Law encompasses many areas: the enforcement system, legal code and the workings of the courts. Characters in trouble with the police will need this knowledge (or a lawyer friend) to get them out of any legal tangles. Although most lawyers have an area of expertise, such as immigration law, most state bars don’t recognize these as such.
• Novice: You know a few classic cases and the basis of the legal system.
•• Practiced: You could pass the bar exam.
••• Competent: Chances are, you’re a much-sought counsellor.
•••• Expert: You’re capable of adjudging and writing law.
••••• Master: There are few cases or matters of jurisprudence you don’t know about.
Specialties: Procedure, Specific Types (Criminal, Contacts, Liability, etc.), Courts.