lawyer: applies to anyone versed in the principles of law and authorized to practice law in courts OR act as agent or adviser: the best defense ~ in town. (defense辩护)



counselor: applies to one who accepts court cases and gives advice on legal problems: met with their legal ~.  （还表示辅导员、顾问、领事，如student ~）



barrister: the British equivalent of counselor, emphasizes court pleading which in English practice is permitted in higher courts only to barristers: ~s before the bench in wigs and robes. （bench椅子，这里是法官）



counsel: can be equivalent to counselor, but is typically used collectively to designate a group of lawyers acting for a legal cause in court: ~ for the prosecution.


advocate: is similar in implication to counselor and barrister, but it is used chiefly in countries such as Scotland where the legal system is based on Roman law: acted as ~ in the trial.



attorney: is often used interchangeably with lawyer, but in precise use it denotes a lawyer who acts as a legal agent for a client in such matters as conveying property, settling wills, or defending or prosecuting a civil law case: ~ for the deceased.



solicitor: is the British term corresponding to attorney with, however, emphasis on the transaction of legal business for a client as distinct from actual court pleading: send his ~ to negotiate on his behalf.



lawyer律师: 任何熟悉并授权从事法律的人，无论出庭、代理或顾问，counselor出庭律师: 专指出庭的律师（如费城故事里的miller等庭审或叫出庭律师(trial lawyer)，称呼"good morning, counselor"），barrister: 同上,英国英语，counsel:出庭律师团，advocate也是出庭律师: 用于罗马法系国家（也叫civil law民法法系，大陆法系，强调法典不承认判例，主要有中德法日，对应于英美法系叫common law），attorney: 有时泛指律师(如美国司法部长正式名称是~ general(AG), 英国叫总检察长)，但准确说是财产遗嘱等民事代理律师， solicitor:同上,英国英语。



记忆方法: 1）首字母LCBCAAS排序成AS ALawyer, ChuBuChu作为一名律师，出不出庭<==律师分两类(2345一类67一类，根据出不出庭)



         2）前4个词都表示出庭律师counselor，counsel，barrister，advocate。



         3）律师的意思是授权从事法律的人mean one authorized to practice law.