Legal analysis: whether a person with a criminal record can take a lawyer's license depends on what crime he is guilty of. Those who have received criminal punishment for intentional crimes cannot take the exam. The details are as follows: (1) Having received criminal punishment for intentional crimes; (2) Being expelled from public office or having his lawyer's practice certificate or notary's practice certificate revoked; (3) The legal professional qualification certificate has been revoked; (four) was given two years not to sign up for the national unified legal professional qualification examination (national judicial examination), or was given life not to sign up for the national unified legal professional qualification examination (national judicial examination); (five) because of serious dishonesty, the relevant state units identified as the object of joint punishment for dishonesty, and included in the national credit information sharing platform; (6) Being banned from legal occupational therapy for life due to other circumstances.
Legal basis: Article 7 of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) shall not issue a lawyer's practice certificate if the applicant is under any of the following circumstances: (1) No capacity for civil conduct or limited capacity for civil conduct; (2) Having been subjected to criminal punishment, except for negligent crimes; (3) Being expelled from public office or having his lawyer's or notary's practice certificate revoked.