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What is the difference Between Lawyer, Advocate, Barrister, and Attorney?

LAW is the discipline and profession concerned with the customs, practices, and rules of conduct of a community that is recognized as binding by the community. Enforcement of the body of rules is through a controlling authority.

Types of law(INDIA)

In the Indian Judicial System, there are four types of law.

1. Criminal law
2. Civil law
3. Common law
4. Statutory law

Types of law(USA)

Majorly:-

1. Case law or Common law
2. Statutory law
3. Regulatory law

It is very confusing to identify the difference Between Lawyer, Advocate, Barrister, and Attorney until you are aware of the terms. Or we can say that it’s very easy to say these words are synonyms of each other because we are not aware of the difference between them. So read this article to find out how these terms differ.

LAW BOOKS:-

USA 

INDIA

LAWYER (wakeel)

Basically, a lawyer is a person who has studied law means a law graduate. So every person who has a law degree, whether 3 years LLB course of 5 years. That person becomes a lawyer.

But being only a lawyer can you represent any client in court and can you argue for their case in court?

No, you can’t represent them in court. 

BARRISTER

Its the one who has studied law and has a degree in England is said to be the barrister. Both Lawyer and Barrister terms are the same. like a lawyer, a barrister also can’t represent a client in court. They can’t argue on any case.

ADVOCATE

When a lawyer gets himself enrolled in the bar council he becomes an advocate. So if you have completed law then you have to give the Bar Council of India exam, after passing the exam you will enroll there you will get the license of practicing in court and you will get promoted from lawyer to advocate.

So if someone calls himself an advocate it means that he has a license to practice and he can represent their client in court.

Senior Advocate 

This designation is given by the High/Supreme court to those advocates who have a good amount of knowledge and experience means who has practiced for more than 10 years and have appeared in many cases and how many cases are in their favor, by seeing these it is decided. once they become senior advocates they wear different gowns and coat and their fees also get increased.

Advocate On Record (AOR)

Only an Advocate On Record can file a case in the Supreme Court. Every court has its own rules and procedures so if everyone would go to the Supreme court lot of time would be wasted. So to save time only an Advocate On Record can file a case in Supreme Court, Case can be drafted and argued by anyone but filing in the supreme court AOR is required. To become AOR one has to qualify Supreme Court AOR Exam and for that eligibility, one must have 5 years of experience(4+1) = 4 years of practice + 1 year of training with an Advocate On Record.

ATTORNEY GENERAL

Central Government is represented by Attorney General. so their job is to deal with cases of central government and represent them in court and that’s why they are known as 1st Law Officer of the country. They are appointed by President.

SOLICITOR GENERAL 

They are also called as 2nd Law Officer of the country. Solicitor General helps Attorney General in his tasks and work.

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