Belonging to the paid legal service industry, it is generally defined as an intermediary organization, a non-state organ or institution, and an independent entity responsible for its own profits and losses. However, the work of its lawyers is quite special, involving professional legal affairs, often dealing with the public security law, and different from the general service industry. Legal advice is only a small part of its services.
The provisions of the Lawyers Law are attached for reference:
Article 2 The term "lawyer" as mentioned in this Law refers to a practitioner who has obtained a lawyer's practice certificate according to law, accepted entrustment or assignment, and provided legal services to clients.
Article 14 A law firm is a lawyer's practice institution.
Article 28 A lawyer may engage in the following businesses:
(a) to accept the entrustment of natural persons, legal persons or other organizations as legal advisers;
(two) to accept the entrustment of the parties in civil cases and administrative cases, to act as agents and to participate in litigation;
(3) Accepting the entrustment of criminal suspects in criminal cases, providing them with legal advice, representing appeals and accusations, applying for bail for arrested criminal suspects, accepting the entrustment of criminal suspects and defendants or the designation of people's courts, acting as defenders, accepting the entrustment of private prosecutors in private prosecution cases, victims in public prosecution cases or their close relatives, and representing them in litigation;
(four) to accept the entrustment and represent the complaints of various litigation cases;
(five) to accept the entrustment and participate in mediation and arbitration activities;
(6) Accepting entrustment to provide non-litigation legal services;
(seven) to answer questions about the law and write litigation documents and other documents related to legal affairs.
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Definition of law firm
Accept the entrustment of Chinese and foreign parties to provide various legal services within the prescribed scope of business activities; Responsible for the specific distribution and guidance of lawyer's business; According to the needs, with the approval of the Ministry of Justice, professional law firms can be established, and qualified law firms can set up several business groups internally according to the principle of professional division of labor. In principle, law firms are located in counties, cities and municipal districts, and there is no affiliation between law firms.
There are partnership law firms, individual law firms run by lawyers and cooperative law firms run by lawyers. The former has the same nature as the legal advisory office, but the name is different. The latter emerged in the reform and opening up, and it is self-financing and independent accounting. There is no difference in the content of legal services they are engaged in.
A partnership law firm may be established in the form of general partnership or special general partnership. The partners of a partnership law firm shall be liable for the debts of the law firm in the form of partnership.
Conditions for the establishment of a law firm
Article 14 of the new "People's Republic of China (PRC) Lawyers Law" in 2008 stipulates: Article 14 of the Lawyers Law stipulates that a law firm is a lawyer's practice institution. The establishment of a law firm shall meet the following conditions:
(1) Having its own name, domicile and articles of association;
(2) Having lawyers who meet the requirements of this Law;
(3) The promoter shall be a lawyer who has a certain practice experience and has not been punished for stopping practicing within three years;
(4) Having assets that meet the requirements of the judicial administrative department of the State Council.
Organizational form of law firm
The newly revised Lawyers Law came into effect on June 6, 2008. According to articles 15, 16 and 20 of the new Lawyers Law, there are three organizational forms of law firms in China: partnership system, individual system and state-owned assets system. After the implementation of the new lawyer law, cooperatives began to withdraw from the historical stage of lawyer service.
When you encounter a legal problem, you can ask a lawyer for help. In China, a lawyer service organization is called a law firm, which is an organization where China lawyers provide legal services to the society. If you ask at home, the lawyer will receive you. You can ask him your difficult questions and the lawyer will answer them truthfully according to law. When you feel the need to ask a lawyer to help you solve the problem, you should fill in the following documents:
1. Power of Attorney: This power of attorney is a written certificate that you entrust a lawyer as an entrusted agent to complete certain civil activities on your behalf. The power of attorney must specify the authorization authority, which is divided into general authorization and special authorization.
Agency contract: This contract clearly stipulates the rights and obligations between you and your lawyer.
When you fill in the above documents and pay the fees as required, you hire a lawyer.
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