A lawyer (lawyer, solicitor, attorney, a lawyer; a barrister (at law); a counsel; (Am.) an attorney (at law)) is different from the ancient litigants and lawyers. It is a practitioner who has obtained lawyer qualifications in accordance with the law, accepts entrustment or designation, and provides legal services to parties.
According to the nature of work, lawyers can be divided into full-time lawyers and part-time lawyers; according to the scope of business, lawyers can be divided into civil lawyers, criminal lawyers and administrative lawyers; according to service objects and work status, they can be divided into social lawyers, Corporate lawyers and public lawyers. Lawyer business is mainly divided into litigation business and non-litigation business.
Main properties
As far as the attributes of a "lawyer" are concerned, they include:
First, having certain legal knowledge. According to the current "Lawyers Law" According to the regulations, it refers to legal knowledge with "a bachelor's degree or above from a college" or "a bachelor's degree or above from a college". Legal knowledge or "a bachelor's degree or above in other majors in colleges and universities, with legal knowledge";
The second is to pass the national "Judicial Examination" and obtain the qualification to practice;
The third is to pass the national judicial administration Obtain the qualification to practice law with the approval of the department;
The fourth is to provide legal services to the society and make it a profession.
Among the above four basic characteristics, the first one or two are other legal workers, such as law enforcement workers, judicial trial workers (judges), and judicial prosecutors (prosecutors)** ** Yes; the last two are unique to "lawyers" as legal workers.