(attorney/atonement), is someone who either gives ✓

(legal/law) advice to clients, or represents them in ✓

(court-room/court). People who are accused of a crime usually ✓

(hire/rent) lawyers to defend them. To be able to work as a lawyer, one must spend many years studying in ✓

(lawyer/law) school, and then become ✓

(licensed/litigated) ( = authorized to practice law). In the United States, lawyers ✓

(urn/earn) a lot of money. They are not very ✓

(good/well) liked by many people, because many ✓

(perceive/persuade) them to be dishonest. Most lawyers (specify/specialize) in one type of law (criminal law, family law, etc.) ✓