The government approved a bill Tuesday to amend the attorney law, enabling lawyers to establish law firms.
Under the current system, all lawyers work independently in law offices -- which are not companies as such but groupings of independent lawyers operating together in a building for the sake of convenience.
Effective April 1, 2002, the revised law will enable lawyers to set up law firms by registering them in the domain of their head offices, and to employ other lawyers as staff members.