In order to strengthen the construction of public lawyers, standardize the management of public lawyers, and give full play to the role of public lawyers in governing the country according to law, these measures are formulated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Opinions on Promoting the Legal Adviser System and the Lawyer System of Public Lawyers' Companies and in combination with the actual work of public lawyers.
The term "public lawyer" as mentioned in these Measures refers to public officials who work in party and government organs or people's organizations, obtain the certificate of public lawyer issued by judicial administrative organs according to law, and engage in legal affairs in their own units. Public lawyers should support the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the socialist rule of law, abide by the Constitution and laws, be loyal to their duties, and be diligent and conscientious.
Abide by lawyers' professional ethics and practice discipline, safeguard the correct implementation of the law, and safeguard social fairness and justice. The judicial administrative organ shall supervise and guide the business activities of public lawyers. The unit where public lawyers work conducts daily management of public lawyers. The Lawyers' Association practices industry self-discipline for public lawyers.
lawyer
Lawyers, different from ancient litigators and lawyers, refer to practitioners who have passed the national judicial examination, obtained a lawyer's practice certificate according to law, accepted entrustment or designation, and provided legal services to clients. Lawyers can be divided into full-time lawyers and part-time lawyers according to the nature of their work, and civil lawyers, criminal lawyers and administrative lawyers according to their business scope.
According to clients and work status, they are divided into social lawyers, corporate lawyers and public lawyers. Lawyer's business is mainly divided into litigation business and non-litigation business.