Is there a difference between entrusting a lawyer and hiring a lawyer?

Legal analysis: there is no difference between entrusting a lawyer and hiring a lawyer. The biggest difference between hiring a lawyer and not hiring a lawyer is that hiring a lawyer can reduce the risk of litigation. Taking traffic accident litigation as an example, the specific differences are as follows: 1. Lawyers can help the parties analyze the case, advantages and disadvantages. 2. Lawyers can help the parties to investigate the evidence. After the parties have hired a lawyer, the lawyer may investigate the relevant units and individuals and obtain relevant evidential materials beneficial to the parties. 3. After accepting employment litigation, lawyers shall appear in court to participate in litigation, participate in court investigations and court debates, and state their opinions and requirements according to law. Legal basis: Article 28 of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) can engage in the following businesses: (1) to accept the entrustment of natural persons, legal persons or other organizations to serve 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 and defendants in criminal cases or legal aid agencies to act as defenders according to law, accepting the entrustment of private prosecutors in private prosecution cases, victims in public prosecution cases or their close relatives to participate in litigation as agents; (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.