# Who was the world's first lawyer?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worlds-first-lawyer/215899>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 29, 2003, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worlds-first-lawyer/215899 "2003-11-29T11:18:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![xtian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b487fb/32.png) [@xtian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtian)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worlds-first-lawyer/215899/1 "2003-11-29T11:18:02Z")

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Who was the world’s first lawyer? What was the law about?

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**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worlds-first-lawyer/215899/2 "2003-11-29T11:38:18Z")

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Lawyer= lawmaker?

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worlds-first-lawyer/215899/3 "2003-11-29T16:15:16Z")

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Cross-posting (posting the same thread in multiple forums) is verboten. Please don’t do this again, **xtian**.

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