According to "Legal Daily" report, in June this year, "the title American lawyer" Journal article in "today's lawyers are under too much pressure" article aroused the attention of the public. In the article by recent USA appear lawyer "Dutch act door" phenomenon, in the financial crisis, pressure increasing situation, lawyers should respond to value what kind of mentality, what kind of view.

    Since the outbreak of the global financial crisis, American large law firms practitioners increasingly sad day. Some people are unable to face the growing unemployment and employment pressure, the off road. In April 30th this year, USA famous Kilpatrick (KilpatrickStocktonLLP) law firm, 59 year old senior lawyer Mark Levy (MarkLevy) was unable to face the harsh reality was fired and embarked on the road of Dutch act. Just a week after Levi Dutch act after the longest history, reputation, America top law firms -- America Simpson thacher (SimpsonThacher&BartlettLLP) also admits, a lawyer for the firm because they fired choose to take the road.

    Layoffs and lawyers work hang by a thread to lawyers practitioners mind caused tremendous damage, Dutch act phenomenon Mark Levi and other senior lawyer is a corroboration. If people browse American some legal person's blog, the article or article comments, can clearly feel their anger, pessimism and self condemnation.

    Read this article, I thought to myself, American is a country under the rule of law, high position, high income. Because of the financial crisis were fired, on the choice of Dutch act on the road to ruin. They "compression" ability is so weak, people simply can not understand.

    Therefore, I think China lawyer encounter. Compared China lawyer status can not and judicial personnel, but their position in society is still relatively high, most lawyers economic income is not low. But China law basically is to rely on their own, the state provides economic security to the lawyer did not. Especially for the case law, case more is to find their own. If not the case, there would be no income. Chinese lawyer is able to endure hardship, they are not afraid of the economic pressure, few lawyers because no source and the choice of Dutch act.

   Law firms are generally not fired his lawyer, because the vast majority of lawyers is not working, contrary to law firms lawyer also pay management fees, lawyers often jumps flooey instead of fried lawyers.

  But Chinese lawyer pressure, far more than the American lawyer. If compared with the USA lawyers, lawyers Chinese greater risk. Under the China legal environment, China lawyers would be unwarranted interference from the public power of public security organs, in addition to find a lawyer of scum, the judicial administrative organ may also "governance" lawyer. For example, the "annual" don't let the lawyer, lawyer's practicing certificate shall be revoked or ordered to suspend business for rectification, applying the unemployment pressure.

   As a lawyer in China, if "no politics, disregard the situation in general", only in accordance with law to safeguard their rights cases, such as the authorities seized a little trouble, then wait to kill the whole! Not a practicing certificate is revoked, rectify. More serious is, also occurred from the court and lawyers, handcuffs attorney lawyer sun, expelled out of the court, lawyers and even violence, sentenced to prison, and lawyers.

   As far as I know, this year, Beijing has a number of lawyers "laid off", there is no income can not practice. Chinese lawyers to slit in order to survive is very strong, not as USA lawyers like that go on the road of Dutch act.

  Chinese lawyers practicing in the pressure, American lawyers may be unable to imagine. If Chinese lawyer compression capability, such as America lawyers so fragile, I do not know how many China lawyers to Dutch act road.

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