The legal aid center is the official name of the government's legal aid institutions, and the judicial administrative departments of the people's governments of municipalities directly under the central government, cities divided into districts and counties determine the legal aid institutions within their respective administrative areas according to their needs.
It is a legal service institution established by the state to provide free legal services for vulnerable groups who need legal services but are unable to hire lawyers due to economic difficulties, and specific personnel who need legal aid according to the law but have not hired lawyers themselves (such as those who may be sentenced to life imprisonment or death penalty in criminal cases, juvenile offenders, etc.). ). It was established in accordance with the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Legal Aid, which was adopted at the 1 5th executive meeting in the State Council on July 6, 2003 and came into effect on September12003. The purpose of establishing a legal aid center is to protect human rights and maintain judicial justice and balance.
The legal aid center (established by the judicial department) is a legal practice institution for lawyers except law firms.
The difference between lawyers in legal aid centers and lawyers in law firms lies in:
The former enjoys the national salary and provides free legal services for legal aid recipients, while the latter supports itself and provides paid legal services for the society. Lawyers in the legal aid center shall not handle non-aid cases, provide paid legal services to the society, or collect money and goods from the recipients.
The former's registered lawyer's certificate is called "lawyer's work permit" and the latter's registered certificate is called "lawyer's practice certificate".
In addition, there are some legal aid centers of social organizations and institutions, such as legal aid centers set up by colleges and universities, legal aid centers for the protection of women's and children's rights and interests of women's federations, and legal aid centers set up by trade unions. And public welfare centers organized by social welfare institutions are also free. These social legal aid centers are all guided by the legal aid centers set up by the Bureau of Justice, and the staff of the social legal aid centers are composed of non-lawyer legal scholars, legal experts or their legal workers. decree of the state council of the people's republic of china
(No.385)
The Regulations on Legal Aid, adopted at the 1 5th executive meeting in the State Council on July 6, 2003, are hereby promulgated and shall come into force as of September12003.
Premier Wen Jiabao
Ended on July 2, 20031.
Legal aid regulations