Legal obligations: the obligations that lawyers should perform in the course of their work and their compliance with legal acts. The legal adviser shall keep confidential the information and materials that the client does not want to know or other information that he does not want to disclose in the course of his work.
According to the provisions of the contract, provide legal consulting services to customers, draft and review legal documents, participate in litigation, mediation and arbitration activities as agents, handle other entrusted legal affairs, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of customers. As an agent of litigation legal affairs or non-litigation legal affairs, a lawyer should safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of his client within the scope of his trustee's functions and powers.
Put forward materials and opinions on the innocence, light crime or reduction or exemption of criminal responsibility of criminal suspects and defendants, and safeguard the litigation rights and other legitimate rights and interests of criminal suspects and defendants. The parties may refuse to entrust a lawyer to defend or represent themselves, or they may entrust a lawyer as a defender or agent.
In order to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the parties and the correct implementation of the law, he served as a lawyer, agent ad litem and criminal defender, participated in mediation and arbitration, answered legal advice and wrote legal documents on his behalf.
According to the law, the obligations of lawyers mainly include the following provisions:
Article 32 After accepting the entrustment, a lawyer shall not refuse a defender or agent without justifiable reasons.
Article 18 A lawyer shall keep state secrets and business secrets in his business activities, and shall not disclose the privacy rights of the parties. The legal adviser shall keep confidential the information and materials that the client does not want to know or other information that he does not want to disclose in the course of practice. However, serious criminal facts and materials that endanger national security, public security and other personal and property safety of others are excluded.