Listening is a difficult skill, which is made more difficult by the fact that you can’t learn listening from a book! We can only improve our listening by listening. It’s a good idea to start a habit of listening/watching English programmes or films. We will regularly introduce good legal audio/video material at Legal English Help.

Gresham College lectures

Gresham College, founded by Sir Thomas Gresham in 1597, is an independently funded educational institution based in Barnard’s Inn, Holborn, in the centre of London. It provides free public lectures by its eight professors and holds other events. The college does not award degrees or teach courses.
The lectures which are naturally a high level, are usually available in streaming audio and video and downloadable audio and video, ± 60 min. –  transcripts are available

We are living in an age of remarkable intellectual property appropriation – copyright, trademarks, patents and commercial secrets grow at an unprecedented rate. However, is this right or appropriate? Do the new owners deserve these rights, what might it mean for society, are there alternative ways of governing intellectual property – who wins and who loses? This lecture will explore one of the thorniest areas of the modern economy and question whether global advancement needs ‘closed source’, or should go increasingly ‘open source’.

• LINK to Lecture and Transcript