Jurist

Jurist (a word coming from medieval Latin) is someone who studies and teaches jurisprudence (theory of law). Such a person can work as an academic, a legal writer, or an eminent judge (that is because judges in high positions shape and make law). Thus jurist, someone who studies, analyses and comments on law, stands in contrast with lawyer, someone who applies law on behalf of clients and thinks about it in practical terms. ... The term jurist has another sense, which is wider, synonymous with legal professional, i.e. anyone professionally involved with law. In some other European languages, a word resembling jurist (such as French juriste, Italian giurista, Spanish jurista etc.) is used in this wider sense. In the USA and Canada, jurist is sometimes used to specifically to refer to a judge. [Jurist. Wikipedia]