a lawyer refers to a person who is entrusted or designated to provide legal services such as litigation representation or defense services 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 business scope, 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.
On August 2th, 221, the 3th session of the 13th the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) passed the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Legal Aid, and all grassroots legal services are obliged to provide legal aid according to law.