Can a trainee lawyer file a case? A trainee lawyer may not undertake the lawyer's business alone, sign an agency agreement or legal advisory agreement in the name of a lawyer, and may not issue legal documents to the outside world. If a trainee lawyer is a "close relative or staff member of the party concerned" or meets the requirements of citizen agency, he may, with the legal authorization of the party concerned, file a lawsuit as the agent of the party concerned. Reply of the Supreme People's Court Liaison Office to the Report on Requesting Permission for Intern Lawyers to Assist in Handling Filing Procedures: Shenzhen Lawyers Association: Your Report on Requesting Permission for Intern Lawyers to Assist in Handling Filing Procedures has been received. After research, the reply is as follows: From the current procedural law, prosecution should meet certain conditions. Among them, the subject of litigation is qualified, that is, it should be the party stipulated by law. The parties and legal representatives may also entrust agents ad litem. Taking civil litigation as an example, Article 58 of the Civil Procedure Law stipulates that the following persons may be entrusted as litigation agents: (1) lawyers and grassroots legal service workers; (2) Close relatives or staff members of the parties concerned; (three) citizens recommended by the community, units and relevant social groups where the parties are located. Lawyers here, according to the provisions of Article 2 of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), refer to practitioners who have obtained lawyer's practice certificates according to law, accepted entrustment or assignment, and provided legal services for clients. "the Supreme People's Court on the use of.