Among them, paralegals and fourth-level lawyers are junior titles, third-level lawyers are intermediate titles, second-level lawyers are senior titles (associate professors and senior engineers), and first-level lawyers are senior titles.
Lawyers must pass the legal professional qualification examination and obtain the lawyer's practice certificate according to law before they can practice. According to the nature of work, lawyers can be divided into full-time lawyers and part-time lawyers; According to the scope of business, lawyers can be divided into civil lawyers, criminal lawyers and administrative lawyers; According to clients and working status, lawyers can be divided into social lawyers, corporate lawyers and public lawyers. Lawyer's business is mainly divided into litigation business and non-litigation business.
How to evaluate the title of lawyer
Different levels have different requirements, and the professional titles of lawyers are divided into three levels: third-level lawyers, second-level lawyers and first-level lawyers.
Third-level lawyers are intermediate professional and technical posts, second-level lawyers are deputy senior professional and technical posts, and first-level lawyers are full senior professional and technical posts. Secondly, it should be noted that the promotion of lawyers' professional titles first needs to pass the legal professional qualification examination, but at present, lawyers' professional development still needs to be improved. Therefore, lawyers must plan and prepare for their promotion as soon as possible. For the title level, the higher the level, the higher the requirements, which is no different from other titles. Here, the third-level lawyer is a professional title.
Education and qualification requirements
To apply for the qualification of a third-level lawyer, one should have a bachelor's degree in law or above, have worked for more than 5 years and obtained the qualification of a teacher, and have been a lawyer for more than 2 years.
To apply for the qualification of a second-level lawyer, one of the following conditions shall be met:
1, graduated from university with a bachelor of law, and worked as a third-class lawyer for more than five years.
2. Graduated from a master's degree and obtained a master's degree in law, and served as a third-class lawyer for more than four years.
3, Ph.D. graduate and get a doctorate in law, as a third-class lawyer for more than two years.
4. To apply for the qualification of a first-class lawyer, you should have a bachelor's degree in law or above and have served as a second-class lawyer for five years.
Evaluation conditions:
Professional theoretical knowledge, meet the following conditions:
1. Have a solid knowledge of basic theories of law major and understand the basic theories of related disciplines.
2, familiar with laws and regulations, and can be correctly applied to practical work.
Work ability and experience meet the following conditions:
1, with the ability and experience in handling large criminal cases, civil cases, arbitration or non-litigation legal affairs.
2. Legal texts such as defense words and proxy words have the ability to guide interns to study and work.
Papers and essays (translations) meet one of the following conditions:
1. Publish academic papers of this major in newspapers and periodicals with uniform domestic serial number (CN) or uniform international serial number (ISSN). Each article is more than 2000 words; Or read more than 2 professional academic papers (each with more than 3500 words) at the provincial professional academic conference.
2. Officially published professional uniform book number (ISBN)
To sum up, it is not difficult to see that in addition to the most basic academic qualifications, the topic of the paper and work performance are also very key assessment indicators.
Legal basis:
People's Republic of China (PRC) Lawyers Law
Article 5
To apply for practicing as a lawyer, the following conditions shall be met:
1, support the constitution of People's Republic of China (PRC);
2, through the national unified legal professional qualification examination to obtain legal professional qualification;
3. Internship in a law firm for one year;
4. Good conduct.
The national unified judicial examination certificate and lawyer qualification certificate obtained before the implementation of the national unified legal professional qualification examination have the same effect as the national unified legal professional qualification certificate.