Lawyers go to law school after graduating from college, and they are required to perform two years of social services as a lawyer thereafter. Lawyers in Cuba do not get rich. The big money is made by tour guides. At some law firms, however, lawyers can keep a percentage, often 35 percent of the fees they collect. That sounds like capitalism to me, or perhaps a typical Massachusetts contract partner arrangement.
Lawyers can advertise, as they can in Massachusetts.
The same firm can represent people in both sides of a dispute, as long as each one uses a different attorney in the firm. That would be a no-no here. We met with a number of lawyers to find out what it was like to be a lawyer in a communist society. The law firms were multi-racial and included women and men. I asked one lawyer what he likes best about being a lawyer in Cuba.