Legal Professional

A Legal Professional is a legal industry worker who is a professional worker.

• Context:
  • They can (typically) who study law, develop law and apply law.
  • They can (typically) have Legal Knowledge.
  • They can (often) have Legal Training.
  • They can belong to professional associations or bodies specific to the legal domain.
  • They can uphold the standards, ethics, and practices prescribed by professional legal bodies.
  • They can belong to Legal Industry Associations or Legal Bodies.
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• Example(s):
  • a Legal Practitioner, such as:
    • a Lawyer or Attorney.
    • a Paralegal.
    • a Contract Analyst / Contract Drafting Professional.
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  • a Law Teacher.
  • a Academic Legal Researcher.
  • a Legal Consultant not actively practicing.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Accounting Professional.
• See: Common Law (Legal System), Profession, Law Profession, Law Degree, Legal Education, Legal Systems, Jurisdiction (Area), Practic of Law.

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References

2023

• (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_profession Retrieved:2023-5-3.
  • Legal profession is a profession in which legal professionals study, develop and apply law. Usually, there is a requirement for someone choosing a career in law to first obtain a law degree or some other form of legal education.

    It is difficult to generalize about the structure of the profession, because

    • there are two major legal systems, and even within them, there are different arrangements in jurisdictions, and
    • terminology varies greatly.
  • While in civil law countries there are usually distinct clearly defined career paths in law, such as judge, in common law jurisdictions there tends to be one legal profession, and it is not uncommon, for instance, that a requirement for a judge is several years of practising law privately.

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