Make the derivatives from the words in capitals and you will find out more about the legal profession

EXAMPLE: In the UK, a LEGALITY education begins with the completion of a bachelor degree. – In the UK a LEGAL education begins with the completion of a bachelor degree.

In the English legal system a practicing lawyer must hold one of two 1. PROFESSION qualifications; s/he must either have been. 2. ADMISSION to practice as a solicitor or have been called to the Bar as a barrister. This. 3. DEVIDE of the legal profession is of long standing and each branch has its own. 4. CHARACTER functions as well as a separate 5. GOVERNMENT body and professional rules. The barrister is usually thought of 6. PRIMARY as an advocate, since this is the work in which s/he is most often engaged. Until 1990 s/he had the virtually 7. EXCLUDE right of audience as an advocate before all the superior courts and s/he can also 8. APPEARANCE in the inferior courts. When acting professionally barristers are known as “counsels”. In total there are almost 7000 barristers in practice, a number which is just about small enough to make this branch of the profession a closely-knit unit. This point is 9. SIGNIFICANCE, bearing in mind that the senior judges in the English legal system have, until now been drawn exclusively from the ranks of 10. EXPERIENCE counsel.

TASK 6

As you already know, the legal training for solicitors and barristers is different. The following short texts describe the stages in legal training, but they are in the wrong order. Put the steps into the correct category and order. The two first have been done for you.

1. Practice and continuing education

The next stage is to obtain a ‘tenancy’: becoming an assistant to a practicing barrister.

2. Getting the qualifications

The next step is to acquire some legal training specific to the work of a barrister.

3. Developing practical skills

Next the intending solicitor has to enter a two-year training contract with a firm of solicitors to gain practical experience in a variety of areas of law.

4. Getting the training and experience: pupilage

This is the ‘apprenticeship’ served by trainee barristers, who are known as pupils. It usually takes a year and consists of a mixture of assisting and observing experienced barristers, as well as more practical experience.

5. Getting the academic qualifications

The quickest and most common route to qualification is by means of a qualifying law degree.

6. Getting the vocational qualifications

You will have to undertake the Legal Practice Course, which is the professional training for solicitors. The course teaches the practical application of the law to the needs of clients.

7. Getting the academic qualifications

The first part of training to become a barrister is known as the academic stage, which provides a general theoretical introduction to the law.

Training for solicitors	Training for barristers

TASK 7