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title: "Fun facts about lawyers, the practitioners of law"  
description: "Lawyers are the keepers of Justice and they decide which is right or wrong, so Here are a few fun facts about lawyers:"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-12-19  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1879/fun-facts-about-lawyers-the-practitioners-of-law  
category: "law"  
tags: ["Lawyers", "law", "practitioners of law", "facts", "fun facts", "lawyer facts", "fun lawyer facts"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Fun facts about lawyers, the practitioners of law

![Fun facts about lawyers the practitioners of law](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/188ce84b-ca02-45a1-b1a0-540b36e21144/images/ce90872f-6b3d-4f1e-b781-4074a887d997.jpeg) ![Fun facts about lawyers the practitioners of law](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/188ce84b-ca02-45a1-b1a0-540b36e21144/images/2e444df7-c836-42b0-ad46-e270d7193510.jpeg) The first known lawyer was a woman named Themis, who was the ancient Greek goddess of justice. ![Fun facts about lawyers the practitioners of law](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/188ce84b-ca02-45a1-b1a0-540b36e21144/images/4b719b04-bb59-4000-a65a-883c8939cca0.jpeg) The term 'attorney' comes from the French word 'attorney,' which means 'one who acts for another.' ![Fun facts about lawyers the practitioners of law](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/188ce84b-ca02-45a1-b1a0-540b36e21144/images/280ceb9a-bf70-4ab3-8016-f871307406f5.jpeg) The first known lawyer in the United States was John Adams, who later became the country's second president. ![Fun facts about lawyers the practitioners of law](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/188ce84b-ca02-45a1-b1a0-540b36e21144/images/26c000ea-bbd0-430f-8b21-455576dd0f4a.jpeg) The symbol for the legal profession, the scales of justice, represents the balance between fairness and impartiality. ![Fun facts about lawyers the practitioners of law](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/188ce84b-ca02-45a1-b1a0-540b36e21144/images/20ba7676-9fc6-446a-be5f-fd9512eacf8c.jpeg) The world's largest law firm is DLA Piper, which has more than 5,000 lawyers in more than 40 countries. ![Fun facts about lawyers the practitioners of law](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/188ce84b-ca02-45a1-b1a0-540b36e21144/images/63013fd2-f4df-474e-885f-2c2725c10115.jpeg) The oldest law school in the United States is Harvard Law School, which was founded in 1817. ![Fun facts about lawyers the practitioners of law](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/188ce84b-ca02-45a1-b1a0-540b36e21144/images/71763dd6-5e49-4867-a0f3-9af05dd42993.jpeg) The world's highest paid lawyer is Bill Gates, who is not a practicing lawyer but has earned millions of dollars in legal fees for his work

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