There is no specific requirement for the location of the legal aid center, which is determined by the local judicial administrative department. The legal aid center is the official name of the government's legal aid institutions, and the judicial administrative departments of the people's governments of municipalities directly under the central government, cities divided into districts and counties determine the legal aid institutions within their respective administrative areas according to their needs. It is a legal service institution established by the state to provide free legal services for vulnerable groups who need legal services but are unable to hire lawyers due to economic difficulties, and specific personnel who need legal aid according to the law but have not hired lawyers themselves (such as those who may be sentenced to life imprisonment or death penalty in criminal cases, juvenile offenders, etc.). Provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law on Legal Aid Article 2 If a criminal suspect or defendant fails to entrust a defender due to financial difficulties, his close relatives may apply for legal aid from the legal aid institutions affiliated to the judicial administrative organs at the same level where the public security organs, people's procuratorates and people's courts are located. Under any of the following circumstances, if a criminal suspect or defendant does not entrust a defender, he may apply for legal aid in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph: (1) There is evidence to prove that the criminal suspect or defendant belongs to Grade I or II mental disability; (2) In the same criminal case, other criminal suspects and defendants have entrusted defenders; (3) The people's procuratorate lodged a protest; (4) The case has a significant social impact.