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The coaches

English-speaking former lawyers who practised before they taught.

All our coaches practised law in English — in a firm, in-house or at a university — before training French lawyers. That is the condition for working on your real files.

In one sentence

CAJA coaches are English-speaking former lawyers and law lecturers who practised before they taught: Stéphanie Cooper-Slockyj, Louise Kulbicki, Natasha Costello, Leone Crinnion, Lynsey Redfern. The certification is run by Joss Frimond (jury chair) and Catherine Frimond-Laubiès (sessions).

Stéphanie Cooper-Slockyj

Stéphanie Cooper-Slockyj

CAJA co-designer · lead assessor

Former business attorney in California, more than 20 years teaching legal English in France. Designs and runs programmes for Paris II Panthéon-Assas, the ENA and the UIA. With Linguaid since 2021. Read more →

Louise Kulbicki, LLB, LLM

Louise Kulbicki, LLB, LLM

Trainer · founder of Study Legal English

LLB (London Metropolitan), LLM (UCL); has taught legal English to professionals worldwide since 2013. Co-author of Practical English Language Skills for Lawyers. Former EULETA board member. With Linguaid since 2021. Read more →

Natasha Costello

Natasha Costello

Solicitor (non-practising) · law lecturer

Former solicitor and professional support lawyer in the UK, then Senior Lecturer in Law at Manchester Metropolitan University. Based in Paris. Co-author of Practical English Language Skills for Lawyers. With Linguaid since 2023. Read more →

Leone Crinnion

Leone Crinnion

Irish solicitor · Law Society of Ireland

Practised property and commercial law in Dublin and County Wicklow for over 25 years. Teaches at the American Business School and Paris Dauphine. With Linguaid since 2022. Read more →

Lynsey Redfern

Lynsey Redfern

Solicitor-linguist · sworn translator

Former solicitor at Dentons, head of legal English at the Faculty of Law, Université Côte d’Azur. Sworn interpreter-translator before the courts of Grasse and Nice. Read more →

Management

They do not coach: they guarantee the certification — jury, sessions, certificates.

Joss Frimond

Joss Frimond

Founder of Linguaid · chair of the CAJA jury

Twenty years in professional training. Kirkpatrick Gold-level facilitator, Learning Transfer Designer Senior Enabler. From a family of lawyers; created the legal English coaching offer for law firms and large companies with Ken Fagan. Read more →

Catherine Frimond-Laubiès

Catherine Frimond-Laubiès

Head of certification

Organises the sessions, the notices to candidates and the issue of certificates after the jury’s deliberation. Sixteen years in international import-export before Linguaid; studied in the United States. Read more →

Linguaid

A consultancy and training organisation founded in 2006 in Saint-Cyprien, France, Qualiopi-certified. Linguaid holds two certifications registered in the Répertoire Spécifique — CAJA for lawyers and in-house counsel, LangueXpert for language trainers — and, under the Impact des formations brand, is the only French-speaking partner of Kirkpatrick Partners, the Institute for Transfer Effectiveness and Learning Impact.

Next step

A 15-minute call to assess your level and your needs.

No commitment. We tell you frankly whether CAJA is right for you, and how to fund it.