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A [[counsel]] or a counsellor gives advice, more particularly in [[law|legal]] matters.
The legal [[system]] in England uses the term counsel as an approximate synonym for a barrister-at-[[law]] ', and may apply it to mean either a single [[person]] who pleads a cause, or [[collective]]ly, the body of barristers engaged in a case. It seems uncertain as to whether the term also applies to a solicitor advocate. Some [[judge]]s and lawyers apply the term interchangeably between both barristers and solicitor advocates.
The [[difference]] between "Barrister" and "Counsel" is subtle. "Barrister" is a professional title awarded by one of the four Inns of Court, and is used in a barrister's [[private]], academic or [[professional]] capacity. "Counsel" is used to refer to a barrister who is instructed on a particular case. It is customary to use the third person when addressing a barrister instructed on a case: "Counsel is asked to advise" rather than "You are asked to advise".
The legal term counsellor, or, more fully, counsellor-at-law, became practically obsolete in England, but continued in use locally in Ireland as an equivalent to barrister, where a Senior Counsel (S.C.) is equivalent to the English Queen's Counsel (Q.C.)
In the United States of America, the term counselor-at-law designates, specifically, an attorney admitted to [[practice]] in all courts of [[law]]; but as the United States legal [[system]] makes no formal division of the legal profession into two classes, as in England, most US citizens use the term loosely in the same sense as lawyer, meaning one who versed in (or practising) law.
In the United States and Canada, many large and midsize law firms have lawyers with the job title of "counsel", "special counsel" or "of counsel". These lawyers are employees of the firm like associates, although some firms have an independent contractor [[relationship]] with them. But unlike associates, and more like partners, they generally have their own clients, manage their own files, and supervise associates. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counsel]
[[Category: Law]]
A [[counsel]] or a counsellor gives advice, more particularly in [[law|legal]] matters.
The legal [[system]] in England uses the term counsel as an approximate synonym for a barrister-at-[[law]] ', and may apply it to mean either a single [[person]] who pleads a cause, or [[collective]]ly, the body of barristers engaged in a case. It seems uncertain as to whether the term also applies to a solicitor advocate. Some [[judge]]s and lawyers apply the term interchangeably between both barristers and solicitor advocates.
The [[difference]] between "Barrister" and "Counsel" is subtle. "Barrister" is a professional title awarded by one of the four Inns of Court, and is used in a barrister's [[private]], academic or [[professional]] capacity. "Counsel" is used to refer to a barrister who is instructed on a particular case. It is customary to use the third person when addressing a barrister instructed on a case: "Counsel is asked to advise" rather than "You are asked to advise".
The legal term counsellor, or, more fully, counsellor-at-law, became practically obsolete in England, but continued in use locally in Ireland as an equivalent to barrister, where a Senior Counsel (S.C.) is equivalent to the English Queen's Counsel (Q.C.)
In the United States of America, the term counselor-at-law designates, specifically, an attorney admitted to [[practice]] in all courts of [[law]]; but as the United States legal [[system]] makes no formal division of the legal profession into two classes, as in England, most US citizens use the term loosely in the same sense as lawyer, meaning one who versed in (or practising) law.
In the United States and Canada, many large and midsize law firms have lawyers with the job title of "counsel", "special counsel" or "of counsel". These lawyers are employees of the firm like associates, although some firms have an independent contractor [[relationship]] with them. But unlike associates, and more like partners, they generally have their own clients, manage their own files, and supervise associates. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counsel]
[[Category: Law]]
