Can a person who has committed a crime become a lawyer?

Those who have been criminally punished for intentional crimes cannot be lawyers, and those who commit negligent crimes can.

The law provides that:

Article 7 of the Lawyers Law An applicant shall not be issued a lawyer's practice certificate under any of the following circumstances:

(1) Having no or limited capacity for civil conduct;

(2) Having been subjected to criminal punishment, except for negligent crimes;

(3) Being expelled from public office or having his lawyer's practice certificate revoked.

"Measures for the Implementation of the National Judicial Examination" Article 16 A person who is under any of the following circumstances cannot sign up for the national judicial examination, and if he has gone through the registration procedures, the registration is invalid:

(1) Having received criminal punishment for intentional crime;

(2) Being expelled from public office by a state organ or having his lawyer's practice certificate or notary's practice certificate revoked;

(three) was sentenced to two years shall not sign up for the national judicial examination, or was sentenced to life shall not sign up for the national judicial examination.