When did the full-time job of lawyer first originate? At what point in civilization did codes of law and judicial systems become advanced enough that someone might hire a professional to plead their case for them rather than try to do it themselves?

by Mantana8888

SteemDRIce

Hi there. While I (hopefully) work towards an answer to this in the common law context, a previous answer that I provided on the solicitor barrister split might be interesting in the meantime:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6arzly/why_did_the_roles_of_barrister_and_solicitor/