The Duties and Responsibilities Of Attorney



The duties and responsibilities of attorney

questions from Lawyers Professionals (starting from Understanding Senior Lawyers, Associates, and arriving at Junior Lawyers)
If we look at the Law Firm, we often find the term Senior Lawyer, Associate Lawyer, Junior Lawyer. Please accept what these requirements are, then what is responsible? Then, what is the difference between Partners and Partners in a Law Firm?

Answer

OK, I'll answer, there really are many terms. in fact terms such as associate lawyers, senior lawyers, and junior lawyers, etc. are terms related to the structure or career path of lawyers, now called advocates, in an advocate's office, in this case in the form of a firm (law firm). However, it is possible for each advocate office to have a different term or name for their respective organizations. The second question Regarding duties and responsibilities, if seen in general, as an advocate they both associates, seniors, or junior lawyers can actually provide legal services to clients. However, advocate office management can make more detailed descriptions of their respective duties and responsibilities. Citing the book "Law Office Management" written by Jonathan S. Lynton, according to Ira Andara Eddymurthy, the career path in a Law Office is as follows:
  1. Equity Partner, one of which will become a Managing Partner;
  2. Non-equity Partner / Contract Partner;
  3. Of Counsel / Advisor;
  4. senior Partner;
  5. Attorney Associate;
  6. Senior Attorney;
  7. Non-lawyer Partner;
  8. Contract Attorney / Intern (Internship);
  9. Freelance Attorney;
  10. Law Clerks (Paralegals).
This was written by Ira Andara Eddymurthy who is also an advocate and partner at the Soewito Law Firm, Suhardiman, Eddymurthy, Kardono (SSEK) in the book "Management of Advocates in Indonesia (Lawfirm Management in Indonesia)" issued by the Center for Finance, Investment and Securities Law (CHISEL).

As we explained above, the term associate, senior and junior lawyer/attorney is a career path for an advocate (lawyer, attorney) in an advocate's office. Each lawyer office may have different terms or names for each level. The SSEK advocate office, for example, does not use the terms junior lawyer and senior lawyer. "We use the terms Level 1, Level 2, Associates, Contract / Salary Partners, and Equity Partners," Ira explained when we asked for her opinion.


Career paths and patterns of appointment in an advocate's office can be determined based on work period, work 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 attainment of an advocate in his work, in addition to being seen from the period of employment. "For each level, two to three years. In our office, after 10, or at most 15 years, it can only be appointed to the Partner level, "he explained.

Please note that for an advocate's office that does not have many advocates (15 people or less) the organizational structure may be much simpler than the offices of middle and large advocates who have 50 advocates or more.

then the career path in an advocate's office can also vary between the office of an advocate who works litigation works (legal services in the provisioning) with the office of an advocate who does corporate or non-litigation work (legal services outside the court).

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