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Task 7*. Speak on the topic "Legal Profession" using the given table. Legal profession

SOLICITORS

BARRISTERS

Number in practice

about 50,000

(19 % women)

over 5,000

(13 %women)

including 535 Queen’s Counsels

Number of firms

– about 8,000

– about 3,000

sole practitioners (personal offices)

London:

226 Chambers

Provinces:

112 Chambers

Relationship

with client

contractual

through solicitors

Main job

– advise clients on legal questions

– prepare documents

or contracts (for buying and selling homes, etc.)

– prepare documents for barristers (for presenting cases in higher courts)

–conduct trials and

proceedings

– examine facts and

evidence

– put questions to the parties and witnesses

– pass the sentence

Professional

qualification

– present clients and argue cases in magistrates’ courts and county courts

– belong to Inns of Court

– can become judges in courts above M’s C

– the highest title (QC)

Ex. 38.* Think over the question "Am I a professional? And why not?" and try to answer it using the following table. Change the answers meaning yourself, for example:

My name is ... . I am ... years old. I am from the ... family. I am a sophomore of the ... and a future law-enforcement officer. My future priorities are ... . I should possess such qualities as ... etc.

1. Who is he/she?

an able-bodied person

with high moral standards

with law enforcement professional education

2. What is he/she?

(his/her profession)

a lawyer

a lawman

a law enforcer

an operative of the CID (ECID);

a detective; a CID man, an investigator;

a militia officer;

an inspector of corrections

an inspector of fire-engineering

a prosecutor; a judge; a barrister;

a notary;

a legal adviser;

a state arbitrator;

etc.

3. What qualities should he/she possess?

physical strength stamina (выносливость)

common sense

decision-making

judgement

honesty, conscience (совесть)

sympathy for people humaneness (человечность)

impartiality (беспристрастие)

investigative aptitudes;

courage, perseverance;

resourcefulness; initiative, patience, imagination; cunning (хитрость)

4. Where does he/she work and what is his/her occupation?

at one of the law enforcement agencies; militia station, Criminal Investigation Department, Economic Crimes Investigation Department, Prosecutor’s Office, Bar, Notary office, State Arbitration, Law Court, legal advice office, enterprise

as an operative of the CID, (ECID)

as an investigator

as a field-criminalist

as an inspector of corrections

etc.

as a prosecutor

as a judge

as a state arbitrator

as a legal adviser

as a barrister

as a notary

5. What does he/she do?

protect law and order

enforce the laws

administer justice

combat and prevent crime

detect crime

deter crime (сдерживать)

fight crime

detail a lot of professional duties

investigate crime

solve crime quickly perform well under

prevent juvenile

work at a crime scene conduct undercover work

prosecute the accused

sum up evidence and pass the sentence

defend the accused perform notary actions

settle disputes

give legal advice perform court decisions

6. What shouldn’t he/she do?

violate the principles of legality and rights and interests of citizens

violate the principle of "presumption of innocence"

exceed his/her official powers

be cruel (жестокий)

be crude (грубый)

be coward (трусливый)

use (abuse) alcohol

disturb evidence at a crime scene

show his/her emotions

threaten/beat the subject

interrupt the subject during his/her history

7. What are his/her priorities?

systematic combatting crime

crime deterrence (crime prevention)

gradual decrease of crime

strict observance of the principles of legality and protection of rights and interests of citizens

Ex. 39. a) Read the title of Text C and try to guess what information the text presents. b) Do the tasks given below.

Task 1. Look through the text to answer the following questions.

1. What legal subjects does a third-year student of the State University Law Department study?

2. Why is some kind of law necessary for a community in which people live?

3. What kind of man should a lawyer be? What are his duties?

4. What are the functions of investigators and detectives?

5. Why is a student sure he will be able to find a job after graduating from the University?

6. Why should the general assignment lawyer know foreign languages?