After accepting the entrustment of the criminal suspect himself or his relatives, the lawyer can exercise four litigation rights: to know the charges charged by the criminal suspect from the investigators of the investigation organ; Apply for "meeting the criminal suspect in custody" and meet the criminal suspect in custody according to the arrangement of the investigation organ (the case-handling organ shall make a decision within 48 hours, and within 5 days for major and complicated cases). When a lawyer meets a criminal suspect, he has the right to know the case. This right is clearly stipulated in Article 96, paragraph 2, of the Criminal Procedure Law and Article 28 of the Code for Lawyers Handling Criminal Cases. In addition, lawyers can also learn about the criminal suspect's compulsory measures and the exercise of litigation rights; Solicit the opinions of the criminal suspect and decide whether to submit the complaint and accusation materials to the relevant authorities on his behalf; If a qualified criminal suspect applies for bail pending trial, or the criminal suspect is taken compulsory measures beyond the statutory time limit, the relevant authorities shall give a reply within seven days.
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. As far as the qualifications of "lawyer" are concerned, they include: first, they have certain legal knowledge, and according to the provisions of the current Lawyers Law, they have legal knowledge of "bachelor degree or above in law major in colleges and universities" or "bachelor degree or above in other majors in colleges and universities"; 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.