Regarding Profession Lawyer

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Friday, 3 April 2015

Terms such as associate lawyers, senior lawyers, and junior lawyers and others are terms relating to the structure or career lawyer, who is now called the advocate, the advocate's office, in this case in the form of firm (law firm). Yet perhaps each advocate's office has different terms or names for their respective organizations.

The duties and responsibilities, in general, as they advocate - both associate, senior, or junior lawyer - can provide legal services to clients. However, the management office of advocate can make a more detailed description and more about their duties and responsibilities of each.

Citing the book "Law Office Management" written by Jonathan S. Lynton, according to Ira Andara Eddymurthy, career in a law office is as follows:

1. Equity Partners, one of them will be the Managing Partner;
2. Non-equity Partner / Contract Partner;
3. Of Counsel / Advisor;
4. Senior Partner;
5. Associate Attorney;
6. Attorney senior;
7. Non-lawyer Partner;
8. Contract Attorney / Intern (Intern);
9. Freelance Attorney;
10. Law Clerks (Paralegal).

Ira writes Andara Eddymurthy which also advocate and partner at the Law Firm Soewito, Suhardiman, Eddymurthy, Kardono (SSEK) in the book "Law Office Management in Indonesia (Lawfirm Management in Indonesia)" published Centre for Finance, Investment and Securities Law (CFISEL ).

As we have explained above, the term associate, senior and junior lawyer / attorney is a career path for an advocate (lawyer, attorney) in a lawyer's office. Each law firm may have the term or name that is different for each level. Office SSEK advocate for example, do not use the term junior lawyers and senior lawyers. "We use the term Level 1, Level 2, Associates, Contract / Salary Partner and Equity Partner," said Ira when we asked for his opinion.

Career paths and patterns in the appointment of an advocate's office can be determined based on years of service, performance, or other measures. In SSEK which has 58 lawyers, according to Ira, promotion from Level 1 to Level 2 are determined based on the achievement of an advocate in his work, in addition to views of the working period. "To each his level two to three years. In our office, after 10, or a maximum of 15 years, can only be raised to the level of partner, "he explained.

For a law firm that does not have many advocates (15 people or less) may have its organizational structure is much simpler than medium and large law firm with 50 lawyers or more.

Career in the law firm can also vary between the advocate's office chores litigation (legal services in the court) with offices advocates who work the works of the corporation or non-litigation (legal services out of court).

Thus our explanation. Hope it is useful.

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