Devil is in the Details Ability:
At 1st level, an Asmodean advocate learns to choose her words so carefully that even when she says something designed to deceive listeners, the words are phrased to be technically true. She can use her Profession (barrister) skill for Bluff and Diplomacy checks. This benefit also extends to her familiar. The Asmodean advocate gains an insight bonus equal to 1/2 her cleric level (minimum +1) on Linguistics checks related to forgeries and on all Profession (barrister) checks.
Let's say I'm a devilspawn tiefling and have a racial +2 on my diplomacy. If I have a +8 on barrister checks and I want to make a diplomacy check, do I...
Get the +2 racial bonus?
Get 1/2 my level?
I'm a little confused on what qualifies when things get substituted for something else and want to nail this down before taking the build to PFS.
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If you substitute one skill for another, you substitute all of what it says.
In this sense, you're not making a Diplomacy check at all. The situation calls for a Diplomacy check, but your class ability allows you to use a Profession (barrister) check instead.
Everything that helps Profession (barrister), such as Skill Focus, high wisdom, etc, apply here. Nothing that helps Diplomacy applies.