Legal basis: "Provisional Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Lawyers".
Article 1. Lawyers are the country’s legal workers. Their mission is to provide legal aid to state agencies, enterprises, institutions, social groups, people’s communes and citizens, maintain the correct implementation of the law, and safeguard the rights of the country and collectives. interests and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of citizens.
Article 2 The main duties of lawyers are as follows:
(1) Accept employment from state agencies, enterprises and institutions, social groups and people's communes to serve as legal advisors.
(2) Accept the entrustment of the parties in civil cases and participate in the litigation as an agent.
(3) Accept the entrustment of the defendant in the criminal case or the appointment by the people's court to serve as a defender; accept the entrustment of the private prosecutor of the private prosecution case, the victim of the public prosecution case and their close relatives, act as an agent, and participate in the litigation.
(4) Accept the entrustment of parties in non-litigation matters, provide legal aid, or participate in mediation and arbitration activities as an agent.
(5) Answer legal questions and write litigation documents and other documents related to legal affairs.
Lawyers should promote the socialist legal system through all business activities.