Legal culture and knowledge of legal foundations are part of the general culture of a person, it is a necessary condition for existence in modern society. To have an idea of the functions that are performed by specialists professionally dealing with legal issues, you need to define the terminology and understand, in particular, what is the difference between a lawyer and a legal adviser.
Who are lawyers and legal advisers
To operate with legal terms, you must understand their meaning. The main difference between a lawyer and a legal adviser is that the first is a specialty, professional qualification, and the second is an official position included in the current "Qualification handbook of positions of managers, specialists and other employees", approved by the Ministry of Labor in 1998.
That is, a lawyer is a person who understands and studies law issues at a professional level and has a special legal education. There is a wide range of professions for which a legal education is a mandatory requirement. This includes employees of the judiciary, internal and external affairs bodies: notaries, lawyers, judges, legal advisers, investigators, prosecutors, etc. Scientists and jurists, employees of government bodies involved in law-making activities are considered lawyers.
Legal counsel is a narrower concept. This is a lawyer who specializes on duty in a narrow theoretical or practical area of law, ensuring compliance with the rule of law within a particular form of legal relationship. This profession is especially in demand in enterprises and organizations operating in various fields: management, construction, trade, transport, etc. The position of a legal adviser also has a capacity in accordance with qualifications, he can be just a legal adviser, senior, leading or chief.
Responsibilities of a legal adviser
A legal advisor in production has a wide range of responsibilities. He participates in the development of legal documentation and checks all official business documents for compliance with legal regulations. He provides methodological, legal and consulting support to structural divisions and public organizations in the preparation of business documents. His participation is mandatory in the preparation of substantiated responses to the rejection of claims and complaints.
The duties of this specialist include participation in litigation in arbitration and civil courts, registration and storage of cases pending and completed. The legal adviser conducts a systematic analysis and summarizes the results of judicial practice, as well as the practice of concluding and executing business contracts in order to identify legal violations and eliminate them in order to increase the effectiveness of the economic and financial activities of the enterprise.
