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?大多數(shù)的政府律師在 聯(lián)邦、州政府 和地方機(jī)構(gòu) 的 法律部門 任職。 法律英語 51 ?The United States Department of Justice alone employs more than two thousand, and the Law Department of the City of New York more than four hundred. ?美國司法部 —2022多人 ?紐約司法局 —400多人 法律英語 52 ?Others are engaged as public prosecutors. Federal prosecutors, the United States attorneys and their assistants, are appointed by the President and are subordinate to the Attorney General of the United States. ?其他政府律師是 檢查官 。 聯(lián)邦檢查官、美國政府律師 和 助理檢查官 由 總統(tǒng) 任命,受命于美國 總檢察長(司法部長)。 法律英語 53 Attorney General 總檢察長, 司法部長 John Ashcroft 約翰 阿什克里夫特 法律英語 54 ? The Attorney General, as head of the Department of Justice and chief law enforcement officer of the Federal Government, represents the United States in legal matters generally and gives advice and opinions to the President and to the heads of the executive departments of the Government when so requested. The Attorney General appears in person to represent the Government before the . Supreme Court in cases of exceptional gravity or importance. 法律英語 55 ?States prosecutors, sometimes known as district attorneys, are monly elected by each county and are not under the control of the state attorney general. ?州檢查官 ,又叫 地區(qū)檢查官, 一般由其所在縣的公民選舉產(chǎn)生,不受 州司法局長 的控制。 法律英語 56 ?Lawyers in government are directly engaged in legal work ?政府律師直接從事法律工作。 ?law training is infrequently sought as preparation for general government service. ?因?yàn)橐话阏?wù) 很少 要求事先進(jìn)行法律培訓(xùn)。 法律英語 57 A small but important minority —— an exception ?those who have been appointed to high executive positions ?those who have been elected to political office. ?例外: ?被任命擔(dān)任高級(jí)行政職務(wù) , ?被選舉擔(dān)任政治性官職的人。 法律英語 58 ?Lawyers have made up roughly half of the Congress of the United States and of the state government. ?美國 國會(huì) 和 地方政府 中有大約一半的人是律師。 法律英語 59 Chief Justice Stone Harlan Fiske Stone 1872 1946 ?― No tradition of our profession is more cherished by lawyers than that of its leadership in public affairs.‖ ?在我們的職業(yè)傳統(tǒng)中,沒有一個(gè)像其擔(dān)任 公共事務(wù)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的傳統(tǒng)那樣受到律師們的鐘愛。 法律英語 60 ?Legal Profession ?Multistate Bar Exam ?federal courts ?boards of directors ?Judge ?Attorney General ?Chief Justice 重點(diǎn)專業(yè)詞匯 法律英語 61 ?Barristers ?Solicitors ?Attorney ?practice of law ?Lawyers in private practice ?single practitioner ?house Counsel ?corporate counsel 法律英語 62 ?The United States Department of Justice ?public prosecutors ?Federal prosecutors ?district attorneys ?Congress of the United States 法律英語 63 Exercises ?1. Questions about the text ?2. Dictation ?3. Discussion