Jenny Gracie, LLB

Jenny Gracie is a clear legal writing enthusiast!

And being a lawyer, Jenny helps the legal and business communities in France and England to improve their international communications.

Jenny uses her experience of 25 years in the legal profession and now, as a translator, to:

– give clear legal writing training to English and French lawyers:

– rewrite French and English legal documents to make the content clearer without losing the legal meaning;

– translate French and English legal documents (for example, contracts, websites, articles);

But Jenny does not give legal advice.

Qualifications

1993 Solicitor (non-practising since 2014).

1998 Mediator (all issues).

2004 Collaborative lawyer.

2008 Clear legal writing practitioner (rewriting and training).

2009-2012 Registered European Lawyer (REL) of the Lyon Barreau, France.

2014 French court-appointed translator – ‘expert de justice près la Cour d’appel d’Amiens’.

Teaching experience

Subjects taught: clear legal writing techniques; legal system of England & Wales; English grammar & legal English.

2017 – Visiting lecturer at ISIT (Institut Supérieur d’Interprétariat et de Traduction), Paris.

2008 – Training students, solicitors, French avocats, judges and other professionals.

2008 – 2012 Visiting lecturer at the University of Lyon 3.

Membership of organisations

2015 – Member of the French Comparative Law Society (Société de Législation Comparée)

2010-2012 Member of the European Bars Federation (FBE) Commission “Future of the Profession”.

2005 – 2011 Council Member of the Law Society of England and Wales (representing Surrey).