Lawyers, different from ancient litigators and lawyers, refer to practitioners who have passed the national judicial examination, obtained a lawyer's practice certificate according to law, accepted entrustment or designation, and provided legal services to clients.
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. Lawyer's business is mainly divided into litigation business and non-litigation business.
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.
According to Articles 11 and 12 of the Measures for the Administration of Lawyers' Practice, lawyers are divided into full-time lawyers and part-time lawyers. Full-time lawyers and part-time lawyers enjoy the same rights and assume the same obligations when performing their duties as lawyers.
Article 25 of China's Lawyers Law clearly stipulates the content and scope of legal services provided by lawyers to the society:
(a) Acting as a legal adviser
(2) Acting as an agent ad litem
(three) as a criminal defender
(4) Acting as a non-litigation agent and participating in mediation and arbitration;
(5) Answering legal advice and writing legal documents, etc. In order to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the parties and the correct implementation of the law.
According to Article 24 of the Measures for the Administration of Lawyers' Practice, lawyers must abide by the Constitution and laws, and abide by lawyers' professional ethics and practice discipline. Lawyers' practice must be based on facts and take the law as the criterion. Lawyers' practice should be supervised by the state, society and the parties concerned.