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Abstract
This article covers the main aspects of legal services and professional activities in the United States. The author notes that the legal profession in the United States has an own history. In the United States, legal service and professional activity have developed as an integral part of the development of the state-building and society and have become the most honorable profession in the country to this day. The article focuses on the procedure for obtaining a license to practice law, the types of legal services, the activities of public defenders who provide free legal services to the population. State by state, statistics are provided on the number of lawyers, the number of attorneys, and the number of judges per capita. The situation with legal services has been compared with the situation in advanced foreign countries. A summary is given at the end of the article.
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