Lawyers are divided into three professions: civil lawyers, criminal lawyers and administrative lawyers. Civil lawyers mainly solve the contract, tort, marriage and family disputes, inheritance disputes, etc.; criminal lawyers are lawyers who provide legal services for criminal cases as the main business; administrative lawyers mainly solve the problems of administrative penalties, administrative measures, administrative organs, etc., and unsatisfied with the authority of the staff. Lawyers according to the nature of work can be divided into full-time lawyers and part-time lawyers, according to the scope of business can be divided into civil lawyers, criminal lawyers and administrative lawyers, according to the object of service and the work situation can be divided into social lawyers, corporate lawyers and public **** lawyers. Lawyer business is mainly divided into litigation business and non-litigation business.
"Chinese people's *** and the lawyers law"
article 37
lawyers in the practice of lawyers in the personal rights shall not be infringed.
Lawyers shall not be held liable for the representation and defense opinions expressed in court. However, except for the publication of jeopardizing national security, maliciously defaming others, and seriously disrupting the order of the court.
Lawyers involved in litigation activities suspected of committing a crime, the investigating authorities shall promptly notify the law firm or the lawyers' association to which it belongs; detained or arrested, the investigating authorities shall, in accordance with the provisions of the criminal procedure law, notify the lawyer's family.