Code of Practice for Lawyers (for Trial Implementation) Article 14 A lawyer may not practice in more than two law firms. Practicing in a law firm and another legal service institution at the same time shall be regarded as practicing in two law firms.
If other law firms are invited to participate in handling problems involving professional fields, and the law firm where the lawyer works and the invited law firm agree in writing that the legal consequences will be borne by the former and inform the client, it does not violate the above provisions.
And pay attention to the broad understanding of law firms here, that is, it is also forbidden to practice in a law firm and a legal aid institution at the same time. This principle, coupled with the fact that lawyers cannot represent both parties, constitutes two major prohibitions.
A lawyer refers to a person who is entrusted or designated to provide legal services such as litigation agency or defense business for 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.
On August 20th, 2002/KLOC-0, the 30th session of the 13th the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) passed the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Legal Aid, and all grassroots legal services are obliged to provide legal aid according to law.