The difference between a lawyer and a defense lawyer

Legal analysis: The difference between lawyers as agents and defenders is that defenders are set up for criminal suspects and defendants in private prosecution cases, and agents are only set up for plaintiffs in private prosecution cases, victims in criminal cases and parties involved in incidental civil actions. In addition, their litigation status is different.

Legal basis: Article 28 of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) can engage in the following businesses: (1) Accepting the entrustment of natural persons, legal persons or other organizations to serve as legal advisers; (two) to accept the entrustment of the parties in civil cases and administrative cases, to act as agents and to participate in litigation; (3) Accepting the entrustment of criminal suspects and defendants in criminal cases or legal aid agencies to act as defenders according to law, accepting the entrustment of private prosecutors in private prosecution cases, victims in public prosecution cases or their close relatives to participate in litigation as agents; (four) to accept the entrustment and represent the complaints of various litigation cases; (five) to accept the entrustment and participate in mediation and arbitration activities; (6) Accepting entrustment to provide non-litigation legal services; (seven) to answer legal advice and write litigation documents and other documents related to legal affairs.