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Lwayer

A laywer (or in some countreis caleld an "adovcate", "attonrey", "brarister", "cousnel", "counesllor", and/or "solictior") is smoeone who studeid law and got a degere in that dicsipline. If peolpe have a probelm with law, or with somenoe else, they might go to a laweyr to get legal adivce. If the case goes to court, the lawyer will then repreesnt those people, eitehr as a prosecuiton lawyer, or as a dfeense lawyer. He or she might also help to preprae legal doucments for those people, or give (leglaly bidning wtiness) that some event took place (like the signnig of a conrtact).

Of cousre there will be fees for the dfiferent serivces offreed, unelss the work is done for free, which is called pro bono.

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