In South Africa and India, lawyers who have been admitted to the bar may well use the title "Advocate", abbreviated to "Adv" in written correspondence. Lawyers who've done two many years of clerkship with a principal Attorney and passed all 4 board exams might be admitted being an "Attorney". [8] https://usattorneys.com/supreme-court-of-new-jersey-reverses-the-judgement-of-the-appellate-division-and-reinstates-the-court-order-denying-post-conviction-relief-in-the-case-of-state-v-donnell-gideon/