There is a difference.
(1) Difference in names: A lawyer's practice institution is called a "law firm", and external practitioners are collectively called lawyers. Practicing lawyers have a "lawyer practicing certificate". The practice organizations of grassroots legal service workers are called "legal service offices", and external practitioners are collectively called legal service workers. Practicing lawyers have a "Legal Service Worker Practice Certificate."
(2) Differences in business: Lawyers can engage in criminal litigation business, but legal service workers are not allowed to engage in this business.
(3) Legal workers are not lawyers and cannot handle cases across provinces.
(4) Currently, developed places such as Guangdong, Shanghai, and Beijing do not allow legal workers to appear in court to participate in litigation activities.
(5) Lawyers require a bachelor’s degree in law, and so do judges. The requirements for prosecutors are the same: they must pass the national judicial examination, with a passing rate of 7, and must have a bachelor's degree or above. Compared with lawyers, grassroots legal workers are of lower quality and cannot meet the society's demand for high-quality legal talents. They are difficult to compete in the legal profession with extremely strong professional requirements, extremely complex technical requirements, and extremely high policy requirements.
Judiciary:
1. Ancient official name, star official name
2. Now refers to the procuratorate or court that conducts investigation and trial of civil and criminal cases in accordance with the law.
3. Justice, also known as the application of law, usually refers to the specialized activities of national judicial organs and their judicial personnel to specifically apply the law to handle cases in accordance with legal powers and legal procedures.
Lawyer:
A lawyer is different from the ancient litigants and lawyers. It refers to a person who has passed the national judicial examination and obtained the lawyer's qualification according to law, accepts the entrustment or designation of the client, and provides services to the client. Legal services practitioners.
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; according to service objects and work status, they can be divided into social lawyers, Corporate lawyers and public lawyers. Lawyer business is mainly divided into litigation business and non-litigation business.