Editing Call to the bar (section)

===United States===
Generally, lawyer qualification is a [[U.S. state]] matter and a lawyer is said to have been "[[admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]]" and become an "[[attorney at law (United States)|attorney at law]]"; some states still use the older term "attorney and counselor (also spelled 'counsellor') at law", upon taking his or her oath of office. Historically, the institution of attorney was similar to that of the solicitor, whereas the office of the counselor was almost identical to that of the barrister, but today this distinction has disappeared. The phrase "called to the bar" is still sometimes used informally by U.S. attorneys to refer to their qualification as a lawyer.