Advocate

Advocate
19th-century painting of Advocates, by French artist Honoré Daumier
Occupation
NamesBarrister
Magistrate
Activity sectors
Law
Description
CompetenciesGood memory, advocacy and interpersonal skills, analytical mind, critical thinking, commercial sense
Fields of
employment
Court
Related jobs
Barrister, judge, jurist

An advocate is a professional in the field of law. Different countries and legal systems use the term with somewhat differing meanings. The broad equivalent in many English law–based jurisdictions could be a barrister or a solicitor. However, in Scottish, Manx, South African, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Polish, Israeli, South Asian and South American jurisdictions, "advocate" indicates a lawyer of superior classification.[1]

"Advocate" is in some languages an honorific for lawyers, such as "Adv. Sir Alberico Gentili".[2] "Advocate" also has the everyday meaning of speaking out to help someone else, such as patient advocacy or the support expected from an elected politician; this article does not cover those senses.

  1. ^ An advocate would be the most essential part of the European jurisdictions (law n. 133), Jus Navigandi, FERREIRA, Éder Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, pesquisados em 7 de abril de 2008
  2. ^ "Si agli "abogados" in Italia ma in Spagna ormai è più difficile ottenere il titolo" [The EU Court of Justice requires Italian bar associations to register fellow citizens who have obtained their qualifications in Spain where, in the meantime, the qualification exam has been introduced]. Il Corriere di Spagna. 12 May 2015. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015.