Frequently asked questions and answers in the interview of trainee lawyers

Interview and assessment of trainee lawyers is a workplace step that every trainee lawyer will go through. Represents your transition from a trainee lawyer to a full-time lawyer. In fact, the interview assessment of intern lawyers is similar to most job interviews, except that some professional problems will go through the motions in the interview. You're not ready. Come and have a look.

The first step of preparation: first make the process clear!

Intern lawyer interview assessment process:

1. When a trainee lawyer enters the interview site, he should first show the original ID card to the interview assessment members to verify his identity.

2. After verifying the identity, the interview assessment host announced the start of the interview assessment.

3. The intern lawyer introduces himself and gives the internship summary report, including but not limited to: name+internship certificate number+study and work background+judicial examination+internship+personal character and hobbies. (time is about 2-3 minutes).

4. According to the interview assessment scope and the assessment materials of trainee lawyers, the interview assessment members will conduct all-round interactive questions and answers (about 12 minutes).

5. After the interview assessment, the interview assessment host announced the end of the interview assessment and the intern lawyer left.

6. After the intern lawyer quits, the interview assessment members will score according to the interview situation and scoring standard of the intern lawyer. There are four links in interview assessment: personal statement, professional ethics and professionalism, lawyer practice, communication and coordination, and adaptability. If the two links are evaluated as (poor), the overall evaluation is unqualified; If the evaluation of the second or third link is (poor), the overall evaluation is unqualified.

The following is the specific interview link. Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared. Only by covering all aspects can we keep changing.

Interview preparation materials:

Part I: Evaluation content

First, introduce yourself.

1, three interviewers, good morning! Thank you very much for taking time out of your busy schedule to accept our evaluation interview and suggestions. At the same time, I am also very happy to attend today's interview. My internship certificate number ...

(talk about it in combination with your own situation)

If the three of us are your clients, please introduce your law firm within 2 minutes.

(according to the actual situation)

Second, the interview topic

1. What have you learned in this internship year?

A: Through one year's internship, I help my tutor to handle litigation cases, execute cases and draft legal books. , basically mastered the litigation procedures and the requirements of engaging in legal advisory work. However, I feel that I am only exposed to daily legal affairs during my internship. I need to constantly improve my ability and level of litigation and perennial legal consultation in my future work and study, and improve my comprehensive legal affairs ability.

2. What are your plans after becoming a formal practitioner?

A: After becoming a fully qualified lawyer, I will continue to struggle in the lawyer industry, and strive to improve my professional ability and level to a higher level within 3-5 years through continuous learning and accumulation of litigation experience and skills. Obey the law and be a qualified lawyer.

3. What can't a lawyer do after practicing?

A: After practicing, a lawyer can't violate the Lawyers Law, the Professional Code of Lawyers, the Practice Discipline and other relevant prohibitions, such as: (1) A lawyer can't disclose state secrets, business secrets of clients and personal privacy; (2) A lawyer shall not act as an agent for both parties in the same case, nor shall he act as an agent for legal affairs that have conflicts of interest with himself or his close relatives; (3) A lawyer may not practice in more than two law firms at the same time; (4) Lawyers shall not undertake business by improper procedures; (5) Lawyers shall not accept entrustment or charge fees without permission; (6) A lawyer shall not intentionally provide false evidence or threaten or induce others to provide false evidence, thus preventing the other party from obtaining evidence according to law; (7) Lawyers shall not offer bribes, introduce bribes to judges, prosecutors, arbitrators and other relevant staff members, or instruct or induce parties to pay bribes; (8) Lawyers shall not meet with judges, prosecutors, arbitrators and other relevant staff in violation of regulations.

4. What are your plans for practicing as a lawyer? What do you think of the development of this industry?

A: Although I assisted my tutor in handling some litigation and non-litigation business during my internship, my accumulated litigation experience and litigation skills are still very limited. After obtaining the practice certificate, I will be a paid lawyer within 1-2 years, accumulate more litigation experience by participating in more litigation business, improve my ability to handle legal affairs, and then practice independently according to the actual situation.

5. Talk about your understanding of the Party's "Three Supremacies"?

Answer: (1) Adhere to the supremacy of the Party's cause and ensure the Party's absolute leadership over the work of the people's courts.

(2) Adhere to the people's interests first, and take solving the problem of letters and visits as the top priority of current work.

(3) Adhere to the supremacy of the Constitution and laws, further improve various working mechanisms, and perform judicial functions.

6. What are the penalties imposed on lawyers by the Bar Association?

A: admonition, informed criticism, public condemnation, and cancellation of membership.

7. What can't be represented by risk?

A: (1) Marriage inheritance case.

(2) Requesting social insurance benefits or minimum living security benefits.

(3) Requesting to pay alimony, alimony, alimony, pension, relief fund and compensation for work-related injuries.

(4) requesting payment of labor remuneration.

At the same time, it is forbidden to charge risk agency fees for criminal litigation cases, administrative litigation cases, state compensation cases and group litigation cases, and the maximum risk agency fees shall not be higher than 30% of the amount agreed in the charging contract.

Would you please say "eight no"?

Answer: (1) You are not allowed to collect fees without permission.

(2) The case secrets and personal privacy shall not be disclosed.

(three) are not allowed to give gifts to the case handlers.

(4) No improper contact with case handlers.

(5) It is forbidden to intentionally provide perjury.

(6) It is forbidden to infringe upon the rights and interests of the clients.

(seven) shall not incite or instigate the parties to express their demands by illegal means.

(8) Do not participate in illegal activities.

9. What are the two pricing methods for lawyers?

A: The fees charged by law firms for providing legal services are set by the government and regulated by the market. Among them, the implementation of government guidance prices are:

(1) representing civil litigation cases.

(2) Acting as an agent in administrative litigation cases.

(3) Acting as an agent for state compensation cases.

(4) Cases of parties to criminal cases.

(5) Acting as an agent for appeals in various litigation cases.

10, how do you charge lawyers?

A: Lawyers can charge fees according to different service contents, such as piecework fees, fees in proportion to the bid amount, and hourly fees. If the fee is charged by time, the law firm must issue a work list to the client after closing the case.

1 1. What are the duties of the Bar Association?

A: Article 46 of the Lawyers Law shall perform the following duties: (1) To ensure that lawyers practice according to law and safeguard their legitimate rights and interests. (2) Summarize and exchange the working experience of lawyers. (three) to formulate industry norms and disciplinary rules. (four) to organize lawyers' professional training and professional ethics and practice discipline education, and to assess lawyers' practice activities. (five) to organize and manage the internship activities of lawyers, and to assess the interns. (6) Rewarding and punishing lawyers and law firms. (7) Accepting complaints or reports against lawyers, mediating disputes arising from lawyers' practice activities and accepting lawyers' complaints. (eight) other duties stipulated by laws, administrative regulations, rules and the articles of association of the lawyers association.

12, please talk about how lawyers and law firms introduce themselves and promote themselves.

A: (1) You can publicize your professional field and recommend your professional expertise through written works, seminars and briefings. And popularize the law.

(2) Advocating and encouraging lawyers and law firms to participate in public welfare activities.

13, what is the unfair competition behavior of lawyers?

Answer: (1) Don't attract business by belittling the professional ability and level of your peers.

(2) Do not solicit business by offering or promising to provide kickbacks.

(3) Do not use news media or other means to provide false information or exaggerate their professional ability.

(4) No academic background, educational background, non-lawyer title, social status, honor, etc. It should be printed on the business card.

(5) Do not compete for a legal matter at a cost level significantly lower than that of peers.

14. What is the agency ability of lawyers?

A: Legal ability, professional ability, moral ability and physical ability.

15. What is the main content of lawyer's agency service?

A: (1) Consulting service. (2) Case investigation. (3) Acting in court. (4) participate in negotiations. (5) Drafting documents. (6) coordination. (7) take good care of your property.

16. What is the termination of the agency contract?

Answer: (1) The client refuses to defend or represent. (2) Termination of the entrustment contract. (3) The lawyer refuses to defend or represent. (4) Other special circumstances.

17. Under what circumstances can a lawyer refuse to defend or represent?

Answer: (1) The client uses the legal services provided by lawyers to engage in criminal activities.

(2) The client insists on pursuing the goal that the lawyer considers unattainable or unreasonable.

(3) The client has fulfilled the obligations of the entrustment contract to a considerable extent and has been reasonably urged.

(4) On the premise of unforeseeable in advance, the lawyer's provision of legal services to the client will bring unreasonable expenses to the lawyer, or cause unbearable and unreasonable difficulties to the lawyer.

(five) the evidence provided by the client does not have objective authenticity, relevance and legality, or it is considered to be suspected of perjury after examination by the judicial organ.

(6) Other justifiable reasons.

18, the prohibited attorney fees mainly include?

A: (1) It is forbidden for lawyers to charge fees privately. (2) Prohibit unfair competition among lawyers. (3) It is forbidden to violate the charging standards and measures.

19. A lawyer shall not commit any of the following acts in his practice:

Answer: (1) Accepting entrustment without permission, charging fees, accepting property or other benefits from the client.

(2) Take advantage of the convenience of providing legal services to seek the disputed rights and interests of the parties.

(3) accepting property or other benefits from the other party, and maliciously colluding with the other party or a third party to infringe upon the rights and interests of the client.

(4) Meeting with judges, prosecutors, arbitrators and other relevant staff in violation of regulations.

(5) bribing judges, prosecutors, arbitrators and other relevant staff members, introducing bribes or instigating or inducing parties to pay bribes, or otherwise influencing judges, prosecutors, arbitrators and other relevant staff members to handle cases according to law.

(6) Intentionally providing false evidence or threatening or inducing others to provide false evidence, which hinders the other party from obtaining evidence according to law.

(seven) inciting or instructing the parties to take illegal means such as disturbing public order and endangering public security to resolve disputes.

(8) Disrupting the order of courts and arbitration tribunals and interfering with the normal conduct of litigation and arbitration activities.

20. Could you please talk about the professional ethics that interns should pay attention to?

A: First of all, as a trainee lawyer, you can't advertise yourself as a lawyer. Can only assist full-time lawyers to handle related legal affairs. Can't meet the client alone, answer the client's legal advice, and let the client know clearly that he is a trainee lawyer rather than a lawyer. no