Online consultation platforms are free and paid. If the case you are consulting is complicated, you usually have to pay.
A lawyer refers to a person who is entrusted or assigned to provide legal services such as litigation agency or defense business for the parties. Lawyers must pass the legal professional qualification examination and obtain the lawyer's practice certificate according to law before they can practice.
So what do you need to be a lawyer?
To become a lawyer, we must first support the people of China and the Constitution. Secondly, you must pass the national unified legal professional qualification examination to obtain legal professional qualification and practice in a law firm for one year. After meeting the above conditions, apply to the judicial administrative department of the people's government at the municipal level or municipality directly under the Central Government, and submit the following materials: 1 National unified legal professional qualification certificate; 2. Materials issued by the Lawyers Association that the applicant has passed the internship examination; 3. The identity certificate of the applicant; 4. A certificate issued by the law firm agreeing to accept the applicant. The department that accepts the application shall review it within 20 days from the date of acceptance and submit it to the relevant departments.
When a lawyer undertakes business, he needs to be entrusted in the name of a law firm. The law firm collects legal service fees, and then the law firm settles with the lawyer, and the lawyer's fees will enter the lawyer's account. When a lawyer accepts the entrustment, the agency contract signed needs to be stamped with the contract seal or official seal of the law firm, and the invoice issued needs to be stamped with the financial seal of the law firm. Lawyers charge fees privately, and the Judicial Bureau may impose administrative penalties, including fines, confiscation of income and suspension of practice. It can also be punished by the bar association and ordered to refund the lawyer fees charged in violation of regulations.
It can be seen that whether consulting lawyers charge depends on the complexity of the problem, and there are certain standards for lawyers to charge.
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Article 3 of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC): Lawyers must abide by the Constitution and laws, and strictly abide by their professional ethics and practice discipline.
Lawyers' practice must be based on facts and take the law as the criterion.
Lawyers' practice should be supervised by the state, society and the parties concerned.
Lawyers' legal practice is protected by law, and no organization or individual may infringe upon the legitimate rights and interests of lawyers.
"Measures for the Administration of Lawyers' Service Fees" Article 6 The benchmark price and floating range of government-guided prices shall be formulated by the competent price departments of the people's governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government in conjunction with the judicial administrative departments at the same level.
Measures for the Administration of Fees for Lawyers' Services Article 4 The fees for lawyers' services shall be subject to government-guided prices and market-regulated prices.