Lawyers refer to business personnel who are entrusted or assigned to provide legal services such as litigation representation or defense to parties. Providing help to people in need of legal aid is a necessity of the lawyer's work, so it does not depend on the lawyer's likes and dislikes.
Lawyers must pass the legal professional qualification examination and obtain a lawyer's practicing certificate before they can practice law. According to the nature of work, lawyers can be divided into full-time lawyers and part-time lawyers; according to the scope of business, lawyers can be divided into civil lawyers, criminal lawyers and administrative lawyers; according to service objects and work status, lawyers can be divided into social lawyers, corporate lawyers and public lawyers . Lawyer business is mainly divided into litigation business and non-litigation business.
On August 20, 2021, the 33rd meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress voted to pass the "Legal Aid Law of the People's Republic of China", and grassroots legal services have all obligations to provide legal aid in accordance with the law.