Lawyer
noun
A person who is qualified to advise people about the law and represent them in court.
If you're charged with a crime, you should hire a lawyer to defend you.
Often appears as...
- criminal lawyer
- family lawyer
noun
A person who knows about and deals in particular types of legal matters, especially outside court actions.
He's not a trial lawyer, he specializes in contractual law.
Often appears as...
- bankruptcy lawyer
- divorce lawyer
noun
A person who is qualified to advise people about the law and represent them in court.
If you're charged with a crime, you should hire a lawyer to defend you.
Often appears as...
- criminal lawyer
- family lawyer
noun
A person who knows about and deals in particular types of legal matters, especially outside court actions.
He's not a trial lawyer, he specializes in contractual law.
Often appears as...
- bankruptcy lawyer
- divorce lawyer
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Court Representation
Refers to lawyers who actively participate in court trials defending or prosecuting.
My lawyer argued my case before the judge.
Pro Tip 2/3Strategy Advice
Lawyers provide strategy for legal situations, not just court cases.
The lawyer offered guidance on how to settle the dispute out of court.
Pro Tip 3/3Specialization Significance
Lawyers often specialize in certain legal areas like family or criminal law.
She is a respected criminal lawyer who handles serious offenses.
Pro Tip 1/3Court Representation
Refers to lawyers who actively participate in court trials defending or prosecuting.
My lawyer argued my case before the judge.
Pro Tip 2/3Strategy Advice
Lawyers provide strategy for legal situations, not just court cases.
The lawyer offered guidance on how to settle the dispute out of court.
Pro Tip 3/3Specialization Significance
Lawyers often specialize in certain legal areas like family or criminal law.
She is a respected criminal lawyer who handles serious offenses.
Pro Tip 1/3Court Representation
Refers to lawyers who actively participate in court trials defending or prosecuting.
My lawyer argued my case before the judge.
Pro Tip 2/3Strategy Advice
Lawyers provide strategy for legal situations, not just court cases.
The lawyer offered guidance on how to settle the dispute out of court.
Pro Tip 3/3Specialization Significance
Lawyers often specialize in certain legal areas like family or criminal law.
She is a respected criminal lawyer who handles serious offenses.
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Lessons from death row...
they began to focus on chapter one of the story. Now, you might think that this decline in death sentences and the increase in the number of life sentences is a good thing or a bad thing. I don't want to have a conversation about that today. All that I want to tell you is that the reason that this has happened is because death penalty lawyers have understood
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Depression, the secret...
She said, "There's one room in my new place for the boys and one room for the girls, but at night, they're just all up on my bed, and we're doing homework all together and everything. One of them wants to be a preacher, one of them wants to be a firefighter, and one of the girls says she's going to be a lawyer. They don't cry like they used to,
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Launching a Food...
group I could get in there as an educator maths history science food can go through all of those things okay I was there for three weeks before the LAUSD finally got their lawyers to kick us out okay but that's okay because the most important thing is my life is surrounded by adults that have let down
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Chimps have feelings and...
and indeed I was moved by it, because I had become a lawyer because I wanted to speak for the voiceless, defend the defenseless, and I'd never realized how voiceless and defenseless the trillions, billions of nonhuman animals are. And I began to work as an animal protection lawyer.
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Margaret Stewart: How...
So, if you're in the audience today, or maybe you're watching this talk in some other time or place, you are a participant in the digital rights ecosystem. Whether you're an artist, a technologist, a lawyer or a fan, the handling of copyright directly impacts your life.
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Can you really tell if a...
who typically have limited experience with children. No, they cannot detect children's lies. Their performance is around chance. Now how about social workers and child-protection lawyers, who work with children on a daily basis? Can they detect children's lies?
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Robert Waldinger: What...
They were given medical exams. We went to their homes and we interviewed their parents. And then these teenagers grew up into adults who entered all walks of life. They became factory workers and lawyers and bricklayers and doctors,
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Can you solve the locker...
The words in the lockers that remain open at the end will help you crack the code for the safe. Before cousin Thaddeus can even start down the line, you step forward and tell the lawyer you know which lockers will remain open.
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Gary Haugen: The hidden...
To be honest, by personality, I'm just not much of a crier. But I think in my career that's been a good thing. I'm a civil rights lawyer, and I've seen some horrible things in the world.
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The Rise of the Cali...
He wanted to fulfill his dream with my dad, because he wanted my dad to be a lawyer. And that's why I wanted to be a lawyer. I want to be like my dad. I wanted to help my family.
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Lessons from death row...
they began to focus on chapter one of the story. Now, you might think that this decline in death sentences and the increase in the number of life sentences is a good thing or a bad thing. I don't want to have a conversation about that today. All that I want to tell you is that the reason that this has happened is because death penalty lawyers have understood
Video examples
Depression, the secret...
She said, "There's one room in my new place for the boys and one room for the girls, but at night, they're just all up on my bed, and we're doing homework all together and everything. One of them wants to be a preacher, one of them wants to be a firefighter, and one of the girls says she's going to be a lawyer. They don't cry like they used to,
Video examples
Launching a Food...
group I could get in there as an educator maths history science food can go through all of those things okay I was there for three weeks before the LAUSD finally got their lawyers to kick us out okay but that's okay because the most important thing is my life is surrounded by adults that have let down
Video examples
Chimps have feelings and...
and indeed I was moved by it, because I had become a lawyer because I wanted to speak for the voiceless, defend the defenseless, and I'd never realized how voiceless and defenseless the trillions, billions of nonhuman animals are. And I began to work as an animal protection lawyer.
Video examples
Margaret Stewart: How...
So, if you're in the audience today, or maybe you're watching this talk in some other time or place, you are a participant in the digital rights ecosystem. Whether you're an artist, a technologist, a lawyer or a fan, the handling of copyright directly impacts your life.
Video examples
Can you really tell if a...
who typically have limited experience with children. No, they cannot detect children's lies. Their performance is around chance. Now how about social workers and child-protection lawyers, who work with children on a daily basis? Can they detect children's lies?
Video examples
Robert Waldinger: What...
They were given medical exams. We went to their homes and we interviewed their parents. And then these teenagers grew up into adults who entered all walks of life. They became factory workers and lawyers and bricklayers and doctors,
Video examples
Can you solve the locker...
The words in the lockers that remain open at the end will help you crack the code for the safe. Before cousin Thaddeus can even start down the line, you step forward and tell the lawyer you know which lockers will remain open.
Video examples
Gary Haugen: The hidden...
To be honest, by personality, I'm just not much of a crier. But I think in my career that's been a good thing. I'm a civil rights lawyer, and I've seen some horrible things in the world.
Video examples
The Rise of the Cali...
He wanted to fulfill his dream with my dad, because he wanted my dad to be a lawyer. And that's why I wanted to be a lawyer. I want to be like my dad. I wanted to help my family.
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Venus Williams
American Tennis Player
I have a lot of good role models in my family for things off the court - like my older sister, who's a lawyer. I don't like writing papers, but she's helped me a lot. It's nice to have an art and business background because they tie together perfectly.
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Edmund Burke
Irish Statesman
It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.
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Vera Farmiga
American Actress
As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character.
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Parvathy
Indian Actress
Both my parents are lawyers. They come from humble beginnings.
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Erika Jayne
American Actress
My husband's a lawyer, and I lived a lawyer's wife's life.
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Monica Bellucci
Italian Actress
To be a lawyer was too boring for me, for my personality.
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John Kennedy
American Lawyer
A good lawyer is going to try to protect her client.
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Joe Jamail
American Businessman
For me, being a lawyer means to help those in need.
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Jejomar Binay
Filipino Public Servant
I'm a lawyer. The right to life is important.
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Janet Reno
American Public Servant
Lawyers are very important people to me.
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Venus Williams
American Tennis Player
I have a lot of good role models in my family for things off the court - like my older sister, who's a lawyer. I don't like writing papers, but she's helped me a lot. It's nice to have an art and business background because they tie together perfectly.
Quote examples
Edmund Burke
Irish Statesman
It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.
Quote examples
Vera Farmiga
American Actress
As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character.
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Parvathy
Indian Actress
Both my parents are lawyers. They come from humble beginnings.
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Erika Jayne
American Actress
My husband's a lawyer, and I lived a lawyer's wife's life.
Quote examples
Monica Bellucci
Italian Actress
To be a lawyer was too boring for me, for my personality.
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John Kennedy
American Lawyer
A good lawyer is going to try to protect her client.
Quote examples
Joe Jamail
American Businessman
For me, being a lawyer means to help those in need.
Quote examples
Jejomar Binay
Filipino Public Servant
I'm a lawyer. The right to life is important.
Quote examples
Janet Reno
American Public Servant
Lawyers are very important people to me.
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