First, the significance of lawyers' legal aid
The significance of lawyers' legal aid is mainly reflected in the following points:
1. Legal aid is the concrete embodiment of implementing Theory of Three Represents.
2. Legal aid is a powerful guarantee to realize the rule of law.
3. Legal aid helps to consolidate the ruling foundation of the Party and its ruling position.
4. Legal aid is conducive to building a harmonious socialist society.
5. Legal aid is an inherent requirement to realize social fairness and justice.
Let me remind you that legal aid refers to a legal guarantee system that legal aid agencies established by the government or lawyers of non-governmental organizations provide legal services to people with financial difficulties or special cases, especially in rural areas.
Secondly, the scope of legal aid.
The scope of legal aid is as follows:
Article 10 of the Regulations on Legal Aid
If a citizen fails to entrust an agent due to financial difficulties, he may apply to a legal aid institution for legal aid on the following matters that need to be represented:
(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.
3. What are the characteristics of legal aid in China?
1. Legal aid is the responsibility of the state and the behavior of the government, which is organized and implemented by the legal aid agency established by the government. It embodies the obligations of the state and the government to citizens.
2. Legal aid is a legal and institutionalized behavior and an important part of the national social security system.
3 recipients are persons with financial difficulties, the disabled, the weak or special objects designated by the people's court.
4. Legal aid institutions reduce legal service fees for recipients, and courts reduce case acceptance fees and other litigation fees for recipients.
5. The forms of legal aid include both litigation legal services and non-litigation legal services. Mainly take the following forms: criminal defense and criminal agency; Agents in civil and administrative litigation; Non-litigation legal affairs agency; Notarial certificate.