How to become a Lawyer or Public Advocate
Official title: Lawyers and Public Advocates
Gives legal advice, drafts legal documents and represents clients in court. Public defenders are also included.
Main tasks
- Give clients legal advice and act for them in legal matters
- Research legal theory and principles, and related specialist law and court decisions
- Gather evidence to prepare a defence or legal proceedings, and interview clients and witnesses to establish the facts of a case
- Develop a strategy based on the findings of a case, and argue in court and negotiate in legal disputes on behalf of clients
- Draft legal documents such as contracts and wills, and explain legal opinions
Ways in
- University department: Law & Justice degrees, Offered by 29 universities in Taiwan
- Licence (national exam): Regulated profession. To practise as a lawyer you must pass the national Professional and Technical Examination (專門職業及技術人員考試) for 律師 and hold the certificate. Listed in the annex to article 2 of the Enforcement Rules of the Professional and Technical Examinations Act, item 1.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Average pay: NT$1,580,000 a year
- Demand for Legal, social and cultural jobs is projected at about 190,000 in 2024 and about 216,000 in 2030. (+13.7%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a Lawyer or Public Advocate?
Ways in include: Law & Justice degrees.
How much does a Lawyer or Public Advocate earn in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$1,580,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Is a Lawyer or Public Advocate a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change 13.7% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
Will AI change the work of a Lawyer or Public Advocate?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026