Legal professions

1. Being a lawyer is regarded as one of the best professions in many countries. Read what the different areas of specialization are, and write which you would choose, or have chosen.

Advocate (защитник, адвокат, поверенный) is a lawyer who presents a client's case in a lawcourt;

Agent (агент, поверенный) is authorized to act for or in place of another; ___

Arbitrator (третейский судья, арбитр) is a neutral person chosen to resolve disputes between parties, especially by means of formal arbitration;

A ttorney (адвокат, поверенный (в суде), уполномоченный, юрист) is a person (esp. US) qualified to act for clients in a lawcourt; a person appointed to act for another in business or legal matters; one who practises law;

Attorney-General (генеральный прокурор, министр юстиции) (Br.) – is the chief legal officer by the government; (US) - the chief law officer of a state or of the US, responsible for advising the government on legal matters and representing it in litigation

Bailiff (судебный пристав, судебный пристав, следящий за порядком в суде, заместитель шерифа) is a law officer whose job is to take the possession or property of people who cannot pay their debts; (US) a court officer who maintains order with the parties, attorneys and jury during court proceedings; a sheriff’s officer who executes writs and servesprocesses;

Barrister (барристер – адвокат, имеющий право подавать в суд по иску и выступать в суде) is a lawyer who is admitted to plead at the bar and who may try or argue in superior courts in England and Northern Ireland;

Clerk (клерк, секретарь суда) is a court officer who is responsible for filing papers, issuing process, and keeping records of court proceedings as generally specified by ruleor statute;

Coroner (следователь, ведущий дела о насильственной или скоропостижной смерти) is a public officer whose duty is to investigate the causes and circumstances of any death that occurs suddenly,

suspiciously or violently; _______________

Investigator (следователь) conducts an official inquiry;

a private investigator (сыщик), = detective (детектив) is a police officer whose job is to investigate and solve crimes;

Judge (судья) a presiding court officer with authority to decide cases in a lawcourt, elected or appointed;

Jurist (юрист) is the one who has a thorough knowledge of law;

Jury (присяжные) is a group of people legally selected and sworn to inquire into any matter of fact in lawcourt and to give their verdict according to the evidence;

Juror (присяжный заседатель) is a member of the jury; Lawyer (юрист, адвокат) is a person trained and qualified in the law who does legal work for other people: a solicitor, barrister, advocate,attorney;

Legal adviser (-or) (юристконсульт, советник по правовым вопросам) is an expert in the law and gives legal advice

Notary (нотариус) (also notary public) attests or certifies documents to make them authentic, and performs official acts in commercial matters, such as protesting negotiable instruments

Prosecutor (обвинитель – лицо, возбуждающее и осуществляющее уголовное преследование) is a lawyer hired by government to conduct criminal proceedings;

Chief prosecutor (главный обвинитель);

Public Prosecutor (прокурор);

Solicitor (адвокат, поверенный, юристконсульт) is a lower court trial lawyer who prepares legal documents, advises clients, and who sometimes speaks for them in the courts; prepares cases for barristers in the higher courts.

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