Citizens may apply to legal aid institutions for legal advice on matters specified in the first and second paragraphs of this article.
The steps for changing lawyers are as follows:
1. You can complain to the competent department of the legal aid center.
2. The time for changing lawyers is generally before and after the trial.
If you feel that the lawyer is not diligent enough to help you win the lawsuit, you can entrust others, but you must inform the court.
4. If you hire a charging lawyer, the choice is in your hands when you change lawyers. If you are a lawyer appointed by the legal aid center, it is not your call.
The application for legal aid is applicable to the following situations:
1. Criminal cases: If the defendant and the victim are unable to hire a lawyer due to financial difficulties, they may apply to a legal aid institution for legal aid;
2. Civil cases: If the parties are unable to bear the litigation costs or preservation costs due to financial difficulties, they may apply for legal aid from legal aid institutions;
3. Administrative cases: If it is necessary to bring a lawsuit to an administrative organ because of the infringement of an administrative decision, but it is unable to afford the litigation expenses due to economic difficulties, it may apply to a legal aid institution for legal aid;
4. Other legal affairs: Persons with financial difficulties who need to hire lawyers or other legal service personnel to engage in other legal affairs may apply for legal aid from legal aid institutions.
The procedures for applying for legal aid are as follows:
1. Fill in the legal aid application form: applicants need to fill in the legal aid application form and provide relevant supporting materials, such as ID card and income certificate;
2. Submit application materials: Applicants need to submit the completed legal aid application form and relevant supporting materials to the local legal aid institution. You can apply to the legal aid institution by phone, email or in person;
3. Review the application materials: the legal aid institution reviews the materials submitted by the applicant to confirm whether the applicant meets the conditions for legal aid;
4. Confirm the applicant's qualification: if the applicant meets the conditions of legal aid, the legal aid agency will confirm the applicant's qualification and arrange lawyers for him;
5. Attorneys try: The legal aid institution will assign lawyers to the applicants and arrange lawyers to contact the applicants, accept the entrustment and carry out relevant work.
To sum up, when communicating with the legal aid center or applying for changing lawyers, you should explain the existing problems and dissatisfaction in detail, and provide relevant evidence and materials so that the legal aid center can handle your application in time and give corresponding support and help.
Legal basis:
Article 28 of the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Legal Aid
If a lawyer has any of the following circumstances, the judicial administrative department shall give him a warning and order him to make corrections; If the circumstances are serious, a penalty of stopping practicing 1 month or more and 3 months or less shall be imposed:
(1) Refusing to accept or terminate a legal aid case without justifiable reasons;
(two) handling legal aid cases to collect property.
Where there is an illegal act in Item (2) of the preceding paragraph, the judicial administrative department shall order the return of the illegally obtained property, and may concurrently impose a fine of not less than 0 times but not more than 3 times the value of the collected property.