Sunday 21 May 2017

Lawyers

In England, all barristers must be affiliated with one of the four Inns of Court, each located in the “Temple” part of London, close to Parliament. These are professional membership societies with dining rooms, libraries, courtyards, gardens, and churches, where a barrister must go to complete their courses of study. Barristers wear a winged collar, wigs and robes in Court. (At Ede and Ravenscroft, London, the only place to buy them, horsehair wigs retail for £540, about $690).  At the end of their legal study they are “called to the Bar”, which ties into the American Bar Association for lawyers in the United States. 

A judge's ceremonial wig

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