Английский язык. Мачнева В.В - 13 стр.

        3.1.4 Choose the correct definition for each legal profession mentioned in the
text:
     a) an officer acting as a judge in the lower courts.
       b) a public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a law court.
     c) a group of people who swear to give a true decission on issues of in a law court.
     d) an official who investigates the cause of any death thought to be violent or
unnatural causes.
     e) a lawyer who has the right to speak and argue in higher law courts.
     f) A lawyer who prepares legal documents, advises clients on legal issues and
speaks for them in lower law courts.

        3.1.5 Skim the following text and make a summary of it

                                   Solicitors and Barristers
      England is almost unique in having two different kinds of lawyers, with separate
jobs in the legal system. The two kinds of lawyer are solicitors and barristers.
      If a person has a legal problem, he will go and see a solicitor. Almost every town
will have at least one. In fact there are at least 50,000 solicitors in Britain, and the
number is increasing.
      Many problems are dealt with exclusively by a solicitor. For instance, the solicitor
dealts with petty crimes and some matrimonial matters in Magistrates' Courts, the lowest
Courts. He prepares the case and the evidence. He actually speaks in Court for you.
      In a civil action he can speak in the County court, when the case is one of divorce
or recovering some debts. In the County Court the solicitor wears a black gown over his
ordinary clothes.
      A solicitor also deals with matters outside Court. He does the legal work involved
in buying a house, for instance. He writes legal letters for you and carries on legal
arguments outside Court. If you want to make a will the best man to advise you is a
solicitor.
      To qualify as a solicitor, a young man or woman joins a solicitor as a "clerk" and
works for him whilst studying part time for the "Law Society" exams. Interestingly
enough, it is not necessary for you to go to university. When you have passed all the
necessary exams, you can "practice", which means you can starta business on your own.
      Barristers are different from solicitors. Barristers are experts in the interpretation of
the Law. They are called in to advise on really difficult points. The barrister is also an
expert on advocacy (the art of presenting cases in Court). Indeed, if you desire
representation in any Court except the Magistrates' Court, you must have a barrister,
with one or two exceptions.
      Barristers are rather remote figures. If you need one, for instance, you never see
him without your solicitor being with him. Barristers do not have public offices in any
street. They work in what are known as chambers, often in London. They all belong to

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