1, the court trial, don't need to hire a lawyer, no matter the plaintiff or the defendant, as long as they have the ability to participate in litigation activities, make their own statements and defend themselves, they may confuse lawyers;
Generally speaking, lawyers have much better legal knowledge than ordinary people. If the parties themselves feel that some legal issues are unclear, they need a lawyer to come forward for litigation, and only need to hire a lawyer;
Apart from providing legal aid free of charge, there is a charge for hiring a lawyer.
The role of lawyers is as follows:
1. Lawyers are proficient in laws and regulations including substantive law and procedural law, and have the ability to investigate cases;
2. On the basis of their own knowledge of laws and regulations and legal reasoning ability, lawyers can also organize arguments and evidence materials beneficial to their clients according to specific cases and argue in a logical and complete style;
3. Lawyers are familiar with legal practice, especially practical affairs related to litigation.
legal ground
Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 33 A criminal suspect or defendant may, in addition to exercising the right of defense, entrust one or two persons as defenders. The following persons may be entrusted as defenders:
(1) lawyers;
(2) A person recommended by a people's organization or the unit to which the criminal suspect or defendant belongs;
(3) Guardians, relatives and friends of criminal suspects and defendants. A person who has been sentenced to punishment according to law or deprived of or restricted personal freedom shall not act as a defender.
A person who has been dismissed from public office or has his lawyer's or notary's practice certificate revoked may not act as a defender, except the guardian or near relative of the criminal suspect or defendant. Article 216 When a case is tried by summary procedure, it may be tried by a collegial panel or by a single judge. If the term of imprisonment that may be sentenced exceeds three years, a collegial panel shall be formed for trial. When a case of public prosecution is tried by summary procedure, the people's procuratorate shall send personnel to appear in court. Article 241 If the people's court of second instance remands the case to the people's court of first instance for retrial, the people's court of first instance shall recalculate the trial period from the date of receiving the remanded case.