A lawyer refers to a practitioner who has obtained a lawyer's practice certificate according to law, accepts entrustment or assignment, and provides legal services to the parties.
Lawyers must pass the legal professional qualification examination and obtain the lawyer's practice certificate according to law before they can practice. 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 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.
Professional nature
As far as the qualification of "lawyer" is concerned, it includes: first, having certain legal knowledge, having "bachelor degree or above in law major in colleges and universities" or "having legal knowledge in other majors in colleges and universities" according to the provisions of the current Lawyers Law.
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.