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242 relations: A History of the University in Europe, Academic degree, Administrative law, Administrative law judge, Admission to practice law, Admission to the bar in the United States, Advance payment, Adversarial system, Advocate, Ambrose Bierce, American Bar Association, American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Analytical skill, Ancient Rome, Andrews v Law Society of British Columbia, Arbitral tribunal, Athens, Attorney at law, Avocats Sans Frontières, Bachelor of Laws, Bar association, Bar council, Bar examination, Bar Professional Training Course, Barrister, Barter, Basil Blackwell, Belgium, Belmont, California, Berkeley, California, Black's Law Dictionary, Brian Abel-Smith, Bryan Horrigan, Business, Byzantine Empire, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Canon law, Canon law of the Catholic Church, Canton of Geneva, Casebook method, Catholic Church, Cause lawyer, Charleston Daily Mail, China, Civil law (legal system), Civil law notary, Civil service, Claudius, Client (business), Common law, ... Expand index (192 more) »
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A History of the University in Europe
A History of the University in Europe is a four-volume book series on the history and development of the European university from the medieval origins of the institution until the present day.
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Academic degree
An academic degree is a qualification awarded to a student upon successful completion of a course of study in higher education, usually at a college or university.
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Administrative law
Administrative law is a division of law governing the activities of executive branch agencies of government.
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Administrative law judge
An administrative law judge (ALJ) in the United States is a judge and trier of fact who both presides over trials and adjudicates claims or disputes involving administrative law.
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Admission to practice law
An admission to practice law is acquired when a lawyer receives a license to practice law.
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Admission to the bar in the United States
Admission to the bar in the United States is the granting of permission by a particular court system to a lawyer to practice law in the jurisdiction.
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Advance payment
An advance payment, or simply an advance, is the part of a contractually due sum that is paid or received in advance for goods or services, while the balance included in the invoice will only follow the delivery.
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Adversarial system
The adversarial system, adversary system, accusatorial system or accusatory system is a legal system used in the common law countries where two advocates represent their parties' case or position before an impartial person or group of people, usually a judge or jury, who attempt to determine the truth and pass judgment accordingly.
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Advocate
An advocate is a professional in the field of law. Lawyer and advocate are legal professions.
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 –) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran.
American Bar Association
The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students; it is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States.
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American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct
The American Bar Association's Model Rules of Professional Conduct (MRPC) are a set of rules and commentaries on the ethical and professional responsibilities of members of the legal profession in the United States. Lawyer and American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct are legal ethics.
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Analytical skill
Analytical skill is the ability to deconstruct information into smaller categories in order to draw conclusions.
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Ancient Rome
In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.
Andrews v Law Society of British Columbia
Andrews v Law Society of British Columbia, 1 SCR 143 is the first Supreme Court of Canada case to deal with the equality rights provided under Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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Arbitral tribunal
An arbitral tribunal or arbitration tribunal, also arbitration commission, arbitration committee or arbitration council is a panel of unbiased adjudicators which is convened and sits to resolve a dispute by way of arbitration.
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Athens
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.
Attorney at law
Attorney at law or attorney-at-law, usually abbreviated in everyday speech to attorney, is the preferred term for a practising lawyer in certain jurisdictions, including South Africa (for certain lawyers), Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and the United States. Lawyer and attorney at law are lawyers.
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Avocats Sans Frontières
Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF), also known as Advocaten Zonder Grenzen or Lawyers without Borders, is an international NGO, active in the human rights and development sector.
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Bachelor of Laws
A Bachelor of Laws (Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves as the first professional qualification for legal practitioners.
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Bar association
A bar association is a professional association of lawyers as generally organized in countries following the Anglo-American types of jurisprudence.
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Bar council
A bar council (Comhairle an Bharra) or bar association, in a common law jurisdiction with a legal profession split between solicitors and barristers or advocates, is a professional body that regulates the profession of barristers.
Bar examination
A bar examination is an examination administered by the bar association of a jurisdiction that a lawyer must pass in order to be admitted to the bar of that jurisdiction.
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Bar Professional Training Course
The Bar Professional Training Course or BPTC is a postgraduate course which allows law graduates to be named and practise as barristers in England and Wales.
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Barrister
A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions. Lawyer and barrister are legal professions.
Barter
In trade, barter (derived from baretor) is a system of exchange in which participants in a transaction directly exchange goods or services for other goods or services without using a medium of exchange, such as money.
Basil Blackwell
Sir Basil Henry Blackwell (29 May 18899 April 1984) was born in Oxford, England.
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Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.
Belmont, California
Belmont is a city in San Mateo County in the U.S. state of California.
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Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States.
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Black's Law Dictionary
Black's Law Dictionary is the most frequently used legal dictionary in the United States.
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Brian Abel-Smith
Brian Abel-Smith (6 November 1926 – 4 April 1996) was a British economist and expert adviser and one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century in shaping health and social welfare.
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Bryan Horrigan
Professor Bryan Horrigan (born 1962) is an Australian legal academic and a past Dean of the Faculty of Law at Monash University in Australia (2013-2024).
Business
Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (such as goods and services).
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Canon law
Canon law (from κανών, kanon, a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority (church leadership) for the government of a Christian organization or church and its members.
Canon law of the Catholic Church
The canon law of the Catholic Church is "how the Church organizes and governs herself".
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Canton of Geneva
The Canton of Geneva, officially the Republic and Canton of Geneva, is one of the 26 cantons of the Swiss Confederation.
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Casebook method
The casebook method, similar to but not exactly the same as the case method, is the primary method of teaching law in law schools in the United States.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Cause lawyer
A cause lawyer, also known as a public interest lawyer or social lawyer, is a lawyer dedicated to the usage of law for the promotion of social change to address a cause. Lawyer and cause lawyer are legal ethics and legal professions.
Charleston Daily Mail
The Charleston Daily Mail was a newspaper based in Charleston, West Virginia.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
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Civil law (legal system)
Civil law is a legal system originating in Italy and France that has been adopted in large parts of the world.
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Civil law notary
Civil-law notaries, or Latin notaries, are lawyers of noncontentious private civil law who draft, take, and record legal instruments for private parties, provide legal advice and give attendance in person, and are vested as public officers with the authentication power of the State.
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Civil service
The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil service personnel hired rather than elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership.
Claudius
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (1 August – 13 October) was a Roman emperor, ruling from to 54.
Client (business)
In business, commerce, and economics, a client is a person who receives advice or services from a professional, such as a lawyer or a health care provider.
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Common law
Common law (also known as judicial precedent, judge-made law, or case law) is the body of law created by judges and similar quasi-judicial tribunals by virtue of being stated in written opinions.
Communism
Communism (from Latin label) is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered around common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products to everyone in the society based on need.
Conflict of interest
A conflict of interest (COI) is a situation in which a person or organization is involved in multiple interests, financial or otherwise, and serving one interest could involve working against another. Lawyer and conflict of interest are legal ethics.
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Consideration
Consideration is a concept of English common law and is a necessity for simple contracts but not for special contracts (contracts by deed).
Contingent fee
A contingent fee (also known as a contingency fee in the United States or a conditional fee in England and Wales) is any fee for services provided where the fee is payable only if there is a favourable result. Lawyer and contingent fee are legal ethics.
Corporate lawyer
A corporate lawyer or corporate counsel is a type of lawyer who specializes in corporate law.
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Corporate title
Corporate titles or business titles are given to corporate officers to show what duties and responsibilities they have in the organization. Lawyer and corporate title are positions of authority.
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Corporation
A corporation is an organization—usually a group of people or a company—authorized by the state to act as a single entity (a legal entity recognized by private and public law as "born out of statute"; a legal person in a legal context) and recognized as such in law for certain purposes.
Counsel
A counsel or a counsellor at law is a person who gives advice and deals with various issues, particularly in legal matters.
Country lawyer
In the United States and Canada, a country lawyer or county-seat lawyer is an attorney at law living and practicing primarily in a rural area or town, or an attorney pursuing a rural or small-town legal practice.
Court
A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law.
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Court dress
Court dress comprises the style of clothes and other attire prescribed for members of courts of law.
Criminal defense lawyer
A criminal defense lawyer is a lawyer (mostly barristers) specializing in the defense of individuals and companies charged with criminal activity. Lawyer and criminal defense lawyer are lawyers and legal professions.
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Critical thinking
Critical thinking is the analysis of available facts, evidence, observations, and arguments in order to form a judgement by the application of rational, skeptical, and unbiased analyses and evaluation.
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David Dudley Field II
David Dudley Field II (February 13, 1805April 13, 1894) was an American lawyer and law reformer who made major contributions to the development of American civil procedure.
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Deception
Deception is the act of convincing one or many recipients of untrue information.
Decretum Gratiani
The Decretum Gratiani, also known as the Concordia discordantium canonum or Concordantia discordantium canonum or simply as the Decretum, is a collection of canon law compiled and written in the 12th century as a legal textbook by the jurist known as Gratian.
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Deed
A deed is a legal document that is signed and delivered, especially concerning the ownership of property or legal rights.
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DICT
DICT is a dictionary network protocol created by the DICT Development Group in 1997, described by RFC 2229.
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Diploma privilege
In the United States, the diploma privilege is a method for lawyers to be admitted to the bar (i.e. authorized to practice law) without taking a bar examination.
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Doctor of Juridical Science
A Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD), or a Doctor of the Science of Law (JSD), is a research doctorate degree in law that is similar to the Doctor of Philosophy degree.
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Dutch language
Dutch (Nederlands.) is a West Germanic language, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the third most spoken Germanic language.
Edmonton Journal
The Edmonton Journal is a daily newspaper published in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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English language
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.
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English law
English law is the common law legal system of England and Wales, comprising mainly criminal law and civil law, each branch having its own courts and procedures.
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value in ways that generally entail beyond the minimal amount of risk (assumed by a traditional business), and potentially involving values besides simply economic ones.
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Environmental law
Environmental laws are laws that protect the environment.
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Erhard Blankenburg
Erhard Blankenburg (October 30, 1938 – March 28, 2018) was a German sociologist, specializing in the sociology of law.
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Esquire
Esquire (abbreviated Esq.) is usually a courtesy title.
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
European Court of Justice
The European Court of Justice (ECJ), formally just the Court of Justice (Cour de Justice), is the supreme court of the European Union in matters of European Union law.
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Executive (government)
The executive, also referred to as the juditian or executive power, is that part of government which executes the law; in other words, directly makes decisions and holds power.
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False documentation
False documentation is the process of creating documents which record fictitious events.
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Federal Court of Justice
The Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) is the highest court of civil and criminal jurisdiction in Germany.
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Fee
A fee is the price one pays as remuneration for rights or services.
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Fiduciary
A fiduciary is a person who holds a legal or ethical relationship of trust with one or more other parties (person or group of persons). Lawyer and fiduciary are legal professions.
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Franklin Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania
Franklin Township is a township in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick II (German: Friedrich; Italian: Federico; Latin: Fridericus; 26 December 1194 – 13 December 1250) was King of Sicily from 1198, King of Germany from 1212, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 and King of Jerusalem from 1225.
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French language
French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.
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Fused profession
Fused profession is a term relating to jurisdictions where the legal profession is not divided between barristers and solicitors. Lawyer and Fused profession are lawyers and legal professions.
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Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr.
Geoffrey Cornell Hazard Jr. (September 18, 1929 – January 11, 2018) was Trustee Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he taught from 1994 to 2005, and the Thomas E. Miller Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of California's Hastings College of the Law.
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Gerry Spence
Gerald Leonard Spence (born January 8, 1929) is a semi-retired American trial lawyer and author.
Ghost lawyer
A ghost lawyer is a lawyer who writes for other lawyers without assuming credit. Lawyer and ghost lawyer are legal ethics.
Government
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state.
Hadrian
Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138.
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Helena Normanton
Helena Florence Normanton, QC (14 December 1882 – 14 October 1957) was the first female barrister in the United Kingdom.
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Henry Campbell Black
Henry Campbell Black (October 17, 1860 – March 19, 1927) was the founder of Black's Law Dictionary, the definitive legal dictionary first published in 1891.
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Industrial design right
An industrial design right is an intellectual property right that protects the visual design of objects that are purely utilitarian.
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Inns of Court
The Inns of Court in London are the professional associations for barristers in England and Wales.
Intake interview
Intake interviews are the most common type of interview in clinical psychology.
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Intellectual property
Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect.
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Investment banking
Investment banking is an advisory-based financial service for institutional investors, corporations, governments, and similar clients.
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Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.
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Ivo of Kermartin
Ivo of Kermartin, TOSF (17 October 1253 – 19 May 1303), also known as Yvo, Yves, or Ives (and in Breton as Erwan, Iwan, Youenn or Eozenn, depending on the region, and known as Yves Hélory (also Helori or Heloury) in French), was a parish priest among the poor of Louannec, the only one of his station to be canonized in the Middle Ages.
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
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Jeon-gwan ye-u
Jeon-gwan ye-u refers to an informal arrangement in the South Korean legal system whereby retired judges and public prosecutors who go on to become lawyers in private practise receive special treatment from their incumbent former colleagues.
Jerold Auerbach
Jerold Auerbach (born 1936) is an American historian and professor emeritus of history at Wellesley College.
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Joaquim Falcão
Joaquim de Arruda Falcão Neto is a Brazilian scholar and writer.
John Crook (classicist)
John Anthony Crook FBA (5 November 1921 – 7 September 2007) by Peter Linehan in The Independent, 15 September 2007.
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Jon T. Johnsen
Jon Thorvald Johnsen (born 25 October 1942) is a Norwegian legal scholar.
Journalist
A journalist is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it to the public.
Judge
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. Lawyer and judge are law enforcement, legal professions and positions of authority.
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Juris Doctor
A Juris Doctor, Doctor of Jurisprudence, or Doctor of Law (JD) is a graduate-entry professional degree that primarily prepares individuals to practice law.
Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction (from Latin juris 'law' + dictio 'speech' or 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice.
Jurist
A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyzes and comments on law. Lawyer and jurist are legal professions.
Jury
A jury is a sworn body of people (jurors) convened to hear evidence, make findings of fact, and render an impartial verdict officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment.
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King's Counsel
In the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth realms, a King's Counsel (post-nominal initials KC) is a lawyer appointed by the state as a senior advocate or barrister with a high degree of skill and experience in the law.
Kingdom of Sicily
The Kingdom of Sicily (Regnum Siciliae; Regno di Sicilia; Regnu di Sicilia) was a state that existed in Sicily and the south of the Italian Peninsula plus, for a time, in Northern Africa from its founding by Roger II of Sicily in 1130 until 1816.
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Korea
Korea (translit in South Korea, or label in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula (label in South Korea, or label in North Korea), Jeju Island, and smaller islands.
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Latin America
Latin America often refers to the regions in the Americas in which Romance languages are the main languages and the culture and Empires of its peoples have had significant historical, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural impact.
Law
Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate.
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Law broker
In Australia, Canada and New Zealand, a law broker or legal brokerage is a professional that assists individuals who are searching for a lawyer.
Law clerk
A law clerk, judicial clerk, or judicial assistant is a person, often a lawyer, who provides direct counsel and assistance to a lawyer or judge by researching issues and drafting legal opinions for cases before the court. Lawyer and law clerk are legal professions.
Law firm
A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law.
Law school
A law school (also known as a law centre/center, college of law, or faculty of law) is an institution, professional school, or department of a college or university specializing in legal education, usually involved as part of a process for becoming a judge, lawyer, or other legal professional within a given jurisdiction.
Law society
A law society is an association of lawyers with a regulatory role that includes the right to supervise the training, qualifications, and conduct of lawyers.
Lawsuit
A lawsuit is a proceeding by one or more parties (the plaintiff or claimant) against one or more parties (the defendant) in a civil court of law.
Lawyer-supported mediation
Lawyer-supported mediation is a "non-adversarial method of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) to resolves disputes, such as to settle family issues at a time of divorce or separation, including child support, custody issues and division of property".
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Legal aid
Legal aid is the provision of assistance to people who are unable to afford legal representation and access to the court system.
Legal ethics
Legal ethics are principles of conduct that members of the legal profession are expected to observe in their practice.
Legal executive
Legal executives are a kind of trained legal professional in certain jurisdictions. Lawyer and legal executive are legal professions.
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Legal expenses insurance
Legal protection insurance (LPI), also known as legal expenses insurance (LEI) or simply legal insurance, is a particular class of insurance which facilitates access to law and justice by providing legal advice and covering the legal costs of a dispute, regardless of whether the case is brought by or against the policyholder.
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Legal fiction
A legal fiction is a construct used in the law where a thing is taken to be true, which is not in fact true, in order to achieve an outcome.
Legal monopoly
A legal monopoly, statutory monopoly, or de jure monopoly is a monopoly that is protected by law from competition.
Legal procurator
A legal procurator is a warranted legal professional in Malta, Argentina and some other countries, who assists advocates in lawsuits in courts of various levels. Lawyer and legal procurator are legal professions.
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Legal research
Legal research is "the process of identifying and retrieving information necessary to support legal decision-making.
Legal Services Act 2007
The Legal Services Act 2007 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that seeks to liberalise and regulate the market for legal services in England and Wales, to encourage more competition and to provide a new route for consumer complaints. Lawyer and legal Services Act 2007 are legal ethics.
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Legal writing
Legal writing involves the analysis of fact patterns and presentation of arguments in documents such as legal memoranda and briefs.
Legislator
A legislator, or lawmaker, is a person who writes and passes laws, especially someone who is a member of a legislature. Lawyer and legislator are legal professions and positions of authority.
Leo I (emperor)
Leo I (401 – 18 January 474), also known as "the Thracian" (Thrax; ο Θραξ), was Roman emperor of the East from 457 to 474.
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Licensed conveyancer
A licensed conveyancer is a specialist legal professional in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia or South Africa who has been trained to deal with all aspects of property law. Lawyer and licensed conveyancer are legal professions.
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List of jurists
The following lists are of prominent jurists, including judges, listed in alphabetical order by jurisdiction.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
Luxembourg
Luxembourg (Lëtzebuerg; Luxemburg; Luxembourg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a small landlocked country in Western Europe.
Macau
Macau or Macao is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.
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Magistrate
The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law. Lawyer and magistrate are legal professions.
Margaret Workman
Margaret Lee Workman (born May 22, 1947) is an American lawyer and a former justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
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Mark McCormack
Mark Hume McCormack (November 6, 1930 – May 16, 2003) was an American lawyer, sports agent and writer.
Master of Laws
A Master of Laws (M.L. or LL.M.; Latin: Magister Legum or Legum Magister) is an advanced postgraduate academic degree, pursued by those either holding an undergraduate academic law degree, a professional law degree, or an undergraduate degree in a related subject.
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
Ministry of justice
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice.
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Mortgage law
A mortgage is a legal instrument of the common law which is used to create a security interest in real property held by a lender as a security for a debt, usually a mortgage loan.
National Post
The National Post is a Canadian English-language broadsheet newspaper and the flagship publication of Postmedia Network.
Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
Non-governmental organization
A non-governmental organization (NGO) (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government.
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Norman, Oklahoma
Norman is the 3rd most populous city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, with a population of 128,026 as of the 2020 census.
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North America
North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.
Notary public
A notary public (notary or public notary; notaries public) of the common law is a public officer constituted by law to serve the public in non-contentious matters usually concerned with general financial transactions, estates, deeds, powers-of-attorney, and foreign and international business. Lawyer and notary public are legal professions.
Original jurisdiction
In common law legal systems, original jurisdiction of a court is the power to hear a case for the first time, as opposed to appellate jurisdiction, when a higher court has the power to review a lower court's decision.
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Oxford
Oxford is a city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town.
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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Papal legate
A woodcut showing Henry II of England greeting the Pope's legate. A papal legate or apostolic legate (from the ancient Roman title legatus) is a personal representative of the Pope to foreign nations, to some other part of the Catholic Church, or representatives of the state or monarchy.
Patent
A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention.
Personal injury
Personal injury is a legal term for an injury to the body, mind, or emotions, as opposed to an injury to property.
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Politician
A politician is a person who has political power in the government of a state, a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Lawyer and politician are legal professions and positions of authority.
Practice of law
In its most general sense, the practice of law involves giving legal advice to clients, drafting legal documents for clients, and representing clients in legal negotiations and court proceedings such as lawsuits, and is applied to the professional services of a lawyer or attorney at law, barrister, solicitor, or civil law notary.
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Pro bono
Pro bono publico ('for the public good'), usually shortened to pro bono, is a Latin phrase for professional work undertaken voluntarily and without payment. Lawyer and pro bono are legal ethics.
Pro hac vice
In the legal field in the United States, pro hac vice is a practice in common law jurisdictions whereby a lawyer who has not been admitted to practice in a certain jurisdiction is allowed to participate in a particular case in that jurisdiction.
Pro se legal representation in the United States
Pro se legal representation means to argue on one's own behalf in a legal proceeding, as a defendant or plaintiff in civil cases, or a defendant in criminal cases, rather than have representation from counsel or an attorney.
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Procrastination
Procrastination is the act of unnecessarily and voluntarily delaying or postponing something despite knowing that there could be negative consequences for doing so.
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Professional responsibility
Professional responsibility is a set of duties within the concept of professional ethics for those who exercise a unique set of knowledge and skill as professionals. Lawyer and professional responsibility are legal ethics.
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Prosecutor
A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the adversarial system, which is adopted in common law, or inquisitorial system, which is adopted in civil law. Lawyer and prosecutor are law enforcement and legal professions.
Prussia
Prussia (Preußen; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions.
Public defender
A public defender is a lawyer appointed to represent people who otherwise cannot reasonably afford to hire a lawyer to defend themselves in a trial.
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Public speaking
Public speaking, also called oratory, is the act or skill of delivering speeches on a subject before a live audience.
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Pupillage
A pupillage, in England and Wales, Northern Ireland, Kenya, Malaysia, Pakistan and Hong Kong, is the final, vocational stage of training for those wishing to become practising barristers.
Quebec
QuebecAccording to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.
Quid pro quo
Quid pro quo (Latin: "something for something") is a Latin phrase used in English to mean an exchange of goods or services, in which one transfer is contingent upon the other; "a favor for a favor".
R. M. Jackson
Richard Meredith Jackson, FBA (19 August 1903 – 8 May 1986) was a British jurist and legal scholar.
Radnor, Pennsylvania
Radnor is a community which straddles Montgomery and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Reading law
Reading law was the primary method used in common law countries, particularly the United States, for people to prepare for and enter the legal profession before the advent of law schools.
Real estate
Real estate is property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as growing crops (e.g. timber), minerals or water, and wild animals; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, (more generally) buildings or housing in general.
Real estate agent
Real estate agents and real estate brokers are people who represents sellers or buyers of real estate or real property.
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Real property
In English common law, real property, real estate, immovable property or, solely in the US and Canada, realty, refers to parcels of land and any associated structures which are the property of a person.
Rhetoric
Rhetoric is the art of persuasion.
Richard Abel (lawyer)
Richard L. Abel (born September 13, 1941) is a professor of law (now emeritus), a specialist in African Law Studies and a renowned socio-legal scholar.
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Robert Stevens (lawyer)
Robert Bocking Stevens (8 June 1933 – 30 January 2021) was a British lawyer and academic.
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Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.
Roman Republic
The Roman Republic (Res publica Romana) was the era of classical Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom (traditionally dated to 509 BC) and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire following the War of Actium.
Romandy
Romandy (Romandie or Suisse romande; Arpitan: Romandia)Before World War I, the term French Switzerland (Suisse française) was.
Rules lawyer
A rules lawyer is a participant in a rules-based environment who attempts to use the letter of the law without reference to the spirit, usually in order to gain an advantage within that environment.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul (often abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County.
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Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica (Saint Monica; Spanish: Santa Mónica) is a city in Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast.
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Satires (Juvenal)
The Satires are a collection of satirical poems by the Latin author Juvenal written between the end of the first and the early second centuries A.D. Juvenal is credited with sixteen poems divided among five books; all are in the Roman genre of satire. The genre is defined by a wide-ranging discussion of society and social mores in dactylic hexameter.
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Scotland
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Scrivener
A scrivener (or scribe) was a person who, before the advent of compulsory education, could read and write or who wrote letters as well as court and legal documents.
Second Council of Lyon
The Second Council of Lyon was the fourteenth ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, convoked on 31 March 1272 and convened in Lyon, Kingdom of Arles (in modern France), in 1274.
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Sestertius
The sestertius (sestertii) or sesterce (sesterces) was an ancient Roman coin.
Shyster
Shyster (also spelled schiester, scheister, etc.) is a slang word for someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law, sometimes also politics or economics.
Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.
Small business
Small businesses are types of corporations, partnerships, or sole proprietorships which have a small number of employees and/or less annual revenue than a regular-sized business or corporation.
Small claims court
Small-claims courts have limited jurisdiction to hear civil cases between private litigants.
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Socratic method
The Socratic method (also known as method of Elenchus or Socratic debate) is a form of argumentative dialogue between individuals, based on asking and answering questions.
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Sole practitioner
A sole practitioner or solo practitioner is a professional, such as a lawyer or an architect, who practices independently. Lawyer and sole practitioner are legal professions.
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Solicitor
A solicitor is a legal practitioner who traditionally deals with most of the legal matters in some jurisdictions. Lawyer and solicitor are legal professions.
Solicitor advocate
Solicitor advocate is a hybrid status which allows a solicitor in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong to represent clients in higher courts in proceedings that were traditionally reserved for barristers.
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Solidus (coin)
The solidus (Latin 'solid';: solidi) or nomisma (νόμισμα, nómisma, 'coin') was a highly pure gold coin issued in the Later Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire.
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC) is the permanent body of the National People's Congress (NPC), the national legislature of the People's Republic of China.
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Stanford University Press
Stanford University Press (SUP) is the publishing house of Stanford University.
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Stanford, California
Stanford is a census-designated place (CDP) in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States.
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State Bar of California
The State Bar of California is an administrative division of the Supreme Court of California which licenses attorneys and regulates the practice of law in California.
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Statute of Westminster 1275
The Statute of Westminster of 1275 (3 Edw. 1), also known as the Statute of Westminster I, codified the existing law in England, into 51 chapters.
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Sub rosa
The Latin phrase sub rosa (Neo-Latin for "under the rose"), denotes secrecy or confidentiality and is used in English to denote secrecy or confidentiality, similar to the Chatham House Rule.
Supreme Court of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC; Cour suprême du Canada, CSC) is the highest court in the judicial system of Canada.
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Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.
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Tacitus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus (–), was a Roman historian and politician.
The Christian Science Monitor
The Christian Science Monitor (CSM), commonly known as The Monitor, is a nonprofit news organization that publishes daily articles both in electronic format and a weekly print edition.
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The Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary is a satirical dictionary written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce, consisting of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Telegram
The Telegram is a daily newspaper published weekdays and Saturdays (as The Weekend Telegram) in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.
Title
A title is one or more words used before or after a person's name, in certain contexts.
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Trade union
A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages and benefits, improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees (rules governing promotions, just-cause conditions for termination) and protecting and increasing the bargaining power of workers.
Trademark
A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign, design, or expression that identifies a product or service from a particular source and distinguishes it from others.
Trainee solicitor
In the United Kingdom, Australia, Hong Kong, Ireland, and certain other English common law jurisdictions, a trainee solicitor is a prospective lawyer undergoing professional training at a law firm or an in-house legal team to qualify as a full-fledged solicitor. Lawyer and trainee solicitor are legal professions.
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Trust (law)
A trust is a legal relationship in which the owner of property (or any other transferable right) gives it to another person or entity, who must manage and use the property solely for the benefit of another designated person.
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.
United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
University of Bologna
The University of Bologna (Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, abbreviated Unibo) is a public research university in Bologna, Italy.
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University of California Press
The University of California Press, otherwise known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing.
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University of New South Wales Press
The University of New South Wales Press Ltd.
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Watergate scandal
The Watergate scandal was a major political controversy in the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974, ultimately resulting in Nixon's resignation.
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West (publisher)
West (also known by its original name, West Publishing) is a business owned by Thomson Reuters that publishes legal, business, and regulatory information in print, and on electronic services such as Westlaw.
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Westport, Connecticut
Westport is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, along the Long Island Sound within Connecticut's Gold Coast.
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Will and testament
A will and testament is a legal document that expresses a person's (testator) wishes as to how their property (estate) is to be distributed after their death and as to which person (executor) is to manage the property until its final distribution.
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William Pitt the Younger
William Pitt (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a British statesman, the youngest and last prime minister of Great Britain from 1783 until the Acts of Union 1800, and then first prime minister of the United Kingdom from January 1801.
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See also
Lawyers
- Arlette Zakarian
- Attorney at law
- Criminal defense lawyer
- Crown Counsel
- Federal Bar Association
- Fused profession
- H. Martin Williams
- Hamoud bin Abdullah al-Harthi
- Jessie Kampman
- Lawyer
- Lawyer joke
- Male Mabirizi
- Robert J. Ryan Sr.
- Tammy Tran
- Training contract
- Women lawyers
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