legal representation
Lawyer acting for you
Legal representation is having a lawyer act on your behalf in legal matters.
The term covers both the relationship (She couldn't afford legal representation) and the work itself (The firm provides legal representation in criminal cases).
In court proceedings, legal representation may be a constitutional right or a practical necessity depending on jurisdiction and case type.
- attorneyLicensed legal representative
- lawyerLicensed legal representative
- law firmAttorneys' business entity
- public defenderAttorney representing those unable to afford one
- court appointedDesignated by judicial authority
barrister · advocate · lawsuit · litigation · right to counsel · solicitor · client confidentiality · due process · pro bono services · retainer fee · presumption of innocence · criminal defense · burden of proof · plea bargaining · civil law · negotiation · deposition · attorney-client privilege
- representativesdelegate, lawyer, deputy, rep, proxy
- Legal Fieldlawyers, judges, courts, attorneys, barristers
- court proceedingstrial, arraignment, verdict, hearing, testimony
- criminal courtcriminal court, judge, jury, trial, verdict
- defendant rightsright to counsel, Miranda rights, Miranda warning, presumption of innocence, right to silence
- law and societysocial control, social order, rule of law, criminology, criminal justice
legal representationself-representation
Portraying oneself directly
pro se · unrepresented · self-advocacy · going it alone · undefended
legal representationvigilante justice
Unauthorized punishment by civilians
mob justice · taking the law into one's own hands · frontier justice · kangaroo court