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legal community

n. the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction; "he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey" [syn: legal profession, bar]

Usage examples of "legal community".

Although Hillary did not seem to associate the offer with her husband's new influence in the legal community as the attorney general and lawyer for the State of Arkansas, the Rose Law Firm was not as naive.

Eventually, he'd ask me to lie actively, or to talk Robbie into some dubious stratagem, requests that would not be premised on my client's best interests but on the grand importance of Petros to the legal community, and on my friendship with Stan.

He'd once been the finest trial lawyer in a state noted for the quality of its legal community, and then a learned judge on a bench replete with thoughtful, fair men.

The Patrick news raced through the legal community along the Coast in a matter of minutes.

But the stack of messages was an indication of his excellent reputation as an attorney specializing in criminal defense and of the respect he had earned in the legal community.

But the New York legal community -- that part of it, anyway -- is smaller than you think.

He didn't know she was more likely to sprout wings and fly than contact anyone in the Michigan legal community right now.

It was a matter not only of expense (since the cheaper the cost per unit, the more pressure state legislatures would bring to bear on the legal community to agree to the innovation), but of determining which image would make the fairest impression on judges and juries.

Apparently, the legal community valued her expertise enough to humor her.

In the process, Hillary earned the respect of our legal community, helped a lot of folks who needed it, and established the record that, a few years later, led President Carter to appoint her to the board of directors of the national Legal Services Corporation.