A lawyer refers to a practitioner who has passed the national judicial examination, obtained a lawyer's practice certificate according to law, accepted the entrustment or designation, and provided legal services to the parties. 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 the client and work status, lawyers can be divided into social lawyers, corporate lawyers and public lawyers. Lawyer's business is mainly divided into litigation business and non-litigation business.
A judge refers to a judge who is produced in accordance with the procedures prescribed by law and exercises state judicial power in judicial organs according to law, and is the executor of judicial power. In countries with different legal systems, the role of judges is different.