(Adopted at the 19th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People’s Congress on May 15, 1996, amended in accordance with the Decision on Amending the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Lawyers made by the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People’s Congress at its 25th Meeting on December 29, 2001, and revised at the 30th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People’s Congress on October 28, 2007)

Contents

Chapter I General Provisions

Chapter II License for Legal Practice by Lawyers

Chapter III Law Firms

Chapter IV Business, Rights and Obligations of Lawyers

Chapter V Lawyers Associations

Chapter VI Legal Liability

Chapter VII Supplementary Provisions