Recommend a lawyer (8)
I believe the answer is:
advocate
This clue is a double definition.
'recommend' is the first definition.
(I know that recommend can be written as advocate)
'a lawyer' is the second definition.
(advocate is a kind of lawyer)
(Other definitions for advocate that I've seen before include "Brief" , "Caveat, do about lawyer in court" , "Recommend like counsellor?" , "Publicly support (cause)" , "Person who pleads for a cause or idea" .)