Lawyers play important roles in society. First of all, they are advisors4. A lawyer's product is advice - advice on an infinite variety of subjects. Much of the advice is not on legal matters, but may involve business decisions or family affairs. Second, lawyers are advocates for their clients. Office lawyers negotiating a contract are advocates just as trial lawyers are；their advocacy is directed at other attorneys and their clients, rather than to judges and juries. Third, lawyers are negotiators of compromise. They seek to avoid the difficulties and expenses of litigation by finding a mutually satisfactory alternative.
To be a good advisor3, advocate and negotiator, lawyers must be cultured. They must be able to appreciate the historical relevance5 of our fundamental freedoms and the role of law in our society. They must be keenly aware of the world in which they live, what is right about it and what is wrong, so that they can fulfil their role as instrument of change. They must be compassionate7 and sensitive to human problems and weaknesses, because the practice of law is a very personal matter.
Lawyers must be courageous8 and willing to represent unpopular causes, because the right to counsel exists as a necessity. They must be willing not only to defend such causes, but to defend the system that requires such representation.
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1．Many office-practice lawyers never participate n a lawsuit, but litigation to trial lawyers.
不少咨询律师从不参加诉讼，他们把诉讼留给诉讼律师。
2．The are employed by business to assist in the internal operations of business by preventing and solving legal problems.
他们受聘于企业，通过预防和解决法律问题来帮助企业内部的动作。
3．their advocacy is directed at other attorneys and their clients, rather than to judges and juries.
他们的辩护是针对其他律师及其委托人的，而不是指向法官和陪审团的。
4．They seek to avoid the difficulties and expenses of litigation by finding a mutually satisfactory alternative.
他们通过寻求双方都认可的其他途？nbsp|来防止诉讼的困难和花费。
5．They must be albe to appreciate the historical relevance of our fundamental freedoms and the role of law in our society.
他们需要能领会大家的基本的自由权利的历史意义，与法律在大家社会中有哪些用途。
6．They must be keenly aware of the world in which they live, what is right bout6 it and what is wrong, so that they can fulfil their role as instrument of change.
他们需要对所处的世界有敏锐的意识，了解这世界对在什么地方错在什么地方，如此他们才能起到变化的工具这一用途。
7．Lawyers must be courageous and willing to represent unpopular causes, because the right to counsel exists as a necessity.
律师需要勇于并且乐于代理不能人心的案由，由于请律师的权利是一种需要
