In English, What Lawyers Actually Do.

1. Litigation; When you have a disagreement with someone else or another company or government, the lawyer takes your own side of the matter and explains to the court system why you are right and the court should say you are right and the other side is wrong. This also means that the court will tell the other side to give you what you want and also some more for the trouble you went through of hiring a lawyer to explain your case. So, a lawyer uses his knowledge of the rules of the legal system and the fact that he alone is qualified to ‘enter’ the court system by law, by going through legal training and then explains your case to the court on your behalf and explains to you how the your case will go through the legal system and how to fit it in to the legal system.

2.  Explains the law; what the law says about a specific or general matter and what that means to your own situation; The law is everywhere and affects all that you do so you may be unaware of what the law says on a particular or specific matter until the need or a problem or opportunity arises and you have to act to protect or advance your interests then the practical effects of the law shows up. What concerns you is, how does this law affect me, my affairs and what I am trying to get done and the lawyer explains this to you because he knows where the law is written , how to find it, what is likely to happen and most important, the consequences or benefits for you.                 

The Law tells you what you can do and how you can do it plus what you cannot do and how you cannot do it. The lawyer knows this and will tell you how it affects you and your own affairs.

There are certain acts which have to be done to address the implications of what the law says about your affairs and your plans that only the lawyer can help you carry out, by law. This is kind of a monopoly created by law just like the doctors and other trade guilds

This is the foundation of everything the lawyer does and the rest are the infinite applications in specific situations. In clear terms, everything the lawyer does can be explained in these terms and understood from this perspective.