A lawyer refers to a person who is entrusted or assigned to provide legal services such as litigation agency or defense business for the parties. Lawyers must pass the legal professional qualification examination and obtain the lawyer's practice certificate according to law before they can practice.
When a lawyer undertakes business, he needs to be entrusted in the name of a law firm. The law firm collects legal service fees, and then the law firm settles with the lawyer, and the lawyer's fees will enter the lawyer's account. When a lawyer accepts the entrustment, the agency contract signed needs to be stamped with the contract seal or official seal of the law firm, and the invoice issued needs to be stamped with the financial seal of the law firm. Lawyers charge fees privately, and the Judicial Bureau may impose administrative penalties, including fines, confiscation of income and suspension of practice. It can also be punished by the bar association and ordered to refund the lawyer fees charged in violation of regulations.
If the parties have difficulties at home and are unable to entrust a lawyer, they can apply to the local legal aid center for legal aid if they meet the requirements. The legal aid center is the official name of the government's legal aid institutions, and the judicial administrative departments of the people's governments of municipalities directly under the central government, cities divided into districts and counties determine the legal aid institutions within their respective administrative areas according to their needs. It is a specialized legal service institution established by the state, which provides free legal services for vulnerable groups who need legal services but are unable to hire lawyers due to economic difficulties and specific personnel who need legal aid according to the law but have not hired lawyers themselves. The purpose of establishing a legal aid center is to protect human rights and maintain judicial justice and balance.
The legal aid center is a lawyer's legal practice institution outside the law firm.
Therefore, if you encounter legal problems and want to consult, you can find a lawyer through the above methods.
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Article 28 of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) may 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.
Article 29 of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * As a legal adviser, a lawyer shall, in accordance with the agreement, provide advice to the client on relevant legal issues, draft and review legal documents, participate in litigation, mediation or arbitration activities as an agent, handle other entrusted legal affairs, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the client.