My brother is Lawyer.
That's interesting, what kind of work/cases does he usually deal with?
He is corporate lawyer, so boring stuff really.  Of course the role of lawyer varies greatly across legal jurisdictions.
Of course. That seems like it's a cozy job at least. I'm sure there are other perks that are good to have?
Sure like good paid vacation and others.  But working as a lawyer involves practical application of abstract legal theories.
Well that sounds good at least. Do you think that there is much stress involved with that job?
No, I don't at least not in his job.  I just learned that a paralegal, advocate or chartered legal executive can sometimes be called lawyer, but that is not the case for my brother he went to law school.
That is very interesting that there are other lesser educated roles that can be referred to as a lawyer. It sounds like your brother is in a good position then. What do you think the differences are between, say, a paralegal and a law school graduated lawyer are?
Paralegal
A paralegal is an individual who is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency, or other entity and who performs specifically delegated substantive legal work for which a lawyer is responsible. Paralegals perform tasks requiring knowledge of the law and legal procedures. The exact nature of their work and limitations that the law places on the tasks they are allowed to undertake vary between nations and jurisdictions. A paralegal is not a lawyer but is typically employed by a law office or internal legal department of a
still basically refers to those people working under the direct supervision of a lawyer. The profession of paralegal varies greatly between the states, because some states do require paralegals to be licensed. In other jurisdictions however, such as the United Kingdom, the lack of local legal profession/judiciary oversight means that the definition of paralegal encompasses non-lawyers doing legal work, regardless of whom they do it for. Although most jurisdictions recognize paralegals to a greater or lesser extent, there is no international consistency as to definition, job-