A lawyer is a person who is normally educated at a law school and practices law. A lawyer is often called upon to resolve legal matters. Typically, passage of the bar exam is a pre-requisite for practice of the law.
The Judge Advocate General is responsible for lawyers within Starfleet. (USS Baldwin)
In the Cardassian Union, a person who practices law is called a nestor. (Sigils and Unions: Catacombs of Oralius)
Lawyers could specialize in a variety of legal fields, such as tax law. Lyran tax lawyers were part of the professions supplying fiscalists. (Star Trek: The Stoneship Files: "Tax Crunch")
Prestige in the legal job market[]
According to the book 1L Life is Hell, jurisdictions were divided in two broad categories with respect to how law school prestige was treated in the job market: prestige-sensitive and prestige-insensitive. Many Federation jurisdictions were prestige-sensitive, whereas the Lyran Star Empire was prestige-insensitive. (Star Trek: False Vacuum: "Scrap Yard Vegas")
In prestige-sensitive jurisdictions or areas of practice, law firms had sliding rules that regulated how prestige related to the interview requirements; in fact, prestige was considered a legal skill in its own right, perhaps even a skill of prime importance. Prestige-sensitive jurisdictions often featured rankings of law schools such as Above the Law. (Star Trek: False Vacuum: "Pledge of the Protester")
By area of practice[]
Prestige-sensitive areas of law included commercial, corporate law as well as interplanetary law; public interplanetary law was more prestige-sensitive than private interplanetary law. However, small-time criminal law, family law and small-time immigration law were considered prestige-insensitive areas of practice. (Star Trek: False Vacuum: "Pledge of the Protester")
By law firm type[]
Major law firms in prestige-sensitive jurisdictions or areas of practice tended to care about prestige more than smaller law firms. For example, Hutz, Sanchez & Van Phuoc, a leading Brussels law firm, would consider a top-15% Cogley Law School graduate on equal footing with an average Washington University in St. Louis graduate and a bottom-15% University of Chicago graduate. (Star Trek: False Vacuum: "Pledge of the Protester")
Lawyers[]
- Jean Charest
- Skrain Dukat
- Sara Jackson
- Corianne Marcil
- Dylan O'Connor
- Catalena Rinne (prior to gaining a seat in the magistrature)
- Jolin Tabris (retired Starfleet JAG later employed as a civilian attorney)
- Tortis
External links[]
- Lawyer article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
- Lawyer article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.
- Lawyer article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.