Starting with its definition, a law firm is an office staffed by legal professionals that works to help natural or legal persons obtain their rights before the law or to protect their existing rights. Lawyers carry out their professional activities within law firms. Through law firms, lawyers provide both consultancy services and case management before the law to natural and legal persons. For this reason, law firms are also commonly referred to in practice as solicitors’ offices.
What Does a Law Firm Do?
Law firms, established and operated by lawyers, work to defend all legal rights of their clients, whether natural or legal persons, before the law. In addition to services such as filing lawsuits, lodging complaints, and initiating enforcement proceedings, law firms also work to prevent or defend against attacks on the personal reputation, brand, or business of those concerned.
How is a Law Firm Established?
It is important to emphasise that in our country, a licence to practise law is required in order to open a law firm. To obtain this licence, one must be a graduate of a law faculty and have subsequently completed a one-year legal internship. Upon completion of the internship, the individual may register with the bar association in any province and open a law firm. It should also be underlined that only one qualified lawyer is sufficient to open a law firm.
How Do Law Firms Operate?
It should be noted that law firms defend the rights of the relevant individuals before the law through the lawyers within their practice. Accordingly, where the individual has a file that has been referred to any judicial authority, lawyers represent that individual in the relevant proceedings. Services provided in relation to matters that have not been referred to the courts, on the other hand, are referred to as consultancy services.
In Which Areas Do Law Firms Provide Services?
As noted above, at least one lawyer is required to establish a law firm. However, it should be noted that law firms generally operate with more than one lawyer. Legal support is therefore provided to clients across all areas of law, in accordance with the knowledge and experience of the lawyers concerned. In this context, the areas in which law firms provide services may be listed as follows: enforcement proceedings, criminal cases, insolvency cases, divorce cases, inheritance cases, and commercial cases. In addition, as previously mentioned, law firms also provide consultancy services in matters that have not been referred to the courts — offering advice to natural or legal persons regarding the legal consequences of disputes between themselves and other natural or legal persons.
What is Legal Consultancy?
Starting with its function, legal consultants provide preventive and remedial legal support to institutions and individuals. In this context, legal consultants generally work within companies or institutions as in-house counsel. The duties of legal consultants are listed below:
- They provide clarity and advice on all legal matters within the scope of the contract in place.
- They inform clients within a legal framework regarding the steps they are to take, thereby preventing problems from arising.
- They inform clients on legal processes such as enforcement proceedings, litigation, or complaints, and intervene when necessary.
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