There is only one category of lawyer in Italy (avvocato/avvocatessa). Lawyers can carry out the full range of legal work including conducting litigation and appearing in court. Lawyers are under a duty to: Protect the right to liberty, as well as the inviolability and effectiveness of the right to representation. Ensure that trials and hearings conform to proper procedures. In the practice of their profession: ensure that laws conform to the principles of the Constitution and to EU Regulations; ensure that those principles, as well as those in the European Convention on Human Rights, are respected for the protection and in the interest of the assisted party.