I had an accident today in my car.  I think i might need a lawyer.
I think you do too.  At least some kind of person who practices law as a paralegal.
What will a lawyer do for me?
They solve specific individualized legal issues and provide law services.
Where did the law profession originate?
Well in practice, legal jurisdictions can exercise their right to determine who actually is a lawyer.  So as far back as they've been determining that!
Will my lawyer know what to do?  How much education does a lawyer get?
general-purpose legal services provider; rather, their legal professions consist of a large number of different kinds of law-trained persons, known as jurists, some of whom are advocates who are licensed to practice in the courts. It is difficult to formulate accurate generalizations that cover all the countries with multiple legal professions, because each country has traditionally had its own peculiar method of dividing up legal work among all its different types of legal professionals.
Notably, England, the mother of the common law jurisdictions, emerged from
Lawyer
A lawyer or attorney is a person who practices law, as an advocate, attorney, attorney at law, barrister, barrister-at-law, bar-at-law, canonist, canon lawyer, civil law notary, counsel, counselor, counsellor, solicitor, legal executive, or public servant preparing, interpreting and applying law, but not as a paralegal or charter executive secretary. Working as a lawyer involves the practical application of abstract legal theories and knowledge to solve specific individualized problems, or to advance