OBS_VALUE: The Advocacy Law is applicable only to sworn lawyers, sworn lawyer's apprentice and EU lawyers. Any other kind of legal advice is not regulated by the Advocacy Law (art.4). Foreign lawyer can't become a locally licensed lawyer (sworn lawyer) but he can provide legal advice - in that case the person can't be called lawyer, but he will be called - jurist. The difference between sworn lawyer and jurist is that jurist can't represent his client at the Court as a sworn lawyer and can't become partner in a firm of swan lawyers.Meanwhile, only in criminal cases there is an obligation to be represented by sworn lawyer.At the main time, foreign advocates, except for advocates of European Union Member States, may practice in Latvia in accordance with the international agreements on legal assistance binding to the Republic of Latvia.