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Solicitors & Barristers In England and Wales the legal profession is different as there are two types of lawyers: lawyers and Barristers. There are about 90,000 practising solicitors and about 9,000 law firms in England and Wales alone. Solicitors deal with a range of legal work which is mostly in the office, i.e. giving legal advice, coveyancing, drafting contracts and wills etc. Solicitors can appear in courts but it is very unlikely, they have the right to appear before a Magistrates' and County courts but were rarely seen in Crown and High Courts, these were where barristers are normally found. However, due to the C.L.S.A. 1990 solicitors may now appear in all courts as advocates provided that the solicitor has already acted as an advocate in the Magistrates' and County courts, has taken a course and relevant and obtained a certificate in advocacy. At present there are about 1,000 solicitors...

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