 In practice it's unusual, and in Norway, it's subject to the approval of the court, which is unlikely to give it except in very simple cases.In English, the Scandinavian title of "advokat" is interchangeably also translated as barrister, lawyer or attorney-at-law.In Russia, anyone with a legal education (lawyer) can practice law, but only a member of the " () may practice before a criminal court and Constitutional Court.