21-27 Basic Statistics on Lawyers, Notarization and Mediation

 

Item

1985

1990

1996

1997

 

 

 

 

 

Lawyers

 

 

 

 

Number of Law Offices

3716

7263

8265

8441

Number of Lawyers (persons)

34379

90602

100198

98902

#  Full-time Lawyers (persons)

23727

45094

47879

47574

Part-time Lawyers (persons)

10652

17994

20243

18695

Number of Units with Permanent Legal Advisors

111899

234496

223043

232434

Agent of Civil Cases (cases)

330672

316250

353840

454273

Agent of Economic Cases (cases)

 

324909

360224

403337

Defender of Criminal Cases (cases)

252344

204382

245877

275188

Agent of Administrative Action(cases)

 

18043

19360

29618

Agent of Non-Litigious Legal Affairs(cases)

110139

452021

435483

1222239

Agent of Foreign-related, Hong Kong, Macao & Taiwan Legal Affairs (cases)

9980

20444

27730

24765

Agent of Legal Advisory Services(10 000 cases)

275.7

196.0

186.5

4259159

Agent of Legal Documents Written on Behalf of Clients (10 000 cases)

51.7

54.4

52.3

958657

Notarization

 

 

 

 

Number of Notary Offices

2921

3148

3167

3162

Notarial Personnel (persons)

15786

16949

17019

17431

#  Notaries (persons)

9210

10663

11322

11749

Assistant Notaries (persons)

2599

2221

1925

1741

Number of Notarized Documents(10 000 cases)

636.5

777.4

792.7

982.8

Number of People's Mediation

 

 

 

 

Number of Full-Time Judicial Assistants (persons)

47399

53922

56173

57029

Number of People's Mediation Committees (10 000 units)

102.1

101.0

100.2

98.5

Number of Mediators (10 000 persons)

625.6

1025.9

1035.4

1027.4

Number of Civil Disputes Mediated(10 000 cases)

740.9

602.8

580.2

554.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

a)       The number of civil actions included economic actions prior to 1993.