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Lawyer
Lawyers advise clients on legal matters, represent clients before administration boards and draw up legal documents such as contracts and wills. Lawyers also plead cases, represent clients before tribunals and conduct prosecutions in courts of law. Lawyers are employed in law firms and prosecutor's offices. Lawyers notaries are employed by federal, provincial/state and county/municipal governments and various business establishments or they may be self-employed. Articling students are included in this group.
Possible Titles:
articling student attorney barrister corporate counsel Crown attorney Crown prosecutor general counsel law partner lawyer legal advisor notary (Quebec) solicitor
Responsibilities:
Lawyers can perform some or all of the following duties:
Advise clients of their legal rights and all matters related to law
Research legal precedents and gather evidence
Plead clients' cases before courts of law, tribunals and boards (lawyers only)
Draw up legal documents such as real estate transactions, wills, divorces and contracts, and prepare statements of legal opinions
Negotiate settlements of civil disputes (lawyers only)
Perform administrative and management functions related to the practice of law
May act as mediator, conciliator or arbitrator
May act as executor, trustee or guardian in estate and family law matters.
Lawyers may specialize in specific areas of the law such as criminal law (lawyers only), corporate law, contract law, taxation law, administrative law, international law, commercial law, real estate law, family and estate law, intellectual property law and labour law.
Employment Requirments:
Two to three years of undergraduate studies or, in Quebec, completion of college program and A bachelor's degree from a recognized law school and Successful completion of the bar examination and completion of a period of articling are required.
Licensing by the provincial or territorial law society is required.
Additional information:
Lawyers wishing to practise in another province may be required to pass examinations set by the provincial law society.
Courtesy of: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada