Legal analysis: It depends on the situation; first, if you have been criminally punished for a negligent crime and meet the conditions for applying for the judicial examination, you can take the judicial examination and work as a lawyer. Second, those who do not meet the above conditions and have been criminally punished cannot take the judicial examination.
Legal basis: "Article 6 of the Lawyers Law of the People's Republic of China" The state implements a national unified examination system for lawyer qualifications. Those with a law major or equivalent professional level in a college, and a bachelor's degree or above in other majors in a college Persons with academic qualifications who pass the lawyer qualification examination will be awarded the qualification of lawyer by the judicial administration department of the State Council, which will be organized and implemented by the judicial administration department of the State Council.