What do we know about lawyers in the Book of Mormon?

Thomas R. Valletta

“Lawyers are rarely mentioned in the Book of Mormon, so it remains unclear how they functioned in the Nephite legal system. Lawyers in Ammonihah … were officials skilled in the study of the law, hired or appointed by the people to administer the law at their times of legal trials (Alma 10:14)” (Largey, Book of Mormon Reference Companion, 800). Lawyers were compensated for each day of service before a judge, thus creating an incentive for them to stir up controversy among the people (see Alma 11:20).

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