Is it permissible to study law?
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Question
Hello, honorable Rabbi. I want to study law, so I wanted to ask if it is permissible to be a lawyer or a judge at all, since it is forbidden to turn to secular courts, especially in our times, although there are religious and ultra-Orthodox judges, and the same applies to lawyers. Thank you very much.
Answer
Hello
It is forbidden to serve as a judge in secular courts.
It is permissible to serve as a lawyer, provided that in each case a permit is obtained from a rabbinical court to litigate in secular courts.
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Choshen Mishpat, Siman 26, סעיף 1