Whats the difference between a baraster and a lawyer?
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A barrister ("advocate" in Scotland and the Channel Islands, "barrister-at-law" in Ireland and elsewhere) is a lawyer found in most Common law jurisdictions who principally, but not exclusively, represents litigants as their advocate before the courts of that jurisdiction. In this regard, the profession of barrister corresponds neatly to that part of the role of legal professionals found in the civil law jurisdictions relating to appearing in trials or pleading cases before the courts. However, barristers, as a profession, are also known for specialising in certain areas of the law, and for giving advice in relation thereto to clients referred to them.\n\nIn the common law tradition, the respective roles of a lawyer - that is as legal adviser and advocate - were formally split into two separate, regulated sub-professions, the other being the office of solicitor. A parallel is often used with members of the medical profession, in that a solicitor, like a general practitioner (or doctor of first instance) deals with the simpler cases and employs the aid of a barrister (or, to continue the metaphor, a consultant) for more difficult or important issues. This parallel is however inaccurate. A barrister is retained by a practitioner, who acts on behalf of a client, to carry out a required function, such as advocacy or to render a legal opinion. There is no difference in the level of complexity in the practice of law by the different branches of the profession.\n\nA lawyer is a person qualified to give legal advice who advises clients in legal matters and represents them in courts of law and in other forms of dispute resolution.\n\nLaw is a theoretical and abstract discipline, and working as a lawyer represents the "practical" application of legal theory and knowledge to solve real problems or to advance the interests of those who retain (i.e., hire) lawyers for legal services.\n\nThe role of the lawyer varies significantly across legal jurisdictions, and therefore can be treated here in only the most general terms.\n\nMany jurisdictions, like England, have traditionally divided their legal professions into barristers and solicitors (known as advocates and procurators, respectively, in some civil law countries).\n\nIn some civil law countries, there has been a tradition of giving many legal tasks to a variety of civil law notaries, clerks, and scriveners. These countries do not have "lawyers" in the American sense, insofar as that term refers to a single type of general-purpose legal services provider; rather, their legal professions consist of a large number of law-trained persons, known as jurists, of which only some are advocates who are licensed to practice in the courts.\n\nIn contrast, several other countries that began with a divided profession have since fused or united their legal profession into a single type of lawyer.
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From what I understand, the difference is already hinted at in the name.\n\nLawyer is a general term meaning covering all of the below..\nsolicitor "solicits" - he gets clients, finds out what the problem is, but if it goes to court, the solicitor doesn't usually come with you, that job is for...\nthe barrister - qualified to practise at the bar.\n\nThere's others as well, and in different countries, there are different terms, attorney etc, each with slightly different roles.
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Check with your local county (or state) bar association.\n\nMany attorneys are willing to do pro bono work to satisfy their bar requirements.\n\nOnline advice is usally not a good idea however, because the lawyer who answers may not be licensed to practice in your particular state, and thus may not be applying the correct law.
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Lawyers are very slick and if you are not careful they can weasel you out of your money and without any evidence there is nothing you can do about it. Just make sure you read the fine print.
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Come on, you're an attorney and you are looking to Yahoo!Answers for this information? Your Bar would likely have the information, or you could just pick a state you would like to go and look it up on their Bar page.  I'll give you a headstart, you could move to Oklahoma! Good luck.
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A LAWYER is a person qualified to give legal advice; who advises clients in legal matters. \nSome lawyers represent clients in courts of law and in other forms of dispute resolution, they are called ATTORNEYs.\n\nIn common usage the words are interchangeable. Technically, however, an attorney is someone (usually, but not necessarily, a lawyer) empowered to act for another.
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It depends on how hard you want to work.  Lawyers have piles of money, but they work extremely hard.  Accountants don't have quite as much money, but they do very well for what work they have to do.  Accountants don't work very hard and have very flexible schedules.
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finance people? like a banker? depends on your financial job, and how successful you become, there are poor lawers and rich lawyers, again it is all a matter of how successful you are in the job. I would think lawyers are more exciting... but you also have alot more pressure on you and alot put into you hands, If I had a choice to chose between a banker or a lawyer, I'd go with the bank because I just would !!!! :D
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Basically there are two groups. Those that deal with civil law and those who deal with criminal law. Among the civil lawyers include those who deal with business, education,environmental, family, and personal injury. Criminal lawyers seem to specialize in either prosecuting or defending criminals. For you to decide which practice area would be best for you contact your state or county BAR association and ask them for some help learning about what is available. Good luck.
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Better estimation for what?\n\nRBC=Risk Based Capital, which is a very conservative measure of the amount of capital an insurer needs to hold to remain solvent, taking into consideration the risk of asset default, interest rate risks, business risks, etc.\n\nIBNR=Incurred But Not Reported, and is a measure of the amount of reserves a company needs to hold for damages (claims) that have already happened, but have not yet been reported (such as someone who's home got blown over by a tornado, but they haven't yet filed the claim with the insurer yet).
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Both seek to decide what is right and wrong. Ethics is more of a personal opinion. Law is the collection of views of society members.
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SarahLiz is correct. Short version.\n\nBarristers appear before the court. Solicitors give legal advice.\nLawyers and attorneys (at law) do both. \n\nMost jurisdictions have just lawyers/attorneys. Some split and have separate licenses for barristers (litigators) and solicitors.\n\nOther than that, the terms are often swapped around. See above.
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the bar association for your state.  Every state has one.
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It depends on what you need one for.  If you have a question about a specific lawyer, you can always contact your local Barr association and check them out.
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Look at the following link:\n\nhttp://www.stlucia.gov.lc/features/agchambers/the_legal_profession_act_-_the_disciplinary_committee_and_the_procedure_for_making_complaints_against_a_lawyer.htm
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In most places in the US, a legal assistant is the same thing as a paralegal, so someone who has likely taken a 2 year course after high school.  A law clerk is someone who is either in law school pursuing a JD, or in the case of a judicial law clerk, a JD who has passed the bar exam and is a full-fledged attorney who assists a judge with drafting opinions, etc.
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Check with a lawyer on this one.