According to articles 11 and 12 of the Measures for the Administration of Lawyers' Practice, lawyers are divided into full-time lawyers and part-time lawyers. Full-time lawyers and part-time lawyers have the same rights and obligations in the performance of their duties as lawyers.
Article 25 of China's Lawyers Law clearly stipulates the content and scope of the legal services provided by lawyers to society:
(1) acting as a legal adviser;
(2) acting as an agent in litigation;
(3) acting as a criminal defense;
(4) acting as an agent in non-litigation, and participating in mediation and arbitration;
(5) answering legal inquiries, and writing legal opinions. ) Answering legal counseling, writing legal documents on behalf of the parties, etc., in order to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the parties and the correct implementation of the law.
Expanded Information
1, lawyers must pass the national judicial examination, was awarded the legal professional qualification certificate. Do not have a lawyer's license, but engaged in legal affairs, usually grass-roots legal service workers, holding a legal service workers issued by the Bureau of Justice license. There are also some who do not have a license or proper occupation to engage in legal affairs, commonly known as "black lawyers", is not a real lawyer.
2, the lawyer must have both legal professional qualification certificate, and practice certificate. If only legal professional qualification certificate, no lawyer's license, can not be called a lawyer.
3, the lawyer's service object is the whole society, there is no specific object. Natural persons, legal persons can entrust lawyers for legal affairs.
4, when engaging in the lawyer's business must have the client's commission or the people's court designation, work within the scope of authorization, not allowed to overstep the authority or abuse of power.
5, the lawyer is a legal worker, the lawyer can only within the scope of the law to safeguard the lawful rights and interests of the parties, their work within the scope of the law is protected by law, not subject to interference by administrative units, parties and individuals.
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