What does &#39;public performances required of a barrister&#39; mean?
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  <p>[ <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/14/the-lawyer-who-takes-the-cases-no-one-wants?CMP=share_btn_tw" rel="nofollow">Source :</a> ] He [UK Solicitor Tom Giles] thought about becoming a teacher before taking a conversion course and going into legal aid. “It’s a cliche, isn’t it – growing up in a lesbian household in the 80s, in Stoke Newington – what are you going to do? Join Ukip and end up an estate agent?” As a shy child who nevertheless “would not give a point up”, he could not imagine undertaking <strong>[1.] the public performances required of a barrister</strong>, and so trained as a solicitor. He came to Oxford because his wife had got a job at the council, and he admits he “stalked” Philip Turpin, one of the firm’s partners, until he was hired.</p>
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<p>I do not understand the meaning of 1, which appears to subdue a more direct, open reason.<br>
Does 1 refer to the more public acts of advocacy and public speaking and verbal argument? </p>

<p>A barrister is a performance profession like educator, politician or actor. It is their job to perform for the judge and the jury and convince them to find for their client. </p>

<p>This is not to say the law is not important but, things that are open and shut settle before anyone gets anywhere near a courtroom (or the accused makes a plea deal); therefore barristers are arguing things that are ... arguable. The barrister who argues the law best wins.</p>

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