VOCABULARY. solicitor стряпчий advocate адвокат undertake брать на себя обязанность voluntarily добровольно confer

solicitor	стряпчий	advocate	адвокат
undertake	брать на себя обязанность	voluntarily	добровольно
confer	совещаться	incorporate	регистрировать
draft	составлять	extensive	обширный
conduct negotiations	вести переговоры	setting	учреждение
prepare a case for trial	подготовить дело к слушанию в суде	enforce	проводить в жизнь
retain	нанимать (адвоката)	sustain	понести (ущерб, убыток)
advocacy	защита	law school	юридический факультет
higher court	вышестоящий суд	furthermore	кроме того
agent	доверенное лицо	apprenticeship	ученичество
litigation	тяжба, судебный процесс	graduate	выпускник

1) Who people in the lower courts of law in Britain defends? 2) Who and delivers the client's instructions to a barrister prepares? 3) Do confer solicitors with clients? 4) Solicitors don't advice and draft documents give, do they? 5) Who negotiations and prepares cases for conducts trial? 6) Who barristers for advice on special matters or for advocacy before the higher courts retains? 7) What right solicitors do have? 8) Where may appear solicitors as advocates? 9) Who the best man to make a will is? 10) What one can do if he gets into trouble with the police? 11) What about the official organization of solicitors is known? 12) Why the Law Society does maintain a client-compensation fund? 13) What one should do to be qualified as a solicitor? 14) Must be solicitors British Commonwealth citizens?

► Ex. II. Agree or disagree with the following statements.

1) Solicitor misadvises. 2) Solicitor does the unnecessary work when property is bought and sold. 3) Solicitor defends people in the higher courts of law. 4) A barrister undertakes work except through a solicitor. 5) Solicitor prepares and delivers the client's instructions to a judge. 6) Solicitors hold a consultation with clients. 7) Solicitors compose documents. 8) Solicitors carry on negotiations. 9) Solicitors prepare cases for lawsuit. 10) Barristers retain solicitors for advice on special matters. 11) Solicitors retain barristers for advocacy before the lower courts. 12) Solicitors act in all courts as the agents for litigation. 13) Solicitors don't act in all courts as representatives of their clients. 14) Solicitors may appear as advocates only in the higher courts. 15) If one wants to make a will the best man to advise him is a barrister. 16) If one gets into trouble with the police one can ask a barrister to help prepare his defence.

► Ex. III. Restore the word order in the following statements.

I 1) Solicitor advice gives. 2) Solicitor the necessary work when property is bought and sold does. 3) Solicitor people in the lower courts of law defends. 4) A barrister no work except through a solicitor undertakes. 5) Solicitor and delivers the client's instructions to a barrister prepares. 6) Solicitors with clients confer. 7) Solicitors documents draft. 8) Solicitors negotiations conduct. 9) Solicitors cases for trial prepare. 10) Solicitors barristers for advice on special matters retain. 11) Solicitors barristers for advocacy before the higher courts retain. 12) Solicitors a right to act in all courts as the agents for litigation have. 13) Solicitors a right to act in all courts as representatives of their clients have. 14) Solicitors may as advocates only in the lower courts appear. 15) If one to make a will the best man to advise him is a solicitor wants. 16) If one into trouble with the police one can ask a solicitor to help prepare his defence gets.

► Ex. IV. Translate the following words and phrases from Russian into English.

Стряпчий; советовать; доверенное лицо; собственность; тяжба; адвокат; покупать; регистрировать; обширный; учреждение; брать на себя обязанность; совещаться; составлять документ; вести переговоры; защищать; подготовить дело к слушанию в суде; нанимать адвоката; защита; вышестоящий суд; проводить в жизнь; понести ущерб; судебный процесс; юридический факультет; ученичество; доставлять инструкции; составить завещание; попасть в беду; давать плохой совет.

► Ex. V. Complete the following statements.

1) Solicitors give... 2) Solicitors do... 3) Solicitors defend... 4) Solicitors prepare and deliver... 5) Solicitors confer... 6) Solicitors draft... 7) Solicitors conduct... 8) Solicitors prepare cases... 9) Solicitors retain... 10) Solicitors have a right to act... 11) Solicitors may appear as... 12) If one wants to make a will... 13) If one gets into trouble with the police... 14) The official organization of solicitors is... 15) The Law Society has... 16) The Law Society maintains... 17) The education required of a solicitor includes... 18) To qualify as a solicitor one is... 19) Solicitors must be...

► Ex. VI. Choose one topic to speak about solicitor:

a) his functions;

b) his Law Society.

Retell the text “Solicitor”.