What do you need to be a lawyer?

Abstract: Lawyer is a high-end, fashionable and professional profession in the eyes of others. Many people dream of becoming an excellent lawyer, so what conditions do you need to be a lawyer? To be an excellent lawyer, you need to learn professional knowledge and pass professional examination, and you must also have a high degree of enthusiasm and dedication to the lawyer industry. There is a big gap in the lawyer industry. Many people earn millions a year, but there are also many lawyers struggling to get enough to eat. Have you decided to be a lawyer? Let's take a look at this article first and get to know the profession of lawyer. The types of lawyers are classified according to the nature of work.

A full-time lawyer refers to a person who has obtained a lawyer's qualification or a legal professional qualification certificate, practiced in a law firm for one year, and obtained a full-time lawyer's practice certificate, specializing in lawyer work. Full-time lawyers must practice in law firms, including litigation business such as civil litigation, criminal litigation and administrative litigation, as well as non-litigation business such as legal consultation and legal consultant.

2. part-time lawyer

Part-time lawyer refers to a person who has obtained a lawyer's practice certificate and engages in lawyer's practice part-time without leaving his post. Personnel engaged in legal education and research in institutions of higher learning and scientific research who meet the requirements stipulated in Article 5 of the Lawyers Law may apply for part-time lawyer practice with the consent of their units and in accordance with relevant procedures. View details >>

According to the business scope

1, civil lawyer

Refers to lawyers who mainly provide legal services for all kinds of civil litigation cases. Contract, tort, marriage and family disputes and inheritance disputes are all civil cases.

2. Criminal lawyers

A criminal lawyer refers to a lawyer whose main business is to provide legal services for criminal cases. In criminal cases, criminal lawyers can defend their agents professionally according to the relevant cases and other relevant evidence materials learned from criminal suspects, which can effectively safeguard the vital interests of the parties.

3. Administrative lawyer

The main job of an administrative litigation lawyer is to accept the entrustment and conduct administrative litigation on cases that refuse to accept administrative punishment, administrative measures or the exercise of powers by administrative organs and their staff. They need to have a firm political stance and strong psychological quality, processing ability, coordination ability and communication ability.

According to the client and working status, 1, social lawyer

Social lawyers are legal workers who practice in law firms, provide legal services to clients in the whole society, obtain legal service fees, pay taxes and pay fees according to law, and make a living.

2. Company lawyer

A company lawyer is a person who has obtained a legal professional qualification certificate in a company lawyer pilot unit and is hired by the company as a company lawyer, and his legal rights are equivalent to those of a full-time lawyer. In a sense, a company lawyer refers to a professional lawyer who provides legal services for the company in the sense of company law.

3. Public lawyers

Public lawyers are government lawyers set up by the state administrative department, paid by the government, and belong to the sequence of national civil servants. They mainly handle the legal affairs of their own organs in order to improve the administrative level of government organs according to law and safeguard national interests according to law. Public lawyers are not allowed to provide paid legal services to the society. View details >>

Lawyer's business scope 1, litigation agent in civil and commercial cases;

2. Defending major criminal cases and death penalty cases;

3. Appeal and retrial agency for major civil and commercial cases;

4, perennial legal adviser and invited legal adviser work;

5. Legal affairs related to intellectual property cases;

6. Company merger, bankruptcy and liquidation;

7. Securities legal service business;

8, immigration, investment and other foreign-related legal affairs.

What do you need to be a lawyer? 1. Lawyers must pass the national judicial examination and obtain the legal professional qualification certificate. People who do not have a lawyer's practice certificate, but are engaged in legal affairs, are generally grassroots legal service workers, and hold a legal service worker's practice certificate issued by the Judicial Bureau. There are also some people who are engaged in legal affairs without a license or proper occupation, commonly known as "black lawyers", not real lawyers.

2. A lawyer must have both a legal professional qualification certificate and a practicing certificate. If you only have a legal professional qualification certificate and no lawyer's practice certificate, you can't call a lawyer.

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The employment prospect and income of lawyers are the most competitive industries among the three major legal professions. The annual business of lawyers in China is about 9 million, and the business income is about 9 billion. The per capita income of lawyers is about 70,000 yuan, and the average fee per piece is about 1000 yuan. However, there are still serious regional differences in the annual income of lawyers. Beijing is the highest, and the per capita annual income of lawyers reaches 260,000 yuan, Shanghai is also around 200,000 yuan, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang are around 70,000 yuan. Guangdong is about 50,000 yuan, while the average annual income of lawyers in some western provinces is only about 5,000 yuan, or even less, with a gap of ten times or even dozens of times.

Lawyer is an industry with a big gap between strength and weakness. Well-known barristers earn millions or millions a year, but many lawyers can't make ends meet, earning less than 10 thousand yuan a year, and some even have no money to pay the annual inspection meeting or membership fee, so they are forced to change careers. For a new lawyer, 90% income can only maintain a basic survival.

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How do lawyers explore the source of the case 1 and start digging from their own interpersonal circle? According to statistics, most lawyers' first bucket of money comes from their close interpersonal relationships, including classmates, fellow villagers, colleagues and relatives.

2. Make good relationships. With many friends, the road is easy, and the service-oriented profession of lawyers can not be separated from the vast network of resources. Help people you meet in life and work if you can. Even if others don't repay you for the time being, you may still be the first to think of you when something good happens in the future, so don't care about temporary gains and losses.

3. Be serious, practical and conscientious. Word of mouth can help you get unexpected benefits, make the projects and cases you have done your success stories, and make the customers you have served your billboards.

4. Actively promote your personal brand. The traditional word-of-mouth marketing mentioned above, in the era of big data and new media, brand promotion is actually much simpler than before. Weibo, WeChat (public WeChat platform can be built) and Zhihu are relatively new platforms, which may become important channels for the public to know you in the future. You can even go out to participate in outdoor activities, such as car clubs, seminars, forums and even blind dates.

5. Find a platform with a good atmosphere. Being a lawyer, a good law firm or team is your development platform. Excellent peers can share information more conveniently, enhance the learning effect and accumulate experience, and also have the opportunity to cooperate with other law firms.

How to become an excellent lawyer 1, first of all, you must love this profession very much. Love is the best teacher, and the most important thing to be a good lawyer is love for this profession.

2. Have a firm belief in the legal profession and long-term career planning and life goals.

3. Be sure to have professionalism and a highly responsible attitude towards the parties.

4. Constantly improve your professional level and become an expert in a certain field.

5, to find quickly, find the right one, and build a team that grows together.

6. To pay attention to the emerging legal service market, we must identify the market segments, and it may be easier to achieve results by doing some new business in combination with our own expertise.

7. Make friends and communicate with outstanding peers and other social elites.

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