A term I devised for the French lawyer (6)
I believe the answer is:
maitre
'the french lawyer' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'a term i devised' is the wordplay.
'devised' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'term'+'i'='atermi'
'atermi' anagrammed gives 'MAITRE'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for maitre that I've seen before include "A French master or chief" , "Head waiter or steward" .)