Trainee lawyers can participate in litigation work, but they must be under the guidance of tutors or law firms, and cannot accept entrusted litigation cases and lawsuits alone. When participating in litigation, trainee lawyers must abide by laws and regulations and professional ethics, and must not violate the professional ethics of lawyers, otherwise they may face legal responsibility and professional punishment. To qualify as a lawyer, one must practice in a law firm for one year. Therefore, the trainee lawyer is only practicing in the law firm, and has not yet obtained the lawyer's practice license, so he cannot submit the materials required by the court. Naturally, it is impossible to appear in court as an entrusted agent ad litem.
The advantages of hiring a lawyer in litigation are:
1, through interviews, study the file evidence, analyze the case, effectively defend, and achieve the purpose of innocence, lighter or mitigated punishment;
2, a comprehensive understanding of the case, in a timely manner to the public security law issued legal opinions or effective communication, for unjust, false and misjudged cases, does not belong to the crime or the case is not big, the circumstances are minor crimes, strive to dismiss the prosecution or exempt from prosecution;
3. If there is a victim, you can communicate effectively with the victim or his lawyer, strive for understanding, and achieve the purpose of lighter or mitigated punishment;
4. Be able to communicate with the public security inspection law in a timely and effective manner, return stolen goods, make compensation or perform meritorious service, so as to achieve the purpose of lightening or mitigating punishment.
To sum up, lawyers can help the parties to analyze the case, advantages and disadvantages, provide constructive opinions for the parties to make the most appropriate decision, and remind the parties to take effective legal measures in time; According to the needs of the case, timely investigation and evidence collection, and fixing the evidence in favor of the parties are the basis for safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of the parties.
Legal basis:
Article 25 of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
When a lawyer undertakes business, the law firm shall accept the entrustment uniformly, sign a written entrustment contract with the client, collect fees uniformly according to the provisions of the state and record them truthfully. Law firms and lawyers shall pay taxes according to law.
Article 26
Law firms and lawyers shall not engage in business by slandering other law firms and lawyers or paying referral fees.
Article 27
Law firms shall not engage in business activities other than legal services.