In terms of legal business content, the business content of a law firm should be wider than that of a legal service company. A law firm can accept the entrustment of the parties in criminal, civil and administrative cases, and assign lawyers to appear in court, give legal opinions and witness by lawyers. Obviously, legal service companies can't accept entrustment to appear in court unless there are some special circumstances.
From the identity of practitioners, lawyers in law firms have lawyer's practice licenses; The staff of legal service companies basically do not have a lawyer's practice license, unless the legal service center is set up by a lawyer, or there is a lawyer among the recruited employees, and this lawyer is only affiliated with the practice license of other law firms.
Legal basis: Article 6 of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Lawyers Law applies to the judicial administrative department of the people's government at the municipal level or municipality directly under the Central Government, and submits the following materials:
(a) the national unified judicial examination certificate;
(two) the materials issued by the lawyers association that the applicant has passed the internship assessment;
(3) the identity certificate of the applicant;
(4) A certificate issued by a law firm agreeing to accept the applicant.
To apply for a part-time lawyer's practice, it shall also submit a certificate that the unit where it works agrees that the applicant is engaged in a part-time lawyer's profession.
The department accepting the application shall conduct a review within 20 days from the date of acceptance, and submit the review opinions and all application materials to the judicial administrative department of the people's government of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government. The judicial administrative departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall, within 10 days from the date of receiving the submitted materials, conduct an examination and make a decision on whether to approve the practice. If the practice is approved, the lawyer's practice certificate shall be issued to the applicant; If it is not allowed to practice, it shall explain the reasons in writing to the applicant.