Woman attorney receiving directions in chapel (8)
I believe the answer is:
bethesda
'chapel' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'woman attorney receiving directions' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'beth' (woman's name).
'attorney' becomes 'D.A.' (District Attorney).
'receiving' indicates putting letters inside.
'directions' becomes 'Es' (east and south - two directions).
'beth'+'da'='bethda'
'bethda' placed around 'es' is 'BETHESDA'.
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for bethesda that I've seen before include "church" , "Chapel" , "Healing pool (Jerusalem)" .)