why do lawyers use the term "practice" instead of saying i work in legal field or something like that. why is the term "practice" used.
2006-10-29 08:55:54 · 7 answers · asked by tom 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
I deal with lawyers on a near daily basis (Im a police officer). I too asked several lawyers this question a few months back. The answer I received was pretty suprising. Laws, while black and white in some areas, are gray when it comes to others. Its in these gray areas where lawyers "practice", by this they mean try to get judges or juries to see their interpertation of the written law.
Laws are not inflexible. Even the cut and dry, black and white laws are not truly set in stone. For example: Yes you killed somebody. It is your defense lawyer's job to produce why, your emotional state, other mitigating circumstances that could possibly sway a jury to think that your were justified in doing what you did. Thats the practice part, using their skills at oration, persuasion and interpretation to outwit the other lawyer.
2006-10-29 09:07:47 · answer #1 · answered by sixtymm 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think in both the legal and medical field, things are constanting changing. Lawyers must study new laws, case studies, Supreme Court decisions, etc. Nothing is ever exact; every case is different, every judge is different, and a lawyer learns something new with every case.
2006-10-29 17:10:27 · answer #2 · answered by goofygirlky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason that doctors "practice" medicine. The word refers to work practices, which are ways of structuring work that are things one must do, or ways in which something is done. They are not implemented by technologies, but are usually conceived by intelligent humans, though not necessarily.
Practice means the exercise of an occupation or profession, as in the practice of law.
2006-10-29 17:05:04 · answer #3 · answered by Perplexed Music Lover 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2014-11-14 23:12:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not sure the exact reason but medical "practitioners" use the same term too...maybe it has something to do with the fact that they are no longer students or "interns" and now that they have graduated to a point that they can actually "practice" their trade they call themselves practitioners :)
2006-10-29 17:00:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess like doctors, every case is unique, and the results are NEVER the same, and anything can happen quickly in these professions, which necessitates them to act just as quick.
2006-10-29 16:58:47 · answer #6 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋