The Guardian – Yasmin Ahmed
“The relative lack of foreign language skills among the UK population is well-documented. A recent Guardian survey revealed that 39% of young native English speakers were put off learning a foreign language because “most people speak English”, and 14% by the idea that “most other languages are not useful”. But for students hoping to enter the legal profession – which is increasingly global in outlook – being able to speak a foreign language is useful, and ever more desirable to employers. The globalisation of legal practice means that many international law firms will not hire lawyers without language skills, says Patricio Garné Labat, partner of public international law firm Volterra Fietta, who speaks native Spanish and French, as well as English.”(more)