Legal terminology

Essential for

• Legal administrative assistant
  Legal administrative assistants carry out the daily administrative activities of firms, offices of notaries public, and companies. They perform activities such as writing mails, ph…
• Judge
  Judges preside over, review and handle court cases, hearings, appeals, and trials. They ensure that court procedures conform to conventional legal processes and review evidence and…
• Supreme court judge
  A Supreme Court judge is a distinguished legal professional who holds a position of the utmost authority and responsibility within the judiciary of a country or state. Supreme Cour…
• Scopist
  Scopists edit the transcripts created by court reporters to make them readable professional legal documents. They listen or read to the reports given to them to apply punctuation, …
• Lawyer linguist
  A lawyer linguist is a legal professional with expertise in linguistics, language interpretation, and translation, playing a crucial role in legal matters that involve language-rel…
• Intellectual property consultant
  Intellectual property consultants provide advice on the usage of intellectual property assests such as patents, copyrights, and trademarks. They help clients to value, in monetary …
• Legal assistant
  Legal assistants work closely together with lawyers and legal representatives in the research and preparation of cases brought to courts. They assist in the paperwork of cases and …
• Conveyance clerk
  Conveyance clerks provide services for the legal transference of legal titles and properties from one party to another. They exchange the necessary contracts and ensure all propert…
• Court reporter
  Court reporters type in word processors or any other software each one of the words mentioned in the courtroom. They transcript the hearings that take place in court to…
• Prosecutor
  Prosecutors represent governmental bodies and the general public in court cases against parties accused of illegal activity. They investigate the court cases by examining evidence,…
• Court enforcement officer
  Court enforcement officers enforce orders of court judgements such as managing the recovery of money owed, seizing of goods, and selling goods in public auctions to obtain the mone…
• Law lecturer
  Law lecturers are subject professors, teachers, or lecturers who instruct students who have obtained an upper secondary education diploma in their own specialised field of study, l…
• Case administrator
  Case administrators supervise the progress of criminal and civil cases from the point of opening to closing. They review the case files and case progression to ensure proceedings o…
• Legal service manager
  Legal service managers oversee the general management of a legal service office. They not only strive for the highest efficiency and effectiveness when delivering legal services an…
• Patent engineer
  Patent engineers advise companies on different aspects of intellectual property law. They analyse inventions, and research their economic potential. They check if  patent rights ha…
• Corporate lawyer
  Corporate lawyers provide legal consulting services and representation to corporations and organisations. They give advice on matters relating to taxes, legal rights and patents, i…

Optional for

• Court clerk
  Court clerks provide assistance to judges in a court institution. They handle enquiries on court proceedings and assist judges in various tasks such as performing legal research in…
• Tax advisor
  Tax advisors use their expertise in tax legislation to provide commercially focused advisory and consultancy services to a wide range of clients from all economic sectors. They exp…
• Lawyer
  Lawyers provide legal advice to clients and act on their behalf in legal proceedings and in compliance with the law. They research for, interpret and study cases to represent…
• Public affairs consultant
  Public affairs consultants function as representatives for a client's goal. They attempt to persuade legislative bodies and policy makers to implement laws or regulation in accorda…
• Notary
  Notaries ensure the authenticity and legitimacy of official documents such as declarations, certificates, contracts, deeds and purchases. They examine the documents, witness the si…