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Also known as lawyer, legal professional, legal expert, legal scholar, legal practitioner

thumb|Detail from the sarcophagus of Roman jurist Valerius Petronianus (315–320) A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyzes and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal education in law (a law degree) and often a legal practitioner.

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A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law who analyzes and comments on legal issues, typically someone with formal training in law and often professional legal experience. Jurists matter because their specialized understanding of legal principles helps shape how laws are interpreted and applied in society.

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thumb|Detail from the sarcophagus of Roman jurist Valerius Petronianus (315–320) A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyzes and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal education in law (a law degree) and often a legal practitioner.

In the United Kingdom the term "jurist" is mostly used for legal academics, while in the United States the term may also be applied to a judge. With reference to Roman law, a "jurist" (in English) is a jurisconsult (iurisconsultus).

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