Lawyers are extremely important people that represent people and give them legal advice in court. Without these people, it would be extremely hard to have a well organized law system

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Lawers

Lawyers are extremely important people that represent people and give them legal advice in court. Without these people, it would be extremely hard to have a well organized law system. Being a lawyer offers many opportunities for interested people based on education, training, and job requirements; however there are also disadvantages that come with this career.

The practice of lawyers started thousands of years ago with a man named Hammaredes. He established the earliest code of laws in about 1800 BC. These laws were called the Code of Hammurabes and was a successful system to govern the people of the Summerian empire. There were lawyer type figures that represented people in these times. Another set of laws from the ancient times is the law of Moses, or better known as the Ten Commandments. Christians still use these set of laws in everyday life. People in ancient times used people to represent themselves very similarly to lawyers today. A lawyer is a person trained in the law who is authorized to offer legal advice and represents clients in court. Lawyers are one of the highest paid people in the work force. The annual salary for a