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3. Alternatively, barristers may choose to work at the
Employed Bar and apply for positions with in-house legal services
departments in commercial companies or public sector organisations.
4. Currently, new barristers must spend at least twelve
months in apprenticeship, usually split into two six-month periods (called
sixes) with the same or different chambers.
5. Some civil lawyers spend more of their time dealing with
cases out of court.
6. The Inns arrange educational and social support for
barristers and student barristers, including libraries, dining halls and
common rooms.
7. Barristers are expected to correspond to high standards of
dress, ethics and professional conduct.
8. A barrister is in principle required to act for any client
offering a proper fee, regardless of the advantages or disadvantages of a
case.
9. Conveyancing is the act of transferring the legal
possession of a property from one person to another.
10. Direct access to barristers by members of certain
recognized professional agencies has been allowed since 1989.

Task 9. Match the definitions of the following words.

1. Justice of the Peace a) a local court exercising limited
jurisdiction in civil matters.
2. an advocate. b) a court in England and Wales where
minor crimes are judged .
3. a solicitor c) a court of law in the UK that has more
power than ordinary courts, and in which
previous court decisions can be changed.
4. the Magistrates’ Court d) a lawyer admitted to plead at the bar in
the superior courts.
5. a barrister e) is someone who speaks on behalf of
another person, especially in a legal
context.

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