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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Meaning Senior Lawyer, Associate, and Junior Lawyer

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

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

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

    Equity Partners, one of them will be the Managing Partner;
    Non-equity Partner / Partner Contract;
    Of Counsel / Advisor;
    Senior Partner;
    Associate Attorney;
    Senior Attorney;
    Non-lawyer partners;
    Contract Attorney / Intern (Internship);
    Freelance Attorney;
    Law Clerks (Paralegal).



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 is determined based on the achievement of an advocate in her 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 appointed to the Partner level, "he explained.
 
As we have explained above, the term associate, senior and junior lawyers / attorney is a career path for an advocate (lawyer, attorney) in a lawyer's office. Each advocate's office or the term may have different names for each level. SSEK advocate office for example, do not use the term junior and senior lawyer lawyer. "We use the term Level 1, Level 2, Associates, Contract / Salary Equity Partners and Partner," said Ira when we asked for his opinion.

To advocate office that does not have many advocates (15 people or less) its organizational structure may be much simpler than advocate medium and large offices with 50 or more lawyers. Career in the office of an advocate can also vary between the advocates office chores litigation (legal services in the court) to advocate office chores corporation or non-litigation (legal services out of court).
 

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