A lawyer refers to a person who is entrusted or designated to provide legal services such as litigation agency or defense business for the parties.
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.
Lawyer nature:
As far as the qualification of "lawyer" is concerned, it includes:
First, they have some legal knowledge. According to the provisions of the current Lawyers Law, he has legal knowledge of "bachelor degree or above in law major in colleges and universities" or "bachelor degree or above in other majors in colleges and universities".
The second is to pass the national "legal professional qualification examination" and obtain qualifications.
The third is to obtain a practicing certificate with the approval of the national judicial administrative department; Fourth, provide legal services to the society and take it as a profession.