Legal Type Questions

[wolf63]

Can someone answer the following legal questions. I am loathe to post anything in "Law" as my last visit there resulted in a short stay in the Sin Bin .

(1) Does a solicitor and a barrister have the same training? Do they both have to study for a law degree?

(2) Is a barrister able to become/act as a solicitor?

(3) Is a solicitor able to work as a barrister or would that person have to undergo further training to become a barrister?

(4) I read on the site somewhere that the barristers are paid more than solicitors - is the difference vast?

(5) Are lawyers and solicitors the same thing?

(6) Does all the above apply to Scotland too?

(7) Do we have Bounty Hunters in the UK? If I became one would they give me a big gun?

(8) I know that there are different types of court - do they all have 'real' judges? i.e. do the judges all have a legal background?

(9) Are judges elected (which seems to happen in the US) or are they interviewed and employed. There is also the possibility of using the 'old boys' network and/or bribery to ensure a person becomes a judge.

(10) There was another question but my brain has ceased to operate


I thank anyone who not only reads this post but who can also answer any of my questions.

[Eve]

Many Judges are former lawyers who have practiced for many year prior to becoming a member of the Judiciary.

Articles haven't been called that for a long time, now a training contract.

It can be hard going financially but you manage how you can - I remember living on Safeway basis tomato soup and pitta bread at times :)

It seems quite popular now to do the GDL/LPC part time so they can also work, preferably getting experience in a law firm, often doing personal injury work as there is a lot out there (though maybe will be less so with the reforms). Property also used to be a large source of paralegal work but now less so with the recession, a lot of people lost their jobs. There are the pop up types of work such as the PPI claims.

The experience, if sufficient, could then be used as time to count towards a training contract and possibly help in getting a training contract as they aren't easy to get and there are a lot of law grads out there looking for one.

It has become a very popular subject to study and there seems to have been a lot of advertising to get people on law school courses, even though there aren't the jobs out there when they finish. I remember we always used to get told that unless you have a 2:1 degree then forget it.