Your advice comes too late.
You know what you recommend. You spend three minutes explaining the background before you say it.
Clear English for lawyers who lead
You know the law. Make sure the room hears it.
You can build a precise legal argument and still find yourself searching for words in the meeting that matters. A client needs a recommendation. A counterparty pushes back. A question arrives without warning.
The Winning Brief helps lawyers who work in English communicate their expertise with more clarity, purpose, and authority through one-to-one coaching, team workshops, and independent learning.
Your legal thinking is already strong. Your communication should make that unmistakable.
Built for the realities of multilingual legal practice
Organizations Mabel has worked with
Selected organizations from Mabel's professional experience.
Recognize the moment
The right words should not arrive after the conversation ends.
The most frustrating professional communication moments are not always caused by a lack of English proficiency. They happen when the message you deliver falls short of the judgment and expertise behind it.
The room changes direction.
You prepared the presentation. You did not prepare for the question that shifts the entire discussion.
Your words soften the position.
Your position is well grounded. Your delivery sounds less decisive than the analysis behind it.
You're still rewriting it.
You revise the message repeatedly because the tone still does not feel quite right.
What better communication looks like
A clearer message can change how a conversation moves.
You do not have to sacrifice legal nuance to sound decisive. You can lead with a recommendation and give your audience the reasoning they need to act.
See how coaching worksInstead of
“There are a number of issues that we should probably consider before determining how to proceed.”
Try this
“My recommendation is to proceed with option A. The decisive consideration is timing. The main risk is enforceability, and here is how I would address it.”
Work with The Winning Brief
Choose the support that fits your work.
An important event, an ongoing challenge, or independent development. Different needs call for different kinds of support.
1. COACHINGPersonalized guidance
One-to-One Coaching
A significant conversation coming up? Or a recurring difficulty you are ready to address? Work directly with Mabel through preparation, practice, and feedback.
Focused coaching from €850Development coaching from €1,550
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2. WORKSHOPSFor legal organizations
Team Workshops
Help your legal team explain advice, manage questions, and communicate across borders. Practical two-hour workshops shaped around an agreed objective.
Online workshops from €1,600In-person by arrangement
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3. COURSEIndependent learning
Command the Room in 10 Days
A structured way to present ideas, handle questions, and communicate with greater presence in English, with real scenarios and a practical workbook.
Founding member price €598Until January 14, 2027. Regular price €1,196.
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The person behind the practice
Legal context. Communication expertise. Practical support.
Mabel Leung studied law in England and Belgium and has spent more than 15 years working with legal professionals. Her experience combines legal English, teaching, international professional communication, and practical coaching.
She understands the difference between having an excellent point and making it land in the room.
LLB (Hons.), University of BuckinghamLLM (Cum Laude), KU LeuvenCambridge-accredited English teacher
Meet Mabel
“Those who have not yet sought Mabel's legal writing advice really should!”
From lawyers who know
Why lawyers return to Mabel.
“I first worked with Mabel when I was a junior associate. I am now counsel, leading deals across sectors, and I still call her before every high-stakes conversation in English, calls with counterparty counsel, seminars, international panels. AI has transformed how I handle my written work. For speaking, I trust Mabel.”
That is what The Winning Brief is designed around: applying better communication strategies to work that is already demanding.
Explore personal coachingLearn from existing resources
Start with something useful.
Clear Legal English Sound Bites
Five-minute audio learning for busy professionals. Explore practical legal English guidance on Spotify or YouTube.
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Watch the full Module 1A lesson
Watch the complete 11-minute Module 1A lesson from Command the Room and experience Mabel's teaching approach before deciding whether to enroll.
Watch Module 1AInside Command the Room
See Mabel's approach in action.
Watch the full 11-minute Module 1A lesson, The Credibility Equation, from Command the Room in 10 Days. See the tools and teaching approach for yourself before deciding whether to enroll.
Explore Command the RoomYour next important conversation
What conversation do you want to handle differently?
It may be an upcoming presentation, a negotiation, or the way you contribute to meetings week after week. Tell Mabel what matters. Your first 30-minute consultation is free, with no obligation to proceed.
You do not need a perfect explanation of the problem before you speak.
