6.Legal Profession
6.律師制度
One substantial difference between the American and English legal system has to do with the scope of a lawyer's legal practice in the United States.
美國的法律制度同英國法律制度的一個實質性區別,涉及律師在美國執業的范圍。
Unlike the British system, in the American legal system there is no distinction between barristers and solicitors.
不同于英國法律制度,在美國法律制度中,沒有大律師和律師的區別。
All lawyers, if qualified, may appear and argue before court.
所有律師,只要取得資格,就可以在法庭出庭辯論。
In order to become a member of the bar of a particular state, an individual must take and pass that state's written bar examination.
要想取得某一州的律師資格,個人必須參加并通過該州的書面律師資格考試。
In some states, an in-person interview is also required.
在一些州,還需面試。
The content of the bar examinations can vary from state to state, but there is almost always one portion of the examination which focuses on federal law.
考試內容各州各不相同,但幾乎總有一部分是關于聯邦法的。
Admission to the bar of one state does not automatically confer admission to the bars of other states;
取得一個州的律師資格并不意味著自動取得其他州的律師資格。
candidates must undertake an additional application process and sometimes an additional examination.
申請人須另開始申請,有時還需要再參加考試。
As a practical matter this does not prevent American lawyers admitted in one state from practicing in another.
但實踐中,這并不對一個州的律師在另一州執業構成禁止。
There is a kind of motion that lawyers admitted in one state frequently make for limited admission to the bar of another state for purposes of a particular case.
一個州的律師經常為一個具體案件申請在另一州執業的有限資格。
Such admission would be limited to that particular case.
這種資格僅限于該具體案件。