Legal profession

In Ancient Athens, despite being the first centralized democracy, the profession of lawyer did not exist, there were only accusers and jurists in the courts, and trials lasted until the time of the clepsydra ended.

In most countries, law graduates need to undergo some sort of apprenticeship, membership in a professional organization and a licence.

But in the United Kingdom and some of its former colonies, there are two quite separate kinds of lawyers providing legal services to the public.

Barristers, also called counsels, are court specialists, who traditionally do not come into contact with their lay clients, but are instructed by solicitors.

In other words, people who study, organize, teach, and thereby also create law, often working at universities, can be called jurists in formal English.