Match jobs with their activities

a) _____ is a person who has legal background and does research in legal area or history of law, he writes articles or books on legal issues.

b) _____ presides in courtroom and administers justice, resolves disputes between the parties, decides the case during the trial, directs the jury gives the judgment. He/she either awards relief, in civil cases, or determines the guilt, in criminal cases.

c) ______ investigates a criminal case, aims to discover the criminal, collecting evidence and tracing him.

d) ______, ______, ______ or ______ advises the clients on legal matters, prepares a case or documents, briefs a case, presents the case in a court, acts and speaks for the client, mediates a case, defends or pleads the client’s case, brings an action when somebody breaks law, drafts legal documents.

e) ______ usually initiates a criminal case and conducts criminal proceedings presents the evidence of the committed crime.

f) ______ are elected community members who during the court proceedings carefully see into the evidence, determine the facts of the case, then accept the given by the judge and apply that law when reaching a verdict.

g) ______ supports and counsels the business he works for, provides expertise in corporate, commercial, tax, insurance and other legal issues, drafts documents and contracts, acts for the company in negotiations, deals and lawsuits, and files lawsuits or brings a legal action against those who break law.

h) _______ keeps law and order in a community or a region protecting the citizens from law-breakers; he is ready to find and arrest the criminal/

i) ________ is a court officer who files papers and keeps records of court proceedings.

j) ________ is a public officer who certifies the document’s or its copy’s authentity and witnesses official acts: wills, commercial papers.

Choose the correct English version to Russian.

Read the sentences and decide if they are true (T) or false (F).

1. Attorneys and solicitors can both work as advocates and advisers.

2. A prosecutor either defends the accused or conducts criminal proceedings.

3. Lawyers can work for businesses and governments.

4. Lawyers don’t do any paperwork at all.

5. An in-house counsel, or a corporate lawyer acts, both as an adviser and an advocate.

6. It’s important for a lawyer to choose an area of specialization.

7. Judges are appointed or elected.

8. Judges resolve disputes and administer justice in a criminal trial.

9. All law-related jobs require a law degree qualification.