What is the difference between a practicing lawyer and a legal worker? The legal basis for their emergence and existence is different. The emergence of lawyers and the basis for their practice are based on the Law of the People's Republic of China on Lawyers. The emergence of legal workers and the basis for their practice are based on the provisions of the administrative regulations "Interim Provisions on the Office of Popularizing Law in Villages and Towns" (now the Measures for the Administration of Grassroots Legal Services and the Measures for the Administration of Grassroots Legal Workers). In other words, there is no legal basis for setting up legal service offices and legal workers. The second difference is that the two kinds of quasi-occupations are different. To be a lawyer, you must first take the national lawyer qualification examination and obtain the professional qualification of a lawyer. Since 22, lawyers must first obtain legal professional qualifications. As a grassroots legal worker, there is no such access procedure, as long as you want to do it and get the consent of the judicial administrative department. The third difference is that their legal level or legal knowledge content is different. To be a lawyer, you have to graduate from a bachelor's degree in law before you can sign up for the exam. Taking the exam, not most people can achieve their ideals and get what they want. Take the exam in 22 as an example. There were more than 38, people who signed up for the exam in China, but only 6% of the applicants were qualified. I won't tell you how much knowledge they have to be qualified as lawyers, and everyone will guess. As a legal worker, as long as you have a high school education or above. The fourth difference is that the service scope is different. Lawyers have a wide range of services, and they can play a role in all affairs in social life. The service scope of legal workers is limited to simple civil agency affairs, and they don't have to engage in criminal agency and defense business. The fifth difference is that their practice areas are different. Within the scope of a country, lawyers' practice is not restricted by region, and there is also a certain practice space between countries. However, the practice of legal workers is restricted by the region. According to the interpretation of the administrative regulation "Business Rules for Township Legal Consultants" by the Ministry of Justice, grassroots legal workers cannot represent civil, economic and administrative litigation cases where both parties are not in their jurisdiction. At present, lawyers are not allowed to participate in court trials in developed places such as Guangdong, Shanghai and Beijing. The sixth difference is that they have different social values. As a profession, lawyers are set up by similar countries with legal system in the world. Regarding the social role of lawyers, the international treaty "Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers (199)" systematically reveals that one of them is that "all people are required to effectively obtain legal services provided by independent legal professionals". Therefore, some people say that "there is no justice without lawyers". Professionalization of legal workers is a phenomenon in China, not an international practice, so there is no saying that there is no justice without legal workers.