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• A substantial fraction of all applicants succeed on the first try, and many of those who fail pass on a later attempt.
• 全部申请者中大部分能在第一次考试中通 过，没有通过的人很多在后来的考试中得 以通过。
• 律师通常在一个地区执业
• 可以代表当事人到其他州办理事务
• 只是在被准入的州获得执业资格
• It is customary to retain local counsel for matters in other jurisdictions.
• 为处理在别的管辖区内的法律问题而聘请当 地律师是很平常的事。
各州律师联考 州综合问答题
• 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.
三年大学 法学学位 书面考试
• Almost all states, however, make use of the Multistate Bar Exam, a day-long multi-choice test, to which the states adds a day-long essay examination emphasizing its own law.
• 如果一个人已经执业5年以上，那 么当他移居到另外一个州的时候， 通常不用再参加该州的律师资格考 试就可以获准执业。
• A lawyer may not only practice law, but is permitted to engage in any activity that is open to other citizens.
• 有些州曾把“本州居民”规定为申请律师资 格的前提条件。但联邦最高法院在1985年裁 定这种规定为非法。此外，在美国担任律师 的人并不必须是美国公民。
• One who moves to another state can usually be admitted without examination if one has practiced in a state where one has been admitted for some time, often five years.
• 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
法律职业
变换频繁 Harlan Fiske Stone
Part 1 The Bar
• Bar——法庭中将公众与法官、律师 及其他诉讼参与人分隔开的隔板。
• 后来用于通指法律职业或律师职业。
美国律师协会 （ABA）
律师
美国
Lawyer Attorney Attorney –at-law Counselor Counselor –at-law Litigator 诉讼律师
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If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers. Charles Dickens, British novelist
倘若世上没有坏人，也就不会有好的 律师。 英国小说家 狄更斯 C
Background
• 律师 • 法官 • 检察官 • 法学教师
• 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.
英国
Barrister 诉讼律师 大律师，出庭律师 Solicitor 初级律师（无权出庭
的律师）
大家学习辛苦了，还是要坚持
继续保持安静
• The regulation of the legal profession is primarily the concern of the states, each of which has its own requirements for admission to practice.
• but generally those entitled to practice before the highest court of a state may be admitted before the federal courts upon compliance with minor formalities.
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。
• 有资格在州最高法院执业的人办理了一些无关紧要 的手续后可以在联邦法院执业。
• A lawyer’s practice is usually confined to a single community for, although a lawyer may travel to represent clients, one is only permitted to practice in a state where one has been admitted.