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JURIST is an online legal news service hosted by the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, powered by a staff of more than 60 law students working in Pittsburgh and other US locations under the direction of founding Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Professor Bernard Hibbitts, Acting Executive Director Andrew Morgan, Research Director Jaclyn Belczyk, Technical Director Jeremiah Lee, Managing Editor Alex Ferraro, Chief of Staff Kimberly Bennett and Editorial Coordinator Arjun Mishra. It features continuously updated US and international legal news and expert commentary. JURIST is dedicated to advancing civic education, supporting sound decision-making and promoting the rule of law by objectively reporting, documenting and analyzing important legal developments as they happen. JURIST seeks to encourage teaching, learning, and scholarship within the legal community and in the general community.

A jurist (a word coming from medieval Latin), also known as legal scholar or legal theorist, is someone who researches and studies jurisprudence (theory of law). Such a person can work as an academic, legal writer or law lecturer. In the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and in many other Commonwealth countries, the word jurist is sometimes used to refer to an illustrious barrister, whereas in the United States of America and Canada, to refer to an eminent judge. Thus a jurist, someone who studies, analyses and comments on law, stands in contrast with a lawyer, someone who applies law on behalf of clients and thinks about it in practical terms.

Als Juristen (von lateinisch iura ‚die Rechte‘; Einzahl ius) bezeichnet man Akademiker, die ein Studium der Rechtswissenschaft abgeschlossen haben, was aber nicht zwangsläufig die Voraussetzung ist, da es sich um keinen geschützten Begriff handelt.

Een jurist of rechtsgeleerde is iemand die het recht bestudeert. Het is geen beschermde titel, hoewel men er in het spraakgebruik vaak mee doelt op iemand die is afgestudeerd in de rechtsgeleerdheid. In België echter is het verboden om zich jurist te noemen indien men geen diploma rechtsgeleerdheid behaald heeft.

Un juriste est une personne qui étudie, développe, pratique ou applique le droit.

Prawnik (daw. jurysta) – osoba naukowo lub zawodowo zajmująca się prawem.