title: The Advocate
text: # The Advocate
  
  An advocate is a professional in the field of law.
  
  The Advocate, The Advocates or Advocate may also refer to:
  
  ## Magazines
  
  * The Advocate (magazine), an LGBT magazine based in the United States
  * The Harvard Advocate, a literary magazine from Harvard University
  * Advocate: Newsletter of the National Tertiary Education Union, a newsletter of the National Tertiary Education Union
  
  ## Newspapers
  
  * The Advocate (Louisiana), based in Baton Rouge, the largest daily newspaper in Louisiana, United States
  * The Advocate (Contra Costa College), a Contra Costa College student newspaper
  * The Advocate (Fairhaven), a community newspaper in Massachusetts, United States
  * The Advocate (Melbourne), an Australian Catholic weekly
  * The Advocate (Newark), a newspaper in Newark, Ohio, United States
  * Advocate (Pittsburgh), a 19th-century newspaper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
  * The Advocate (Portland, Oregon), a defunct African-American newspaper in Portland, Oregon, United States
  * Red Deer Advocate a Canadian newspaper covering central Alberta
  * Stamford Advocate, a daily newspaper in Stamford, Connecticut, United States
  * The Advocate (Tasmania), an Australian newspaper
  * The Advocate-Messenger, a newspaper published in Danville, Kentucky, United States
  * CTNow, previously The Advocate Weekly Newspapers, a set of weekly newspapers in Connecticut and Massachusetts, United States
  * The Daily Advocate, a daily newspaper in Greenville, Ohio, United States
  * Julesburg Advocate, a weekly newspaper in Julesburg, Colorado, United States
  * South Cheatham Advocate, a community newspaper in Kingston Springs, Tennessee, United States
  * The Victoria Advocate, Victoria, Texas
  * The Winter Park Advocate a newspaper for African Americans published in Winter Park, Florida
  
  ## Arts and entertainment
  
  * "The Advocate", a hymn better known as "Before the Throne of God Above" by Charitie Lees Smith
  * The Advocate (1925 film), a French silent drama film
  * The Hour of the Pig, a 1993 film by Leslie Megahey, titled The Advocate in the USA
  * The Advocate: A Missing Body, a 2015 South Korean film by Heo Jong-ho
  * The Advocates (TV series), a 1990s Scottish legal drama
  * Advocate (2019 film), a documentary film by Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaiche
  * "Advocates" (short story), a 1922 posthumous short story by Franz Kafka
  
  ## Ships
  
  * USS Advocate (1861), a small fishing sloop captured from the Confederates in 1861
  * USS Advocate (AM-138), a minesweeper launched on 1942 and transferred to the Soviet Union under Lend-Lease
  
  ## People
  
  * Attaullah Advocate, Pakistani politician
  * Advocate Nasiruddin (1892–1949), famous lawyer, political and social leader
  
  ## Places
  
  * Advocate Harbour
  * Advocates Library, law library in Edinburgh
  