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in common
Reading task
A lawyer is someone qualified to advise or act in legal cases. Legal eagle is a slightly
humorous expression-meaning lawyer, especially clever one. Courts are presided over by
judges or in lower English courts, by magistrates.
In the English system, solicitors represent people and prepare their cases before they
reach court; barristers present and argue the cases in court. Solicitors do not represent
people in court except in magistrate’s courts.
In the American system, attorneys, familiar from a thousand TV and real-life
courtroom dramas, represent people, prepare cases and present and argue them in court.
Fill in the blanks using words or word combinations in the box
Lawyer, attorney, barrister, solicitor, judge, magistrate, courtroom drama
1. Many legal eagles interpret the opinion to imply that nothing short of abolishing the court
would satisfy the j______.
2. The story-telling contest is closed to what the organizers of the event refer to as professional
liars - that is l_______, politicians and real estate agents.
3. Since the military coup at least one third of Fiji’s estimated lawyers, as well as a number of
m________ and judges, have left the country along with thousands of other professionals
and academics.
4. Charles King-Farlow is leading the joint campaign by local s________ and b_______ for the
court in his city.
5. What services can he provide that are worth $ 600,000? His legal expertise could be gained
more for less money from more experienced a_________.
6. In another c_________, a man shot a judge during another domestic hearing.
More facts about lawyers in the English system
Match the words and expressions with their correct definitions 1-9
• law- abiding • solicitor • defendant • jury

• offender • victim • barrister • judge •witness
1. A person appointed to make legal decisions in a court of law _________

2. A group of twelve citizens who are sworn to decide whether someone is guilty or innocent
on the basis of evidence given in a court of law_______
3. A person who sees something happens or is present when somethinng
happens_____________
4. A person who is accused of doing something illegal________________
5. A person who is attacked or who is in an accident__________________
6. A qualified lawyer who gives advice to members of the public and acts for them in legal
matters________________
7. A person who commits an offence against the law__________________
8. A lawyer who can present a case in court_________________________
9. An expression used to describe someone who obeys the law__________
Match the halves of these sentences about the different types of law firm
1. A commercial practice a. is managed by partners who share profits and

responsibility equally
2. A large law firm b. works on his or her own, has no partners and
3. A law clinic usually handles smaller cases
c. advises clients on corporate and commercial
4. A partnership matters and may also negotiate transactions
5. A sole practitioner and solve business problems
d. can have 50 or more lawyers working on
complex matters for large organizations
e. gives students an opportunity to deal with real
clients and to develop their legal skills
Complete these sentences by inserting either law or legal
1. Instruction in ......legal English is becoming compulsory in a growing number of law faculties all
over the world.
2. After university, my work as a trainee solicitor gave me useful experience in commercial
litigation, and I was offered a good position in a large.......................firm.
3. During my studies, I volunteered at a local......................clinic, where I provided free
........................assistance to people who could not afford to pay for a lawyer.
4. Some of the most important courses a student completes during his or her studies of the law
are skills courses, such as courses in .......................writing and ...................... research.
Writing task
Write an essay on the topic Legal profession

Why have you chosen this profession? What type of law firm do you think you would like to
work in? Support your opinion with specific reasons.
Use the samples
I'd Iike to work: as a sole practitioner, as I'd prefer to be my own boss I think a big Law firm
would be exciting

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Look at the people in the photos and tell what they are doing and what they have

Fill in the blanks using words or word combinations in the box

Lawyer, attorney, barrister, solicitor, judge, magistrate, courtroom drama

More facts about lawyers in the English system

• law- abiding • solicitor • defendant • jury

1. A person appointed to make legal decisions in a court of law _________

1. A commercial practice a. is managed by partners who share profits and

Complete these sentences by inserting either law or legal

Write an essay on the topic Legal profession

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