Law firm: also known as "law firm" and "law firm", a law firm is a lawyer's practice institution and should be established in accordance with the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and obtain a practice license.
Grassroots legal service offices: also known as "legal service offices", "laws" and "law firms", some individuals illegally use the word "lawyers" in advertising. The legal service office is a legal service institution established in towns and urban streets according to the Measures for the Administration of Grassroots Legal Service Offices of the Ministry of Justice, and it is the practice institution of grassroots legal service workers.
Second, employees are different;
Employees of law firms are lawyers. Lawyers should have a bachelor's degree or above, pass the national unified judicial examination, practice in a law firm for one year, and apply for lawyer practice after strict written examination and interview assessment.
The employees of the legal service office are legal service workers. The conditions for becoming a legal worker are: those with high school or secondary professional education or above can become legal workers after examination, and those with college education or above who have been engaged in relevant judicial work for five years can apply for the exam.
Third, their business scope is different;
Fourth, the establishment procedures of the two are different.
Legal basis: Article 28 of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) may engage in the following businesses:
(a) to accept the entrustment of natural persons, legal persons or other organizations as legal advisers;
(two) to accept the entrustment of the parties in civil cases and administrative cases, to act as agents and to participate in litigation;
(3) Accepting the entrustment of criminal suspects and defendants in criminal cases or legal aid agencies to act as defenders according to law, accepting the entrustment of private prosecutors in private prosecution cases, victims in public prosecution cases or their close relatives to participate in litigation as agents;
(four) to accept the entrustment and represent the complaints of various litigation cases;
(five) to accept the entrustment and participate in mediation and arbitration activities;
(6) Accepting entrustment to provide non-litigation legal services;
(seven) to answer questions about the law and write litigation documents and other documents related to legal affairs.