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An honest person can attempt to do that, and they are called "lawyers." Again, it is way too easy to run afoul of the U.S. Code. I get that. But, even if that w
by hvs 15y ago
An honest person can attempt to do that, and they are called "lawyers." Again, it is way too easy to run afoul of the U.S. Code. I get that. But, even if that wasn't true, it would still not be advisable to speak to law enforcement officers.
- burgerbrain 15y agoEven a lawyer would have to be superhuman to achieve that, unless we extent his being to include a law library and his colleagues.
- chc 15y agoThe definition of "lawyer" is not "a person who earnestly tries to comply with the law." Lawyers have a particular role in the legal system that goes well beyond merely being a law-abiding citizen.
- Natsu 15y agoThe definition of "lawyer" is "someone who has graduated from law school" while "attorney" is "someone who is licensed to practice law." There are people who are one of those things but not the other.
- rprasad 15y agoIn America, a lawyer and an attorney are one and the same; both refer to licensed practitioners of the law. You do not come become a lawyer merely by going to law school (except in Wisconsin, if you go to a law school in Wisconsin). People who graduate from law school but who do not become licensed to practiced are referred to as "law graduates" or "JDs" (after the degree).
- timwiseman 15y agoAn honest person can attempt to do that, and they are called "lawyers." I am in law school right now, and the first thing I learned is how little I know, the second is how little I will know about the entirety of the law when I graduate. More recently I started realizing how quickly even law professors and experienced lawyers will plead ignorance (or at least state they need time for research) when you ask questions even slightly outside their specialty.