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3 – LEGAL PROFESSIONS & LEGAL LANGUAGE
LEGAL PROFESSIONS
IN ENGLAND
Barristers are members of the Bar Council of England and Wales. To become one we need to obtain an undergraduate
degree in law (LLB) and to complete one-year Bar Professional Training Course and pupillage (one year spent as a pupil in
barristers’ chambers). Barristers argue cases in the courtroom and are paid by the solicitors. They have a right of audience at
higher courts.
Solicitors are members of the Law Society. To become one we need to be a law graduates, take one-year Legal Practice
Course and undertake practice-based training (two-year training contract), which is finished by the Professional Skills
Course. The solicitors prepare cases for barristers, they advise to clients, prepare documents and draw up wills. They work in
the office and are paid by the clients. They have the right of audience in lower courts.
IN THE USA
To be allowed to practice law in the USA we need to finish four years of college and pass the Law School Admission Test
(known as LSAT), then attend a law school for three years to get a law degree. Finally, we need to be admitted into the State
Bar by passing the bar examination.
Judges preside either local, state or federal courts. The minimum educational requirement is a bachelor’s degree (federal
judges need a juris doctorate). Local and state judges are elected in local elections and actively campaign for the position. All
federal judges are appointed by the president and serve a life term.