Legal basis: Article 28 of the Measures for the Administration of Lawyers' Practice stipulates that a lawyer who once served as a judge or prosecutor shall not serve as an agent ad litem or defender as a lawyer within two years after leaving the people's court or the people's procuratorate; They shall not act as agents ad litem or defenders in handling cases in the people's court or people's procuratorate that originally tried the case, except as otherwise provided by law.
Article 41 of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * A lawyer who once served as a judge or prosecutor shall not serve as an agent ad litem or defender within two years after leaving the people's court or people's procuratorate.
Article 36 of the Judges Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * A judge shall not serve as an agent ad litem or defender within two years after leaving the people's court.
After leaving the people's court, a judge shall not act as an agent ad litem or defender in the trial of a case in the court of first instance, except as a guardian or close relative of the parties.