First, lawyers are allowed to obtain legal aid.
According to the provisions of the judicial interpretation of the Criminal Procedure Law, in the trial, the defendant may request to change the defense lawyer, and the collegial panel shall allow it. But those who refuse to defend after the second hearing can only defend themselves. If the defendant should provide legal aid, he shall not refuse to defend again.
Second, the provisions of the law on lawyers' legal aid
1. Article 254 stipulates that if the defendant refuses to defend by a defender in court and requests to entrust another defender or appoint a lawyer, the collegial panel shall allow it. After the defendant refuses the defender's defense, if there is no defender, he shall announce an adjournment; If there are defenders, the trial can continue.
2. In the case of multiple defendants, if some defendants refuse to be defended by defenders, and there is no defender, according to the circumstances of the case, the defendant can be dealt with separately and the trial of other defendants can continue.
3. After the new court session, if the defendant refuses to defend in court again, it may be allowed, but the defendant may not entrust another defender or ask for another lawyer to defend himself.
4. The defendant belongs to the situation that legal aid should be provided, and if he refuses to appear in court again after the new court session, he will not be allowed.
Three, the legal responsibility of legal aid lawyers
Regulations of the State Council on Legal Aid
Twenty-sixth legal aid institutions and their staff in any of the following circumstances, the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished according to law:
1. Providing legal aid to those who do not meet the conditions of legal aid, or refusing to provide legal aid to those who meet the conditions of legal aid;
2. Handling legal aid cases and collecting property;
3. Engaged in paid legal services;
4. Corruption, dividing up or misappropriating legal aid funds. The property collected in handling legal aid cases shall be ordered to be returned by the judicial administrative department; The illegal income from engaging in paid legal services shall be confiscated by the judicial administrative department; Those who embezzle, privately divide or misappropriate legal aid funds shall be ordered to recover by the judicial administrative department. If the circumstances are serious enough to constitute a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.
Twenty-eighth lawyers in any of the following circumstances, given a warning by the judicial administrative department, ordered to make corrections; If the circumstances are serious, a penalty of stopping practicing 1 month or more and 3 months or less shall be imposed:
1. refusing to accept or terminate legal aid cases without justifiable reasons;
2 for legal aid cases to collect property. Where there is an illegal act in Item (2) of the preceding paragraph, the judicial administrative department shall order the return of the illegally obtained property, and may concurrently impose a fine of not less than 0 times but not more than 3 times the value of the collected property.
Twenty-ninth lawyers who violate professional ethics and practice discipline in handling legal aid cases shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the Lawyers Law.
According to the relevant laws and regulations, it is ok to change legal aid to a lawyer in litigation, but according to the regulations, if legal aid is changed to a lawyer in court, the possible consequence is that there is no legal aid lawyer and you can only defend yourself, so you must be cautious when changing legal aid lawyers. As a legal aid lawyer, the requirements are stricter than ordinary lawyers. Since you are a legal aid lawyer, you should have a sense of justice and responsibility and do your best to protect the rights of the parties.