1) The law firm and the client signed an entrustment agreement in duplicate, one for the client and one for the law firm to file;
2) The power of attorney signed by the client is in triplicate, one for the case-handling organ, one for the lawyer and one for the client;
Criminal entrustment
3) A letter of introduction from the law firm, which shall be submitted by the lawyer to the case-handling organ.
For the parties who need to provide legal aid, the law firm may entrust a lawyer to undertake it, but it shall go through the entrustment procedures in accordance with the regulations.
After accepting the entrustment, the law firm shall register and put on record, and establish files after numbering.
After accepting the entrustment, a lawyer shall not refuse to defend or represent him without justifiable reasons. However, if the entrusted matters are illegal, the client uses the services provided by the lawyer to engage in illegal activities, or the client conceals facts, or the client makes other unreasonable demands, so that the lawyer cannot perform his duties normally, the lawyer has the right to refuse to defend or represent him.
If a lawyer terminates the entrustment relationship for the above reasons, it shall be approved by the director of the law firm or the person in charge authorized by the director, and recorded in the volume.
2. According to the provisions of China's Criminal Procedure Law, criminal proceedings are divided into three stages, namely, investigation stage, examination and prosecution stage and trial stage.
Article 33 of the Criminal Procedure Law: A criminal suspect has the right to entrust a defender from the day when he is interrogated for the first time by the investigation organ or takes compulsory measures. During the investigation, only lawyers can be entrusted as defenders. The defendant has the right to entrust a defender at any time.
When interrogating a criminal suspect for the first time or taking compulsory measures against him, the investigation organ shall inform him that he has the right to entrust a defender. The people's procuratorate shall, within three days from the date of receiving the case materials transferred for examination and prosecution, inform the criminal suspect that he has the right to entrust a defender. The people's court shall, within three days from the date of accepting the case, inform the defendant of the right to entrust a defender. If a criminal suspect or defendant requests to entrust a defender while in custody, the people's court, the people's procuratorate and the public security organ shall promptly convey it.
If a criminal suspect or defendant is in custody, his guardian or near relative may also entrust a defender.
After accepting the entrustment of a criminal suspect or defendant, the defender shall promptly inform the case-handling organ.
Second, the materials required for entrustment
In criminal cases, only the close relatives of criminal suspects can entrust lawyers, including parents, spouses, children, brothers and sisters. The client needs to provide evidence to prove the identity of close relatives, such as household registration book, household registration certificate, ID card, etc.
Note that the client cannot satisfy the following matters of the client.
According to the relevant laws and regulations and the lawyer's practice discipline, after accepting the entrustment, the lawyer will not meet the following requirements of the client:
1, delivering letters, articles or telephone calls for clients and criminal suspects;
2. Meet the requirements unrelated to the case;
3. Request to consult, extract and copy litigation documents and evidential materials other than the indictment. According to the current law, the above information cannot be disclosed to the client, but the lawyer can orally introduce the case.