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[Star Trek TNG] Are there any Lawyers on the Enterprise?

Picard is often able to resolve issues by finding loopholes in treaties, or citing precedents in cultural laws (eg The Devil's Due). It often appears that he comes up with them himself, despite not being a legal expert. Is he in fact just being fed information from a team of Federation Legal experts, hidden away somewhere on the Enterprise?
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Picard was an excellent diplomat and had a sharp legal mind, so it's entirely possible he could come up with loopholes or bring up obscure facts on the fly. It's been said that after he ended his Starfleet career, he became a Federation ambassador. He just went from one passion to another. Though, how much of that was HIS passion? He did mind meld with legendary ambassador Sarek, and that might have left something behind.

Although, when the Enterprise was ordered to head to a planet specifically to negotiate something, it's hard to imagine Starfleet not sending a team over to handle all the paperwork.