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 ~.   （如费城故事里的miller等庭审或叫出庭律师(trial lawyer)，称呼"good morning, counselor"） （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.   （Roman law罗马法系也叫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: 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.     (如美国司法部长正式名称是~ general(AG)，英国叫总检察长)


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，barrister出庭律师: 同上，英国英语，counsel出庭律师团: 一组出庭律师，advocate也是出庭律师: 用于罗马法系国家，attorney律师: 有时泛指律师，但准确说是财产遗嘱等民事代理律师， solicitor律师: 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)        前4个词都表示出庭律师counselor，counsel，barrister，advocate

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