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A Law Society in current and former Commonwealth jurisdictions is an association of solicitors (effectively the trade organisation for solicitors) which has a regulatory role which includes the right to supervise the training and qualifications of lawyers/solicitors. A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person Where there is a distinction between barristers and solicitors, solicitors are regulated by the Law Society and barristers by a separate Bar council. A barrister is a Lawyer found in many Common law Jurisdictions that employ a split profession (as opposed to a Fused profession) in relation A "solicitor" is a term used in many Common law jurisdictions for a lawyer who offers legal services outside of the courts A bar council ( Comhairle an Bharra) in a Commonwealth country and in the Republic of Ireland is a Professional body that regulates the profession (In Scotland barristers are called Advocates and are members of and regulated by the Faculty of Advocates. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. An advocate is one who speaks on behalf of another person especially in a legal context The Faculty of Advocates is an independent body of Lawyers who have been admitted to practise as Advocates before the Courts of Scotland, especially the )

In the United States, unified bar associations are somewhat similar to Law Societies, however there are differences between law societies and the general American phenomenon of bar associations. A bar association is a Professional body of Lawyers Some bar associations are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in their Jurisdiction Usually a bar association is just an association of lawyers; lawyers may or may not join if they do not wish. Law societies are often created by legislation and play significant direct roles in the training, licensing and disciplining of lawyers, the latter giving rise to issues of conflict of interest - see Legal Complaints Service. In England and Wales, the Legal Complaints Service is a body that formally investigates complaints about Solicitors It is in its turn regulated by the Legal They may have primarily a commercial focus, or be university-based, such as the Academy of Legal Studies in Business, and The Society of Legal Scholars. The Academy of Legal Studies in Business is an American -based professional society for Lawyers teaching in commercial and business departments and faculties at The Society of Legal Scholars is a body of academic Lawyers who teach and research at educational institutions primarily Universities, in the United Kingdom

Law Societies may also be of philanthropic nature offering paid and unpaid legal assistance to the public or specific target audiences in pursuit of social justice. Social justice, sometimes called civil justice, refers to the concept of a Society in which Justice is achieved in every aspect of society rather than

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Australian Law Societies

New Zealand Law Societies

South African Law Societies

Law Societies of Other Nations

A bar association is a Professional body of Lawyers Some bar associations are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in their Jurisdiction A bar council ( Comhairle an Bharra) in a Commonwealth country and in the Republic of Ireland is a Professional body that regulates the profession Pursuant to the Legal Profession Act (Alberta the Law Society of Alberta is the Self-governing body for Lawyers in Alberta, Canada. The Law Society of British Columbia is a Self-regulatory organization responsible for the regulation of Lawyers in British Columbia, Canada. To all the Lawyers of the USA and Canada I hope you can devise a means to encourage ALL 72000 Lawyers in the USA to help pursue the Sophonpanich Heroin Cartel who set up Macdonalds and placed Ronald The Law Society of Ireland (in Irish Dlí-Chumann na hÉireann) is the educational representative and regulatory body of the solicitors' profession in the Republic of The Law Society of Manitoba is the self-governing body for lawyers in Manitoba, Canada. The Law Society of Northern Ireland is a body established by Royal Charter granted on 10 July 1922 and whose powers and duties are to regulate the solicitors' profession in The Law Society of Scotland is the Professional governing body for Scottish Solicitors based in Edinburgh. The Law Society of Singapore is the organisation that represents all Lawyers in Singapore. The Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC is responsible for the self-regulation of Lawyers in the Canadian province of Ontario, Canada. The UCD Law Society is one of the largest student societies in Europe The Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC is responsible for the self-regulation of Lawyers in the Canadian province of Ontario, Canada. Civil law notaries are trained Jurists who often receive the same training as advocating jurists &mdash those with a legal education who become litigators such as Barristers
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