Self-Restraint Record System Planned by Sichuan Lawyer Association has been Rejected

• Author: Li Fenfei

Not long ago, the Sichuan Province Lawyer Associations drew up a draft for the “Opinion Regarding the Establishment of a System for Recording Criminal Cases Conducted outside Sichuan.”(Draft) This document proposed that in law firms, within five days of entering a contract with a client, the lawyer accepting the authorization should be required to submit a record form to the lawyers’ association in the location of the case’s occurrence so that it could be entered into local records. Attorneys planning to argue that their clients are not guilty should also fill out information, including...