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English language is still widely used in various situations. This flexibility has resulted to the use of English language in the legal profession in matters such as law-making processes, judicial proceedings, court proceedings and legal service (Noraini Ibrahim, 1997:19). Thus, it is imperative that law practitioners are proficient in the language to be effective in their profession. They should be equipped with the necessary language skills and sub-skills from their undergraduate years to enable them to cope well with the complex legal language used in legal textbooks, research journals, case books, law reports and Acts. This study looks into the language needs of law students in the colleges of law. The sample for the study consisted of law students and law subject lecturers. Two types of questionnaires were used in this study: students‘ questionnaire and lecturers‘ questionnaire. The findings of the study are discussed and implications of it towards the teaching of ESP for Law students are presented for future researchers. The study is an attempt to design an ESP syllabus for Iraqi Students at Colleges of Law. The existing English course in these Colleges adopt the old and traditional method in teaching English which mainly presents legal content regardless the educational instruction methods while the proposed syllabus is designed according to the students‘ needs and interests. The proposed syllabus is supposed to give the students opportunities to practice English language as possible, teach English skills interactively, encourage the students to express their own opinions and decisions, use more activities, participate in group discussion, role play, and increase their autonomy in adding and selecting materials of their own. The sample of the present study is the first, second and third year students at the Colleges of law, University of Wasit , Diala , Basra and Tikrit for the academic year 2012-2013. Many procedures are adopted in this study . First, a questionnaires are given to instructors as well as students at colleges of law to evaluate the existing course for teaching English for special purpose. Second, need analysis questionnaires have been conducted to collect the information of students‘ needs .The syllabus has been designed according to the learner-centered approach and multi-syllabus design.
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