1. The right of a lawyer to provide legal services may be restricted only by laws.
2. Every person has the right, in the manner prescribed by law, to choose a lawyer to advise, represent or defend his interests.
3. The activity of a lawyer is the provision of legal services. The activity of a lawyer is not commercial or economic.
4. A lawyer shall also have the right, for remuneration, in the manner prescribed by legal acts, to provide bankruptcy, restructuring, asset and inheritance administrator, lobbyist, liquidator, curator, executor of a will, trustee, translator insofar as it relates to legal services provided by the lawyer, patent trustee services, to work in electoral and referendum commissions at all levels, to be a member of a municipal council, to be appointed a member of a commission by a resolution of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, a decree of the President of the Republic or a resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, as well as to work in working groups (commissions) for drafting legal acts and to provide research services necessary for drafting a legal act, to be an arbitrator, mediator, conciliator or legal expert when resolving disputes. A lawyer may be a member of a collegial management or supervisory body of a legal person. The right to provide the services referred to in this paragraph shall be acquired by a lawyer and the provision of these services shall be controlled in the manner established by the legal acts regulating the provision of these services.
5. A lawyer shall have the right to provide legal services free of charge, i.e. to provide legal aid.
