1. The right to be entrusted as a defender. From the date when the case is transferred for examination and prosecution, the lawyer has the right to accept the entrustment of the criminal suspect as his defender. Private prosecution cases have the right to accept entrustment at any time.
2. The right to read newspapers. Defense lawyers have the right to consult, extract and copy the litigation documents and technical appraisal materials in this case. Article 3 19 of the Criminal Procedure Rules of the People's Procuratorate stipulates that litigation documents include procedural documents made for filing a case, taking compulsory measures, investigating measures, and submitting for examination and prosecution, such as the decision to file a case, the detention certificate, the decision to approve the arrest, the arrest warrant, the search warrant, and the prosecution opinion. Technical appraisal materials include documents that record the appraisal situation, such as forensic appraisal, forensic psychiatric appraisal and material evidence technical appraisal, as well as the conclusions formed by the appraisal of people, things and other related materials by qualified personnel.
3. Right to meet and correspond. The defense lawyer has the right to meet and correspond with the criminal suspect in custody. Whether the case involves state secrets does not require the examination and approval of the procuratorate, and the procuratorate cannot send personnel to be present (Article 36 of the Regulations on Six Organs, Article 12).
4. Right to investigate and collect evidence. (a) the defense lawyer has the right to collect materials related to the case from witnesses or other relevant units and individuals with their consent; (2) Have the right to apply to the people's procuratorate for collecting and obtaining evidence; (3) With the permission of the people's procuratorate, have the right to collect materials related to this case from the victim or his close relatives or witnesses provided by the victim (Article 37 of the Criminal Procedure Law).
5. Right to express opinions. When examining a case, the people's procuratorate shall listen to the opinions of the client of the criminal suspect (article 139 of the Criminal Procedure Law).
6. Apply for bail pending trial. Defense lawyers have the right to apply for bail pending trial for detained criminal suspects (Article 39 of the Criminal Procedure Rules of the People's Procuratorate).
7. The right to request the cancellation of compulsory measures beyond the statutory time limit. If the people's procuratorate takes compulsory measures against a criminal suspect beyond the statutory time limit, the defense lawyer has the right to request the people's procuratorate to terminate it (Article 75 of the Criminal Procedure Law).