At present, some courts and departments jointly provide legal aid services, and lawyers may provide legal services.
You just need to prepare a complaint and go to court. At present, laws and regulations do not explicitly require you to hire a lawyer. You can sue yourself. If it is really difficult to write a complaint, you can file an oral lawsuit. The people's court will record the oral statement of the plaintiff and inform the other party.
If it is a case within the scope of legal aid prescribed by law, you can also apply for legal aid, and there are special lawyers to represent the case free of charge.
Tenth "Legal Aid Regulations" for the following matters that need to be represented due to economic difficulties, citizens who do not have an agent may apply for legal aid from legal aid institutions:
(1) Requesting state compensation according to law;
(2) Requesting social insurance benefits or minimum living security benefits;
(3) Requesting pensions and relief funds;
(4) Requesting to pay alimony, alimony and alimony;
(5) Requesting payment of labor remuneration;
(six) to claim the civil rights and interests arising from the courageous behavior. The people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may make supplementary provisions on legal aid matters other than those stipulated in the preceding paragraph. Citizens may apply to legal aid institutions for legal advice on matters specified in the first and second paragraphs of this article. Eleventh in criminal proceedings, under any of the following circumstances, citizens can apply for legal aid from legal aid institutions:
(1) The criminal suspect fails to hire a lawyer due to financial difficulties after being interrogated for the first time by the investigation organ or from the date when compulsory measures are taken;
(2) The victim of a public prosecution case and his legal representative or close relatives have not entrusted an agent ad litem due to financial difficulties since the date when the case was transferred for examination and prosecution;
(three) since the case of private prosecution was accepted by the people's court, the private prosecutor and his legal representative have not entrusted an agent ad litem due to financial difficulties.