What lawyers called in Australia are solicitor and barrister, with solicitor handling client contact, paperwork and conveyancing, and barrister specialising in court advocacy, with both called legal practitioners under Legal Profession Uniform Law. In Australia, lawyers are called solicitors if they provide legal advice, draft documents, handle property conveyancing $1,000 to $2,500 and family matters $350 to $500 per hour, with most lawyers solicitors, 80,000+ solicitors. Barristers are specialist advocates who appear in higher courts like Supreme and Federal Court, wearing wig and gown, with fees $400 to $800 per hour, briefed by solicitors, with 6,000+ barristers. Both are called Australian Legal Practitioners and can be called lawyer generally, with term lawyer used colloquially. For example, you see solicitor for house purchase, who briefs barrister for court trial. In some states, called legal practitioner, with Law Society regulating solicitors and Bar Association barristers. So lawyers in Australia called solicitors for general advice and conveyancing, barristers for court advocacy, and collectively legal practitioners or lawyers, with solicitor most common for $300 to $500 per hour advice and barrister for $400 to $800 court work, with both requiring law degree and practising certificate.
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