Campaign for lawyer (8)

I believe the answer is:

advocate

(Other definitions for advocate that I've seen before include "Publicly support (cause)" , "Champion" , "Publicly recommend" , "Recommend - person acting on another's behalf" , "Recommend - lawyer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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