22-4    Basic Statistics on Lawyers, Notarization and Mediation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Lawyers                             

          

          

           

           

           

  Number of Law Offices               

8265

8441

8946

9144

9541

  Number of Lawyers           (persons)

100198

98902

101220

111433

117260

      Full-time Lawyers         (persons)

47879

47574

51008

61761

69117

      Part-time Lawyers         (persons)

20243

18695

17958

17082

15639

  Number of Units with Permanent      

           

           

           

 

 

    Legal Advisors                     

223043

232434

235676

238576

247160

  Agent of Civil Cases          (cases)

353840

454273

526633

592455

640610

  Agent of Economic Cases       (cases)

360224

403337

414229

426358

438672

  Defender of Criminal Cases    (cases)

245877

275188

296668

309767

317108

  Agent of Administrative Action(cases)

19360

29618

35865

39006

41785

  Agent of Non-Litigious Legal  Affairs

435483

1222239

851433

716287

770087

  (cases)

          

           

           

 

 

  Agent of Foreign-related, Hong Kong,

27730

24765

21618

18793

30531

    Macao & Taiwan Legal Affairs (cases)

          

           

           

 

 

  Agent of Legal Advisory Services    

186.5

425.9

489.9

419.2

457.4

  (10 000 cases)

          

           

           

 

 

  Agent of Legal Documents Written on  

52.3

95.9

125.9

96.6

111.3

    Behalf of Clients     (10 000 cases)

          

           

           

 

 

  Notarization                        

          

           

           

 

 

  Number of Notary Offices             

3167

3162

3179

3189

3189

  Notarial Personnel          (persons)

17019

17431

18159

18654

19211

      Notaries                  (persons)

11322

11749

13006

13083

12849

      Assistant Notaries        (persons)

1925

1741

1428

1584

2103

  Number of Notarized Documents       

792.7

982.8

1022.9

1644.6

1249.7

  (10 000 cases)

          

           

           

 

 

  Number of People's Mediation        

          

            

           

 

 

  Number of Full-time Judicial        

56173

57029

52875

54987

54638

    Assistants                 (persons)

          

           

           

 

 

  Number of People's Mediation Commit-

100.2

98.5

98.4

97.4

96.4

    tees                  (10 000 units)

          

           

           

 

 

  Number of Mediators  (10 000 persons)

1035.4

1027.4

917.5

880.3

844.5

  Number of Civil Disputes Mediated   

580.2

554.3

526.7

518.9

503.1

  (10 000 cases)