practice of law

Noun

Meaning

the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system

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Had Ingersoll and Phillips devoted their lives to the practice of law for pay the divine fire within them would have burned to ashes and they would have died in mediocrity. Eugene V. Debs

I'm glad I made the decision, although the practice of law - and particularly serving as a federal judge - was a part of my life that I really enjoyed and treasured and look back on it with fondness. George J. Mitchell

I'm a recovering lawyer. The practice of law has changed. Every agreement is a fight. Elizabeth Edwards

I will leave the U.S Congress when the term for which I was elected expires in January 2011 and return to the practice of law with a sense of duty fulfilled. Mario Diaz-Balart

he studied law at Yale Source: Internet

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