1, the lawyer's professional qualification certificate has long been cancelled, and it has been replaced by a legal professional qualification certificate, and the corresponding examination is the national judicial examination. After obtaining the legal professional qualification certificate, you can engage in professions such as lawyers, prosecutors, judges and notaries. However, after obtaining the legal professional qualification certificate, you have to practice for one year before you can obtain the lawyer's qualification and obtain the lawyer's qualification certificate (not the lawyer's professional qualification certificate you mentioned). Those who want to be judges, prosecutors and notaries must pass the civil service examination after obtaining the legal professional qualification certificate. It is worth mentioning that notaries in some areas no longer need civil service examinations, as long as they pass judicial examinations and obtain legal professional qualification certificates.
2. The national judicial examination is open to all persons with bachelor's degree, regardless of their major. As long as you have no criminal record and support the leadership of the party, you can sign up. The specific subjects and requirements of the examination can be obtained from some judicial examination counseling websites. Of course, the most authoritative website is the website of the Ministry of Justice: China Law Popularization Network.