The role of lawyers in criminal cases is very important in an effort to safeguard the legal rights of a suspect or defendant. The importance of the role of lawyers / advocates is especially in helping face the legal process of the problems at hand, especially in defending the legal interests of a suspect or defendant. Even so, there are still many people who do not know the importance of lawyers / advocates in handling the cases they are facing.
Before going further into the functions and uses of advocates, it is better to state the meaning of the advocate profession. According to article 1 point 1 of Law Number 18 of 2003 concerning advocates (Law on advocates) states that an advocate is a person whose profession is to provide legal services, both inside and outside the court who meets the requirements and is based on the provisions of the Advocate Law.
From the definition of an advocate, it can be understood that the advocate profession as a profession that provides legal services both outside and inside the court is actually an important part of the effort to provide legal protection in a broad sense for a suspect / defendant and on the other hand providing legal advice to a suspect or defendant when the person concerned does not understand the legal provisions of the act he is suspected of / accused of or the legal process that must be passed step by step in the handling of the legal … Read More


