21-27 Basic Statistics on Lawyers, Notarization and Mediation

Item

1995

1996

1997

1998

Lawyers

 

 

 

 

Number of Law Offices

7263

8265

8441

8946

Number of Lawyers (persons)

90602

100198

98902

101220

Full-time Lawyers (persons)

45094

47879

47574

51008

Part-time Lawyers (persons)

17994

20243

18695

17958

Number of Units with Permanent Legal Advisors

234496

223043

232434

235676

Agent of Civil Cases (cases)

316250

353840

454273

526633

Agent of Economic Cases (cases)

324909

360224

403337

414229

Defender of Criminal Cases (cases)

204382

245877

275188

296668

Agent of Administrative Action(cases)

18043

19360

29618

35865

Agent of Non-Litigious Legal Affairs (cases)

452021

435483

1222239

851433

Agent of Foreign-related, Hong Kong,

Macao & Taiwan Legal Affairs (cases)

20444

27730

24765

21618

Agent of Legal Advisory Services (10 000 cases)

196

186.5

425.92

489.86

Agent of Legal Documents Written on Behalf of

Clients (10 000 cases)

54.4

52.3

95.87

125.86

Notarization

 

 

 

 

Number of Notary Offices

3148

3167

3162

3179

Notarial Personnel (persons)

16949

17019

17431

18159

Notaries (persons)

10663

11322

11749

13006

Assistant Notaries (persons)

2221

1925

1741

1428

Number of Notarized Documents (10 000 cases)

777.4

792.7

982.8

1022.9

Number of People's Mediation

 

 

 

 

Number of Full-Time Judicial Assistants (persons)

53922

56173

57029

52875

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

101

100.2

98.5

98.4

Number of Mediators (10 000 persons)

1025.9

1035.4

1027.4

917.5

Number of Civil Disputes Mediated (10 000 cases)

602.8

580.2

554.3

526.7

 

 

 

 

 

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