Is the risk of being a criminal defense lawyer higher than that of ordinary civil lawyers?

Of course it is, but it will be great satisfaction. The duties of defense lawyers stipulated in Article 35 of China's Criminal Procedure Law mainly focus on defending criminal suspects and defendants from the substantive aspects. Legal cat refers to only refuting and defending the problem of criminal entity, whether it is to provide materials to prove the innocence of criminal suspects and defendants, to reduce or exempt their criminal responsibility, or to put forward opinions, criminal defense is only carried out around the law of criminal entity. Regarding the procedural defense responsibility, China's current criminal procedure law and related regulations are not clearly and fully affirmed. So that defense lawyers can better perform their defense duties and better safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of criminal suspects and defendants.