Second, lawyers must have both a legal professional qualification certificate and a practicing certificate. If you only have a legal professional qualification certificate and no lawyer's practicing certificate, you cannot be called a lawyer.
Third, lawyers serve the whole society and have no specific target audience. Both natural persons and legal persons can entrust lawyers to represent them in legal matters.
Fourth, when practicing law, lawyers must be entrusted by the parties or designated by the people's court, work within the scope of authorization, and must not exceed their authority or abuse their rights.
Fifth, lawyers are legal workers. Lawyers can only safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of their clients within the scope permitted by the law. Their work within the scope permitted by the law is protected by law and is free from interference by administrative units, parties and individuals.
A lawyer, different from the ancient litigation lawyers and lawyers, refers to a practitioner who has obtained a lawyer's practicing certificate in accordance with the law, accepts entrustment or designation, and provides legal services to parties. 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 the client 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. The basic characteristics of the lawyer profession are. Possess necessary legal expertise. To provide legal services as its function. Protected and managed by the state.