A lawyer refers to a professional who is entrusted by the parties or appointed by the court to help the parties in litigation, defense in court and handling relevant legal affairs according to law.
A lawyer refers to a practitioner who has obtained a lawyer's practice certificate according to law, accepts entrustment or assignment, and provides legal services to the parties.
Lawyers must pass the legal professional qualification examination and obtain the lawyer's practice certificate according to law before they can practice. According to the nature of work, lawyers can be divided into full-time lawyers and part-time lawyers; According to the scope of business, lawyers can be divided into civil lawyers, criminal lawyers and administrative lawyers.
Professional nature
As far as the qualifications of "lawyer" are concerned, they include: first, they have certain legal knowledge, and according to the provisions of the current Lawyers Law, they have legal knowledge of "bachelor degree or above in law major in colleges and universities" or "bachelor degree or above in other majors in colleges and universities"; The second is to pass the national "legal professional qualification examination" and obtain qualifications; The third is to obtain a practicing certificate with the approval of the national judicial administrative department; Fourth, provide legal services to the society and take it as a profession.
Therefore, a lawyer refers to a practitioner who has passed the national legal professional qualification examination, obtained a lawyer's practice certificate according to law, accepted entrustment or designation, and provided legal services to the parties. The nature of a lawyer is to provide legal services for the society, and he is a professional legal service worker.