), written by two CAJA coaches. Every participant receives a copy on enrolment.
The CAJA certification
90 minutes of remote assessments: client interview, negotiation, drafting and correcting clauses. A jury of lawyers and legal English specialists. An official certificate.
What you will be able to do, in English, at the end
- Conduct a client interview and frame an instruction
- Give clear, defensible legal advice
- Negotiate a clause without losing control
- Draft, adapt and correct legal documents
- Present your role and your firm with confidence
- Prove your level: an RS6810 certificate, not a promise
Funding: the CPF covers all or part of the programme
CAJA is registered in the Répertoire Spécifique of France Compétences (RS6810). Lawyers, in-house counsel, self-employed professionals and employees in France can use their Compte Personnel de Formation. Law firms and legal departments can also fund a team programme through their OPCO or their skills development plan. Details in the FAQ.
They did it
“This is not just an English course: the people opposite you are former lawyers. A month on, there is a before and an after.”
Zakaria DakdakiTax lawyer, Forvis Mazars Avocats
“A good TOEIC score is no guarantee of effectiveness on the job; if I were hiring a junior lawyer, I would choose a CAJA-certified candidate without hesitation.”
Karina BlanchardLegal & Compliance Director, HomeServe France
“Today I negotiate, advise and draft in English with a precision comparable to what I demand of myself in French.”
Raphaël MesaTax lawyer, MonacoThey trust us
