plaza de letrado

English translation: [see my suggestion]

18:42 Mar 20, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics
Spanish term or phrase: plaza de letrado
El Lic. X ocupó una plaza de letrado en el Tribunal Supremo
Jennifer Adcock
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:20
English translation:[see my suggestion]
Explanation:
"X was a supreme court attorney". You don't to translate "ocupó una plaza de" literally.
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philgoddard
United States
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1lawyer / counsel position
Rafael Molina Pulgar
4 +1[see my suggestion]
philgoddard
4[an attorney on the Supreme Court] Bar/bar
Muriel Vasconcellos
4 -1bench
jude dabo


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
lawyer / counsel position


Explanation:
suerte.

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It could also be "sollicitor" or even "clerk".

Rafael Molina Pulgar
Mexico
Local time: 06:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bertha Sarmina: It cannot be both lawyer and clerk. The word "letrado" means lawyer, attorney, counsel.
8 mins
  -> Thanks, Bertha. Nice.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
[see my suggestion]


Explanation:
"X was a supreme court attorney". You don't to translate "ocupó una plaza de" literally.

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 123

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agree  IvanAmortegui
2 days 6 hrs
  -> Thanks Ivan.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
bench


Explanation:
a member of the current suprem court bench

jude dabo
Local time: 13:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20

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disagree  philgoddard: This means he or she was a judge.
2 hrs
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[an attorney on the Supreme Court] Bar/bar


Explanation:
Sep 29, 2008 ... The Supreme Court Bar Admissions Form accessed via the link below may be completed on line, printed, signed, and mailed to the Court in ...
www.supremecourtus.gov/bar/baradmissions.html

The School of Law sponsors a U.S. Supreme Court Bar group admission and swearing-in ceremony for its alumni once or twice per year. ...
www.law.udc.edu/?page=Supreme

If you choose to be admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court Bar in person, ... Experience matters: the rise of a Supreme Court bar and its effect on. ...
www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-19109167.html

The Supreme Court Bar: Legal Elites in the Washington Community (Constitutionalism and Democracy) (9780813914497): Kevin T. McGuire: Books.
www.amazon.com › Books › Law › Law Practice

Have the endorsement of two sponsors who are members of the Supreme Court Bar who know the applicant personally and are not related to the applicant by ...
www.washburnlaw.edu/alumni/events/swearingin/

Two signatures of sponsors who are already members of the Supreme Court Bar. (WCL can provide these sponsors if you are unable to do so.) ...
www.wcl.american.edu/alumni/supreme_court.cfm

Jan 28, 2010 ... The topic of the panel discussion was "Women Advocates of the Supreme Court Bar," and among the speakers were the nation's first female ...
www.law.com › NLJ Home › News

(l-r) Tarek Fadel '03, Vanessa Weathersby '90 and Denise Staniec '84 are three of the 35 alumni who were recently sworn into the U.S. Supreme Court Bar by ...
www.kentlaw.edu/depts/alums/supremecourt/index.html

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Definition of 'bar':

legal profession: the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction; "he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey"
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 05:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 468
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