Lawyers are divided into three occupations: civil lawyers, criminal lawyers and administrative lawyers. Civil lawyers mainly solve contract, tort, marriage and family disputes, inheritance disputes and other issues; A criminal lawyer refers to a lawyer whose main business is to provide legal services for criminal cases; Administrative lawyers mainly solve administrative punishment, administrative measures, administrative organs and other issues, as well as staff who are dissatisfied with their functions and powers. Lawyers can be divided into full-time lawyers and part-time lawyers according to the nature of their work, civil lawyers, criminal lawyers and administrative lawyers according to their business scope, social lawyers, corporate lawyers and public lawyers according to their clients and working conditions. Lawyer's business is mainly divided into litigation business and non-litigation business.
People's Republic of China (PRC) Lawyers Law
Article 37
The personal rights of lawyers in their practice activities are inviolable.
Lawyers' opinions on agency and defense expressed in court are not subject to legal investigation. Except for statements that endanger national security, maliciously slander others, and seriously disrupt court order.
If a lawyer participates in litigation activities and is suspected of committing a crime, the investigation organ shall promptly notify the law firm where he belongs or the lawyers association to which he belongs; If a lawyer is detained or arrested according to law, the investigation organ shall notify the lawyer's family in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law.