1. What to do if you can’t afford a lawyer? You can obtain legal aid in accordance with national regulations. 1. Citizens who have any of the following matters and have no entrusted agent or defender due to financial difficulties may apply for legal aid or a defense designated by the people's court: (1) Requesting state compensation in accordance with the law; (2) Requesting social insurance benefits or minimum living standards (3) Requesting for the payment of pensions and relief funds; (4) Requesting for the payment of alimony, child support, and child support; (5) Requesting for the payment of labor remuneration; (6) Claiming to be caused by acts of bravery and righteousness civil rights. 2. Citizens may apply for legal aid from legal aid agencies if one of the following circumstances occurs during criminal proceedings: (1) The criminal suspect did not hire a lawyer due to financial difficulties after the first interrogation by the investigative agency or from the date when compulsory measures were taken. (2) The victim and his legal representative or close relatives have not entrusted an attorney due to financial difficulties since the date when the public prosecution case was transferred for review and prosecution; , since the date of transfer of the case for review and prosecution, no litigation agent has been appointed due to financial difficulties. Failure to appoint an agent ad litem due to financial difficulties; (3) The private prosecutor and his legal representative in a private prosecution case have not appointed an agent ad litem due to financial difficulties since the date the case was accepted by the People's Court.
2. Whether the litigant must entrust a lawyer to litigate the litigant’s litigation. Whether to entrust a lawyer to litigate the litigant’s litigation needs to be decided by the litigant. The law does not stipulate that the litigant must entrust a lawyer. Whether it is a civil litigation, administrative litigation or criminal litigation, entrusting a lawyer is the litigant’s responsibility. right. Since it is a right, the parties can exercise it or not exercise it. Therefore, as long as the party feels that he can handle the entire lawsuit, he can certainly litigate without hiring a lawyer. If the parties involved do not understand the law and related procedures, it is recommended to entrust a lawyer to represent you or consult a lawyer for detailed consultation. Article 58 of the Civil Procedure Law stipulates that parties and legal representatives may entrust one or two people to serve as litigation agents. The following people can be entrusted as litigation agents: (1) Lawyers and grassroots legal service workers; (2) Close relatives or staff of the parties; (3) Citizens recommended by the communities, units and relevant social groups where the parties are located.
3. How to hire a lawyer 1. Go to a law firm. 2. A law firm accepts entrustments from Chinese and foreign parties and provides various legal services within the prescribed scope of professional activities. 3. Responsible for the specific assignment and guidance of the business work of affiliated lawyers. According to needs, with the approval of the Ministry of Justice, professional law firms can be established, and qualified law firms can be established in several business groups in accordance with the principle of professional division of labor. In principle, law firms are located in counties (cities, districts), and there is no affiliation between law firms. 4. At present, there are partnership law firms, individual lawyer offices, and lawyer cooperative law firms. The former has the same nature as the Legal Counsel Office, but has a different name. The latter is to implement self-financing and independent accounting under the new situation of reform and opening up. There is no difference in the content of legal services they provide.