e/Law society

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has gloss	eng: A Law Society in current and former Commonwealth jurisdictions is an association of solicitors (effectively the trade organisation for solicitors) which has a regulatory role which includes the right to supervise the training and qualifications of lawyers/solicitors. Where there is a distinction between barristers and solicitors, solicitors are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and barristers by a separate Bar council. (In Scotland barristers are called Advocates and are members of and regulated by the Faculty of Advocates.)
lexicalization	eng: Law societies
lexicalization	eng: Law Society
subclass of	(noun) an association of practitioners of a given profession professional association
has instance	e/Association of Women Solicitors
has instance	e/Birmingham Law Society
has instance	e/Fiji Law Society
has instance	e/Law Society of Scotland
has instance	e/Law Society of Singapore
has instance	e/Society of Solicitor Advocates