Lawyers, different from ancient litigators, refer to practitioners who have passed the national judicial examination, obtained a lawyer's practice certificate according to law, accepted entrustment or designation, and provided legal services to clients.
Lawyers can be divided into full-time lawyers and part-time lawyers according to the nature of their work, civil lawyers, criminal lawyers and administrative lawyers according to their business scope, social lawyers, corporate lawyers and public lawyers according to their clients and work status, and lawyer business is mainly divided into litigation business and non-litigation business.
Nature:
The new version of the lawyer's practice certificate of the Ministry of Justice includes having certain legal knowledge in terms of lawyer qualification, that is, according to the provisions of the current Lawyers Law, having a bachelor's degree or above in law major in colleges and universities or having legal knowledge in other majors in colleges and universities.
Having passed the national "legal professional qualification examination" and obtained a practice certificate with the approval of the national judicial administrative department, providing legal services to the society and taking it as a profession.