Lawyers must pass the national judicial examination and obtain the legal professional qualification certificate. People who do not have a lawyer's practice certificate, but are engaged in legal affairs, are generally grassroots legal service workers, and hold a legal service worker's practice certificate issued by the Judicial Bureau. There are also some people who are engaged in legal affairs without a license or proper occupation, commonly known as "black lawyers", not real lawyers.
A lawyer must have both a legal professional qualification certificate and a practicing certificate. If you only have a legal professional qualification certificate and no lawyer's practice certificate, you can't call a lawyer. Lawyers serve the whole society and have no specific target. Both natural persons and legal persons may entrust lawyers to represent legal affairs. In practicing law, a lawyer must be entrusted by the parties or designated by the people's court, work within the scope of authorization, and must not exceed his authority or abuse his rights. Lawyers are legal workers, and lawyers can only protect the legitimate rights and interests of the parties within the scope permitted by law. Their work within the scope permitted by law is protected by law and is not interfered by administrative units, parties or individuals.
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. According to the nature of work, lawyers can be divided into full-time lawyers and part-time lawyers; according to their business scope, lawyers can be divided into civil lawyers, criminal lawyers and administrative lawyers; according to their clients and working status, lawyers can be divided into social lawyers, corporate lawyers and public lawyers; and lawyers' business is mainly divided into litigation business and non-litigation business. A lawyer refers to a practitioner who has passed the national legal professional qualification examination, obtained a lawyer's practice certificate according to law, accepted entrustment or assignment, and provided legal services to clients. The nature of lawyers is to provide legal services to the society as professional legal service workers.
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People's Republic of China (PRC) Lawyers Law
Article 29 As a legal adviser, a lawyer shall, in accordance with the agreement, provide advice to the client on relevant legal issues, draft and review legal documents, participate in litigation, mediation or arbitration activities as an agent, handle other legal affairs entrusted, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the client.