The textbook is intended to introduce beginner lawyers to the legal profession, to form an idea about the possible directions of their professional activity, to understand the main varieties of legal professions and to characterize their main features.The specified textbook is intended primarily in total, for students of higher educational institutions of the Russian Federation in the undergraduate system in the direction of "jurisprudence", however, it can also be used by students in other related professions - for example, "State and municipal administration", "Personnel management", etc. In addition, the textbook can be used when teaching non-core specialties and areas in the study of the discipline "Jurisprudence".The publisher's layout has been saved in PDF A4 format.