Lawyers
Once fully trained in matters of the law and legal system, a person is called a lawyer; they are called attorneys in The United States and on some occasions, advocates or advisors. When defending or prosecuting a person in court a lawyer will be called an advocate and this doesn’t matter if the case is civil or criminal; this arena where law is practiced is not one that suits everyone and many never step foot into a courtroom. When employed to provide advice on the law they are known as legal advisors; this can just be to provide clarification surround a legal matter.
Trial lawyers have greater familiarity with courtroom rules and strategy; this is an area that requires the advocate to be quick thinking and a competent speaker.Trial lawyers spend the majority of their time outside the courtroom; they investigate the case they are representing, talk to witnesses and arranging evidence, for example.
The legal system affects nearly every aspect of our society; it affects everyone’s life from negotiating a house purchase to organizing a will and the reason why lawyers are governed by a very strict code of practice. There are many specialized areas of law which they can focus; however, all can and do appear in court from time to time to represent their clients.
Lawyers can specialize in a number of different areas of society; such as:
*Bankruptcy *Insurance *International law *Marine Law *Identification Theft
The number of specialist areas of law is also the reason why only a few ever practice in a courtroom!
Representing environmental issues can mean they may work for the government or private companies; some are shown below:
*Construction Firms *U.S. Environmental Protection Agency *Airports
Part of this work is dealing with land and development applications; it can also be in a defense capacity when incidents have happened that require legal representation.
Of course one of the cleaner areas that attorneys are involved with is intellectual property rights; it covers digital images, songs and videos; in fact anything that is available on the internet. Legal departments within insurance companies also employ specialist lawyers; writing insurance policies, investigating claims protecting company assets are just a few areas where their knowledge is useful.
Despite these different areas of legislature, most attorneys will practice in the field of either criminal or civil law; criminal lawyers try cases or defend the accused party; however civil law is much different and is normally based around interpretation of the law but this is a gross simplification.
Another high profile legal position is in cases where the public interest is served; these usually involve disputes or claims against governments or large corporations. Lastly, there are lawyers who work for legal-aid societies and nonprofit organizations; this type of work is more about helping those are not able to have legal representation any other way.