According to the nature of their work, lawyers can be divided into full-time lawyers and part-time lawyers.
According to the scope of practice, lawyers can be divided into civil lawyers, criminal lawyers and administrative lawyers.
In accordance with the object of service and work status, divided into social lawyers, corporate lawyers and public lawyers.
Lawyer business is mainly divided into litigation business and non-litigation business.
China's Lawyers Law, Article 25 clearly stipulates the content and scope of the lawyer to provide legal services for the community:
(a) as a legal adviser.
(b) Acting as litigation agents.
(C) as a criminal defense.
(iv) Acting as a non-litigation agent and participating in mediation and arbitration.
(v) Answering legal consultations, writing legal documents, etc., in order to safeguard the lawful rights and interests of the parties and the correct implementation of the law.
Expanded Information
According to Article 24 of the Administrative Measures for the Practice of Lawyers, lawyers must abide by the Constitution and the law, and abide by the professional ethics of lawyers and the discipline of practice. Lawyers practicing law must be based on facts, the law as a guideline. Lawyers practice should accept the supervision of the state, society and clients. In addition, lawyers must pass the national judicial examination, otherwise they can not obtain a license to practice law.?
The national bar examination began in 1986. The national qualification of lawyers for China's lawyer industry selected a large number of legal professionals, many of whom have become the backbone of the lawyer industry, they are in practice, and strive to protect the legitimate rights and interests of the parties in accordance with the law, and strive to maintain the correct implementation of the law, for the construction of our country's democracy and the rule of law has made due contribution.
Since 2002, the addition of the prosecutor's examination and the judge's examination two types of internal system of professional qualification examination test, collectively known as the national unified judicial examination.
The main tests of the exam include: theoretical jurisprudence, applied jurisprudence, current legal provisions, legal practice and legal ethics. The National Judicial Examination is a nationally standardized examination, and the results are announced by the National Judicial Examination Office of the Ministry of Justice. The results of the National Judicial Examination are valid for one sitting. Those who pass the national judicial examination will be issued the Certificate of Legal Profession Qualification by the Ministry of Justice.
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