Legal analysis: Without a lawyer's license, as long as the conditions stipulated in the Criminal Procedure Law are met, you can defend the client as the client's defender. According to the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law, if you are not a lawyer, you can only entrust the following two types of people to serve as defenders: First, the criminal suspect or defendant’s unit recommended by the people’s organization; second, the guardian of the criminal suspect or defendant , relatives and friends. Anyone other than this cannot serve as a defender. In addition, if the case is still under investigation, only a lawyer can be entrusted as a defender, and other personnel cannot serve as defenders to defend the client.
Legal basis: Chinese People’s Liberation Army, National Criminal Procedure Law
Article 32: In addition to exercising the right of defense themselves, criminal suspects and defendants may entrust one to two People as defenders. The following persons may be entrusted as defenders:
(1) Lawyers;
(2) People recommended by people’s organizations or the unit where the criminal suspect or defendant works;
(3) Guardians, relatives and friends of criminal suspects and defendants.
Persons who are serving a sentence or who have been deprived or restricted of personal freedom in accordance with the law shall not serve as defenders.
Article 33: A criminal suspect has the right to entrust a defender from the day he is first interrogated or takes compulsory measures by the investigation agency; during the investigation, he can only entrust a lawyer as a defender. The defendant has the right to entrust a defender at any time.