A Lawyer

Read the text and say why the profession of a lawyer is one of the most popular professions among the young people.

The profession of a lawyer is one of the most popular professions among the young people. It is quite necessary for regulating social relations in the state and providing full degree of security for its citizens.

Almost all universities and academies of Russia have a department of Law. University professors, readers and lecturers teach students. To be a good specialist a lawyer should know many laws and their proper application. The curriculum of a law school includes many compulsory and optional subjects important for their future work. Thus, first-year students study such subjects as Philosophy, Psychology, History of Russia, Foreign language, Mathematics, Computer Science, Sociology, Latin, History of Religion, Economics and others.

During their next years of education the students of Law Departments begin to attend more specialized courses like Labour Law, Theory of State and Law, Civil Law, Criminal Law, Family Law, Constitutional Law, Land Law, International Law, Criminal Procedure and many others.

A future lawyer has to deal with various sorts of people: the poor and the rich, educated and uneducated, suspects, prisoners, victims, witnesses, recidivists and a general public. That is why the legal profession may be considered to be very difficult, interesting and noble at the same time.

The graduates of any law higher school can work in different courts, in notary offices, at the bar, in organs of militia, in organs of the prosecutor’s office, in organs of tax inspection, as well as in different banks, companies, enterprises and firms. They can work as legal counsels, advocates, prosecutors, judges, inspectors, notaries, customs officers and other workers of law enforcement agencies.

1. Give Russian equivalents of the following:

Quite necessary, in the state, regulating social relations, citizens, proper application, curriculum, compulsory, optional, thus, foreign language, Computer Science, Family Law, International Law, Criminal Procedure, Civil Law, the would-be lawyer, a variety of people, prisoner, the poor and the rich, educated, suspect, witness, general public, noble, that is why, to consider, at the same time, a graduate, at the Bar, in organs of militia, enterprise, legal counsels, advocate, worker of law enforcement agency.

2. Suggest the English for:

Профессия юриста, среди молодежи, для регулирования общественных отношений, безопасность граждан, почти все, юридический факультет, чтобы стать хорошим специалистом, курс обучения включает, социология, теория государства и права, уголовно-процессуальное право, необразованный, жертва, рецидивист, поэтому, считается, выпускник, в адвокатуре, органы налоговой инспекции, фирма, судья, работник правоохранительных органов.

3. Match two parts of the sentences in two columns:

1.The profession of a lawyer is a. notaries, customs officers, judges.

2. To be a good specialist b. very difficult, interesting, noble.

3. The curriculum of the law school includes c. in courts, at the Bar, in militia.

4. Law students study such special subjects as d. suspects, victims, general public

5. The legal profession is considered to be e. civil law, labour law and others.

6. The would-be lawyer deals with f. a lawyer should know many laws.

7. Graduates of any law high school can work g. Sociology, Latin, philosophy.

8. They can work as h. necessary for providing security.

4. Finish the following statements using appropriate words and word combinations :