Duties and obligations of lawyers
Lawyers, as legal advisers, should provide advice to clients on relevant legal issues, draft and review legal documents, participate in litigation, mediation or arbitration activities as agents, handle other entrusted legal affairs and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of clients. Lawyers represent litigation legal affairs or non-litigation legal affairs.
Safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the client within the scope of authorization. When a lawyer acts as a defender, he shall, according to facts and laws, put forward materials and opinions on acquitting the criminal suspect or defendant or lightening, reducing or exempting him from criminal responsibility, so as to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the criminal suspect or defendant.