How to apply for legal aid lawyer

Summary: In real life, there are specific difficulties in the public inevitably encountered legal rights and interests are violated, or involved in legal disputes, but because of their own understanding of the law is too little, very much hope to get professional lawyers to help. At the same time, due to their financial situation is not generous, and can not afford to pay the expensive lawyer's fees. This is where our legal aid system can usually help. So, what if you can't afford to hire a lawyer? How to apply for a legal aid lawyer? Here's what you need to know. Legal aid refers to the legal aid institutions established by the government to organize legal aid lawyers, for people with financial difficulties or special cases to give free legal services of a legal security system. Special cases are in accordance with the provisions of Article 34 of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China, the defendant in a criminal case is blind, deaf, mute, or a minor who has not appointed a defender, or the defendant may be sentenced to death without appointing a defender, shall be granted legal aid.

First, citizens who have the following matters and have not appointed an agent or defender due to financial difficulties may apply for legal aid or be assigned a defense by the people's court:

1, requesting compensation from the state in accordance with the law;

2, requesting the granting of social insurance treatment or minimum subsistence guarantee treatment;

3, requesting the granting of a pension or relief fund;

4, requesting the payment of alimony, fostering, maintenance;

5, requesting the payment of labor remuneration;

6, claiming civil rights and interests arising from the act of bravery and courage.

Secondly, citizens may apply to a legal aid organization for legal aid in criminal proceedings under one of the following circumstances:

1. A criminal suspect who has not retained a lawyer due to financial difficulties after the first questioning by the investigating authorities or from the date of the adoption of coercive measures;

2. Victims of public prosecution and their legal representatives or close relatives who, from the date of the transfer of the case for examination and prosecution, due to financial difficulties, have not retained a lawyer;

3. Review of the date of prosecution, due to economic difficulties did not appoint a litigation agent;

3, private prosecution cases of private prosecutors and their legal representatives, since the date of the case was accepted by the people's court, due to economic difficulties did not appoint a litigation agent.

Thirdly, in cases where the public prosecutor appears in court to prosecute the case, the defendant has not appointed a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons, and when the people's court appoints a defense for the defendant, the legal aid institution shall provide legal aid.

Fourth, if the defendant is blind, deaf, mute or a minor and has not appointed a defender, or if the defendant may be sentenced to death and has not appointed a defender, when the people's court appoints a defense for the defendant, the legal aid institution shall provide legal aid without examining the defendant's financial status.

Additionally, the procedure for applying for legal aid is such that one has to submit an application to the legal aid organization in the city or county where one's household registration is located or where one's work unit is domiciled. The applicant should submit the following certificates to the legal aid organization:

1. A certificate of the applicant's financial situation issued by the civil affairs department or a certificate of the relevant living situation issued by the neighborhood committee or village committee;

2. A certificate of the income of the applicant and his/her spouse and a certificate of the applicant and his/her spouse's being laid off issued by the unit of the applicant and his/her spouse;

3. A copy of a certificate of the relevant disability issued by the Federation of Disabled People's Rights A copy of the certificate;

4. A copy of the ID card;

5. Proof of eligibility for the relevant agency;

6. Written materials of the relevant case or written materials of the court case.