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1. A lawyer generally refers to a person who has passed the judicial examination and studied, has the qualification certificate of practicing lawyer, and works in a law firm. These conditions are indispensable. Some people have passed the exam and got the certificate, but they don't work in the firm. Such people are not lawyers yet.
2. The concept of legal adviser is relatively broad. Generally speaking, as long as you pass the judicial examination, you can be a legal adviser. Some legal advisers are specially employed by enterprises or units. These people can be called full-time legal advisers and belong to enterprise employees.
3. Some enterprises sign agreements with law firms, and the lawyers of the firms provide them with legal consulting services. Such consultants do not belong to the employees of the enterprise, but still belong to the lawyers of the firm.
consultant
Legal adviser can be divided into broad sense and narrow sense. Broadly speaking, people who have legal expertise, accept the employment of citizens, legal persons or other organizations, and provide legal services for them, as well as people in legal affairs institutions established within legal persons or other organizations, are legal advisers. Legal adviser in a narrow sense refers to a practicing lawyer who accepts the employment of citizens, legal persons or other organizations and provides legal services for them, and is a legal adviser in a traditional sense.
lawyer
As far as the attributes of "lawyer" are concerned, they include: first, they have certain legal knowledge, and according to the provisions of the current Lawyers Law, they have legal knowledge of "bachelor degree or above in law major in colleges and universities" or "bachelor degree or above in other majors in colleges and universities";
The second is to pass the national "judicial examination" and obtain qualifications;
The third is to obtain a practicing certificate with the approval of the national judicial administrative department;
Fourth, provide legal services to the society and take it as a profession.
Among the above four basic characteristics, the first one or two are possessed by other legal workers, such as law enforcement workers, judicial trial workers (judges) and judicial procuratorial workers (prosecutors); The latter two items are unique to lawyers.
Second, the scope and content of lawyer services
China's Lawyers Law clearly stipulates the content and scope of lawyers' legal services for the society:
(a) Acting as a legal adviser;
(2) Acting as an agent ad litem;
(3) Being a criminal defender;
(4) Acting as a non-litigation agent and participating in mediation and arbitration;
(5) Answering legal advice and writing legal documents, etc. In order to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the parties and the correct implementation of the law.
I believe that after reading the above materials, the difference between legal counsel and lawyer is very clear. There are great differences between them in the required qualification certificate, service scope and content. I hope these materials can solve your doubts and let you know these two concepts more clearly. If your question is complicated, we also provide online consultation service for lawyers. You are welcome to come for legal consultation.