第二课 法律英语.ppt

Lesson Two;Legal profession: the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction the legal profession 法律专业 ;Background ;Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States;The first Chief Justice was John Jay. The 17th and current Chief Justice is John G. Roberts, Jr.;;;John G. Roberts, Jr: Chief Justice ;John G. Roberts, Jr;Part 1 The Bar;律师;Attorney, lawyer, barrister和solicitor有什么区别; 3. barrister和solicitor的区别 在英国和在香港，律师的抬头就更加细分了。律师分为两种，solicitor是普通事务律师或简称为律师，其职责大体上是处理各种法律文书，接受各种诉讼委托，准备庭审所需的各种文件，其出庭的发言权是受到限制的；只有所谓的大律师或大状（barrister）才在所有法院享有不受限制的出庭发言权，可在庭上与原告律师或控方唇枪舌剑，展开辩护，但他们不能直接与讼人/当事人接触。市民有意聘用大律师要先行与律师（solicitor）接触，搜集案件的证据和会晤证人等事，是由律师办理的。 ;Differences between barristers and solicitors ;Differences between barristers and solicitors ;;Barrister;Supreme Court Chamber ;;目前，美国有很多专门的刑事辩护律师，也有很多专门提供各种非诉讼法律服务的律师。而且，跻身非诉讼法律事务的律师越来越多。过去，出类拔萃的律师都是在法庭上能言善辩的人。现在，美国律师界的佼佼者往往是那些很少在法庭上露面的人。 ;The regulation of the legal profession is primarily the concern of the states, each of which has its own requirements for admission to practice. 对法律职业的管制主要是州政府的事。各州都有自己的允许律师执业的条件。;Most require three years of college and a law degree. Each state administers its own written examination to applicants for its bar. ;Almost all states, however, make use of the Multistate Bar Exam, a day-long multiple-choice test, to which the states adds a day-long essay examination emphasizing its own law.;The Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) is a six-hour, two-hundred question multiple-choice examination covering contracts, torts, constitutional law, criminal law, evidence, and real property. ;;;;In all, over forty thousand persons succeed in passing these examinations to the bar in their respective states. 每年各州有4万多人通过律师考试。 No apprenticeship is required either before or after admission. 在进入律师行业之前或之后不需要有学徒经历。;The rules for admission to practice before the federal courts vary with the courts, 在联邦法院执业的要求各州不同。 but generally those entitled to practice before the highest court of a