legal professions
Attorneys and judges
Legal professions are occupations involving the practice or administration of law.
The term encompasses lawyers, judges, paralegals, legal secretaries, and related roles.
Someone entering the legal profession typically means becoming an attorney, though the plural legal professions acknowledges the variety of careers within the field: She considered several legal professions before settling on corporate law.
- lawyerLicensed legal representative
- paralegalAttorney support professional
- judgeOne who decides
- arbitratorOne who resolves disputes
- court officerJudicial proceeding attendant
attorney · trial lawyer · law firm · compliance officer · public defender · criminal defense · mediator · ombudsman · advocate · solicitor · magistrate · barrister · bar exam · court clerk · defense counsel · corporate lawyer · in-house counsel · human rights advocate
- legal systemsconstitutional law, judiciary, criminal code, court system, penal code
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legal professionslaw enforcement
Upholding legal codes
police · police officer · police officers · detective · detectives
legal professionstribal elders
Senior community decision-makers
village council · clan leaders · peer mediation · family councils
legal professionscriminal enterprises
Illegal money-making organizations
organized crime · the underworld · outlaws · racketeering · smuggling
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