Answered by Shan Wednesday Feb 10th 2010

A slicitors is a lawyers who will traditionally work with various legal matters, as opposed to conducting proceedings in courts (advocacy).

A barrister is a lawyer found in many common law jurisdictions that employ a split profession (as opposed to a fused profession) in relation to legal representation.

In most occasions solicitors will have more of a direct type of contact with the clients, as opposed to barristers who often only become involved in a case once advocacy before a court is needed by the client.

As for the qualifications for becoming a judge I am going to refer you to Hague website. This site should guide you in what finding the information you a re looking for.