According to the nature of work, lawyers can be divided into full-time lawyers and part-time lawyers; according to their business scope, lawyers can be divided into civil lawyers, criminal lawyers and administrative lawyers; according to their 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.
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As far as the qualification of "lawyer" is concerned, it includes:
First, he has certain legal knowledge, and according to the provisions of the current Lawyers Law, he has legal knowledge of "bachelor degree or above in law in colleges and universities" or "bachelor degree or above in other majors in colleges and universities has legal knowledge";
The second is to pass the national "legal professional qualification examination" and obtain qualifications;
The third is to obtain a practicing certificate with the approval of the national judicial administrative department; Fourth, provide legal services to the society and take it as a profession.
Therefore, a lawyer refers to a practitioner who has passed the national legal professional qualification examination, obtained a lawyer's practice certificate according to law, accepted entrustment or designation, and provided legal services to the parties. The nature of a lawyer is to provide legal services for the society, and he is a professional legal service worker.
Among the above four basic characteristics, the first one or two are possessed by other legal workers, such as law enforcement workers, judicial trial workers (judges) and judicial procuratorial workers (prosecutors); The latter two items are unique to lawyers.