The development of China export-oriented economy and legal services to make more and more China law firms and lawyers have the opportunity to contact the foreign-related cases, cooperation with overseas counterparts, processing English legal documents. Chinese lawyer overprint lawyer card is much also rise. So some people think, is used to represent the "lawyer" English words, non lawyer.

Open English Chinese law dictionary at home, have not at the same time rejoice secretly feel and see things in a blur: "lawyer" the words have a lot of. Like advocate, attorney, attorney at law; attorney-at- law, bar, barrister, counsel, counselor, counselor-at-, law, Esquire, gentleman of the robe, gentleman of the long robe, lawyer, solicitor etc.. Exactly which one? How to use? These show how lawyers meanings of the words appear in written and oral?

Advocate refers to the study of law, legally licensed to practice, providing legal advice to parties, and are eligible to participate in the open trial lawyer, the lawyer (in Britain and the United States is not commonly used); and that of France, England, lawyers, legal advisers. Advocate is a French attorney.

Agent ad litem agent ad litem, commonly used in the written language.

The word Attorney is widely used in American, refers to the authorized agent for the lawyers; England law, attorney refers to a public official common law Westminster higher court (public officer).

Attorney at law is a word often with the word attorney interoperability, usage is the same as attorney-at-law.

Attorney in fact fingering court entrusted lawyer, also known as lawyer in fact.

Bar is a lawyer and judge the concept, the corresponding. All lawyers association with the general bar association expression.

The word Barrister comes from the England law, more for the UK, Singapore and other countries and Hongkong area, also known as the great lawyer, lawyer, that is eligible to attend the high court lawyer. A similar call and barrister, counsel and barrister-at-law. Corresponding to this is solicitor.

Barrister in chambers points out that the trial lawyers studio. The British barrister no partnership practice, so they usually several people together to rent a studio (chamber), and provide legal services. Usually a studio 15 trial lawyer.

Benngoshi Japanese name for a lawyer, also known as "apologist".

Counsel refers to accept the assignment, dedicated to provide legal services to individuals, companies and government departments, known as the legal adviser. The provisions America constitution of sixth, the Fourteenth Amendment and the federal court rules in the righe to counsel, namely the criminal defendant the right because of financial difficulties and asked the court to appoint counsel. Visible counsel there are lawyers.

Counsel Pro hoc vice refers to only represent a lawyer.

Often Counselor and counsel or counselor at law interoperability, more engaged in court litigation lawyer.

Counselor-at-law also spelled counselor at law usage is the same as counselor and counselor at law.

Defense counsel refers to the defense lawyer.

Esquire is mainly used for America, is a lawyer, mostly in abbreviated form, the lawyer after the name, such as John Smith Esq., Yajun Ge Esq.

Family lawyer understood as the family lawyer, a private lawyer.

Gentleman of the (long) robe is the lawyer's metaphorical terms, do not directly modify a lawyer.

Government lawyer refers to a government lawyer.

House counsel, also known as corporate counsel, house attorney, inhouse counsel, refers to the countries of Anglo American law system American, Singapore etc. are employed in legal affairs in the company of professional personnel, although they also appear in court, but more companies engaged in legal affairs, and even participate in the company management.

In-house legal adviser, also known as in-house legal counsel, Britain and the United States, large company, company of Ministry of justice or law office attorney.

Lawyer attorney, lawyer for the qualification as a lawyer and universally applicable. But in the America, including judges, prosecutors and law teachers.

Litigation lawyer refers to a litigation lawyer.

Local counsel refers to a local lawyer.

Practicing lawyer in the China called "lawyer", called "practitioner" or "listing lawyers in the American".

Legal practitioner refers to a practitioner.

Prosecuting attorney called the prosecuting attorney, namely America criminal prosecutor.

Pro Bona lawyer refers to the provision of social welfare legal services lawyers.

Public defender public defender, receive government wages in USA, providing legal aid in criminal cases, lawyers.

The word Solicitor comes from the England law, more for the UK, Singapore and other countries and Hongkong area, also known as solicitors, barristers, solicitors in Hongkong called, engaged in litigation, consulting and other transactional work, are eligible to attend primary court including criminal court trial.

The above said lawyers vocabulary is English legal documents, news media often used and legal professionals in different scenarios. Understand the difference, can choose different vocabulary accurate communication and from different countries of the lawyers, and can accurately and release lawyer and attorney at law about the lawyer's words.

Interestingly, want to understand the law expression, have experience of Anglo American Society of lawyers nickname: social engineer (social engineer), champion for social justice (Principles of social justice), ambulance chaser (special agency accident lawyer means literally "ambulance chaser"), hired gun (rent a gun), latrine lawyer (a lawyer), pettifogger (a small action, professional knife thrower (stick) professional knife thrower), limited purpose friend (restricted friends), shyster (v. 2).

The lawyer business card on the use of lawyer or attorney at law, which America lawyer business card using attorney at law. Many barrister or solicitor Commonwealth lawyers on the card.

In China, lawyers are divided into full-time lawyers (professional lawyers), part-time lawyer (part-time lawyers) and invited lawyers (specially-invited lawyers) three. From the business division, China mainland lawyers also has a real estate lawyer (real estate lawyer), (securities lawyer) securities lawyers, lawyers (lawyer with foreign related matters) and other points. With the specialized legal services, American society has many such as immigration lawyer (immigration lawyer), real estate lawyers (real estate lawyer), the tax law (tax lawyer), contract law (contract lawyer), BOT law, WTO law etc.