A lawyer is a practitioner who obtains a lawyer's practice certificate according to law, accepts entrustment or assignment, and provides legal services for clients.
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.
Article 25 of China's Lawyers Law clearly stipulates the content and scope of lawyers' legal services for the society:
(a) Acting as a legal adviser;
(2) Acting as an agent ad litem;
(3) Being a criminal defender;
(4) Acting as a non-litigation agent and participating in mediation and arbitration;
(5) Answering legal advice and writing legal documents, etc. In order to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the parties and the correct implementation of the law.