Yes, but you cannot appear in court alone; a licensed lawyer must appear in court together with a paralegal****. Paralegals refer to other lawyers in the law firms where defense lawyers and attorneys work, and interns applying to practice law. When paralegals participate in court hearings, they can only engage in relevant auxiliary work, such as taking notes, making legal inquiries for lawyers, etc., and are not allowed to express defense or representation opinions.
What materials do lawyers need to prepare for appearing in court:
If you are representing the plaintiff, the materials are classified as follows:
1. Indictment;
2 , Evidence materials corresponding to the indictment;
3. Agency word.
If you are the defendant’s agent, then:
1. Litigation procedures, attached power of attorney, copy of lawyer’s practicing certificate, copy of business license with official seal (the defendant is Legal person), ID card of the legal representative;
2. Statement of defense;
3. Evidence materials corresponding to the statement of defense;
4. Statement of agency .
To sum up, court hearing refers to the process in which the people's court, after completing the pre-trial preparations, holds a court hearing in a court or other suitable place established by the court.
Court hearing is the stage where the collegial panel conducts substantive hearing of the case. It is mainly divided into open trial and closed trial. Generally speaking, civil cases are subject to open trials as a principle and closed trials as a supplement.
Legal basis:
Article 25 of the Law on the Protection of Lawyers’ Practicing Rights
After the people’s court determines the court date, it shall reserve a space for lawyers to appear in court. necessary preparation time and notify the attorney in writing. If a lawyer applies to change the court date due to legitimate reasons such as conflict with the court date, the people's court shall consider and decide to adjust the court date without affecting the trial period of the case, and shall notify the lawyer in a timely manner. Lawyers may apply to the People's Court for paralegals to participate in court hearings as needed. Paralegals participating in court hearings can only engage in relevant auxiliary work and are not allowed to express defense or representation opinions.
Article 48
The "paralegal assistants" referred to in these regulations refer to other lawyers in the law firms where the defense and attorney attorneys work and interns applying to practice law.