What is a Attorney: definition and understanding

Understanding Lawyers according to id.wikipedia.org suggested that the Attorney or advocate or legal powers is a noun, the subject. In practice, also known as legal consultants. It can mean a person who commits or gives advice (advice) and Defense(represented) to another person (the client) are associated with the settlement of a legal case.

The term lawyers now services the legal profession who were involved in a dispute can be resolved outside or in the Court of session. In the legal profession, the term beracara the legal arrangements related to the events in the book of the law of criminal procedure and the law of Civil Law. The term lawyer is distinguished by the term legal consultant who plans more to providing legal consulting services in General.

The defence was conducted by lawyers against the formal institutions (the judiciary)and informal (discourse), or people who are certified to provide legal services, both within and outside the Court. In Indonesia, to be able to become a lawyer, a scholar of the College backgrounds of law must follow special education and pass Professional exams administered by an organization of lawyers.

While the notion of lawyers according to the Indonesian Language Dictionary is defined under the Attorney is attorney i.e. legal experts or people authorized by law by another person to transact business. In addition, it can also represent others in litigants in court.

Nowadays people know the term cloud of lawyers as a profession graduates majoring in law. The lawyer can mean a person who performs or provides advice and advocacy "represent" for others that is associated (client) with the completion of a legal case.

If his position, lawyers were equivalent to police, prosecutors, and justice. What distinguishes it is its role. A lawyer there to represent the interests of the community, while the police and prosecutors had a role as institutions that represent the interests of the Government, as well as the judge's role was to represent the State. This position on the role of lawyers to be important because it can be maintaining a balance of interest between the State, Government, and society. Consider aja police, prosecutors, and judges are civil servants while the Attorney is an employee of private.

Requirements for becoming a lawyer (advocate) in Indonesia is regulated in article 2 paragraph (1) of ACT No. 18 of 2003 about the Advocate ("ACT on Advocates") i.e. the undergraduate backgrounds of higher education law and after following the special education profession Advocate that exercised by the Organization advocates.

In the explanation of article 2 paragraph (1) of the ACT the advocate said that the definition of "set of higher education law" is a graduate of the law faculty, the Faculty of Sharia law College, military, and College of science.

Further requirements to become an advocate is set out in article 3 paragraph (1) of the ACT the advocate:

The procedure became an advocate (according to the LAW of advocates):

a. requirement:

• Citizens of the Republic of Indonesia;
• Resides in Indonesia;
• No status as civil servants or officials of the State;
• Aged at least 25 (twenty five) years;
• And certified by the undergraduate backgrounds of higher education law
• Following the special education profession Advocate that exercised by the Organization Advocates
• Passed the examination held by the Organization of advocates;
• Internship at least 2 (two) years continuously in the Office of the advocate;
• Never are convicted for committing criminal acts of evil that threatened with imprisonment 5 (five) years or older;
• Well-behaved, honest, responsible, fair, and have high integrity.

b. Adoption:

• Adoption Advocates conducted by Organizations Advocate
• A copy of the Decree of adoption Advocates submitted to the Supreme Court and the Minister of Justice and human rights
• Before running his profession, advocate the obligatory vow according to religion or promise in earnest in open court the High Court his legal domicile in the territory of
• A copy of a news event of oath by the Registrar of the High Court concerned submitted to the Supreme Court, the Minister, and the Organization advocates.
• In the explanation of ACT Advocates stated: "through the legal services they provide, advocate running the task his profession for the sake of tegaknya justice based on law in the interest of justice including the search effort in empowering communities to realize their fundamental rights before the law."

Duty Solicitor/Advocate (in development)

• Researching legislation, for its application
• Give advice that is either legal or non-legal
• Negotiations
• Make letters and legal documents
• Litigation including the preparation of the defence and advocacy and oversight
• The investigation of the facts (search/investigation)
• Legal research and analysis
• Lobbying lawmakers and the Administration
• Acting as an intermediary
• As a spokesperson/public relations clients
• File a submission to the Government and other organizations
• Represent a client to read out the verdict of the Court or Tribunal judge
• Take care of the financial funding
• Managed properties
• Recommends the client to other sources
• Emotional sobriety helps clients in dealing with legal issues)
• Running a business
• Provide information-legal information
• Defending and protecting human rights
• Provide legal assistance with free of charge (pro-bono) to the people who are weak and not able to.
• To become a lawyer, the main capabilities that we have to have is the ability to communicate. In addition, it takes time to build its image as a reliable Attorney, because attorneys qualified can be seen from his experiences in dealing with various legal cases.

For a law degree who has just graduated, preferably an internship at lawyers who already have a name, so he can dig his senior lawyer of experience. The various parties who use the services of a lawyer for example:

• Individuals either in civil or criminal field
• Company
• Non-governmental organizations

The obligation of apprenticeship for the advocate and notary arranged in each i.e. Act No. 18 of 2003 about Advocates (Advocates of the ACT) and Act No. 30 of 2004 concerning the Office of notary public (law JN).

In the ACT required that the candidate Advocate advocate compulsory internship at least 2 continuous years in the Office of the advocate (see Chapter 3 paragraph g[1] of the ACT the advocate). Apprentice candidates advocate conducted after earned his Bachelor of law of higher education background (see chapter Chapter 3 verse[1] letter e jo. Article 2 paragraph [1] of the ACT the advocate).

Such notions of lawyer, hopefully it can become useful information.

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