Legal service workers in a broad sense include judges, prosecutors, public security personnel and lawyers, but their work scope and access conditions are different, and their responsibilities are also different. Legal workers refer to those who have not passed the national judicial examination, but have legal knowledge and can engage in litigation agency business. Its business scope is very wide, which can involve almost all the business scope of the current law firm, but it cannot represent criminal cases. Legal workers are managed by the Ministry of Justice, who issue qualification certificates and practice certificates, and participate in legal services such as agency, litigation and case investigation according to relevant laws.
Relevant requirements for grassroots legal service workers:
1. Served as legal adviser to the township people's governments and their administrative departments, village (neighborhood) committees, enterprises and institutions, rural contracted households, individual industrial and commercial households, individual partnership organizations and citizens within their jurisdiction;
2. Acting in civil, economic and administrative litigation activities;
3. Acting as an agent for non-litigation legal affairs;
4, presided over the mediation of disputes;
5. Answer legal advice;
6. Writing legal documents;
7, to carry out legal publicity and education and other related legal affairs.
Legal service workers can charge fees according to law when representing and handling cases; Because of long-term litigation agency and consulting services, legal workers have also demonstrated their ability to safeguard the rights of the parties in litigation, and social recognition and respect have been reflected in reality.
Legal basis:
People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Procedure Law
Article 61 A party or legal representative may entrust one or two persons as agents ad litem.
The following persons may be entrusted as agents ad litem:
(1) Lawyers and grassroots legal service workers;
(2) Close relatives or staff members of the parties concerned;
(three) citizens recommended by the community, units and relevant social groups where the parties are located.