22-6 Basic Statistics on Lawyers, Notarization and Mediation
Item	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Lawyers
Number of Law Offices                       (unit)	11823	12988	13096	13593	14467	15888
Number of Lawyers                         (person)	145196	153846	164516	143967	156710	173327
Full-time Lawyers	100875	114471	122242	128172	140135	155457
Part-time Lawyers	6966	7418	8068	7842	8116	8764
Number of Units with Permanent
Legal Advisors                                   (unit)	282361	276097	279573	295990	314876	338179
Agent of Civil Cases                           (case)	853897	965956	1027117	1247877	1401147	1499105
Agent of Economic Cases                   (case)	357326	376793	377999
Agent and Defender of Criminal Cases (case)	332688	354229	341619	495824	511971	564204
Agent of Administrative Action         (case)	50778	50389	56657	56342	54666	57286
Agent of Non-Litigious Legal Affairs (case)	904516	933346	915482	607049	729218	569304
Agent of Foreign-related, Hong Kong,
Macao & Taiwan Legal Affairs        (case)	37728	36361	10700
Agent of Legal Advisory Services	471.05	441.48	520.13	381.83	350.86	383.08
(10 000 person-times)
Agent of Legal Documents Written on	123.16	120.07	145.32	715.37	720.99	684.22
Behalf of Clients                  (10 000 cases)
Notarization
Number of Notary Offices                   (unit)	3164	3160	3082	3031	3035	3023
Notarial Personnel                           (person)	19913	20789	31123	21060	33462	23077
Notaries	11714	11738	21362	11616	22284	11282
Assistant Notaries	3644	4138	4709	4966	5469	5895
Number of Notarized Documents	1021.9	945.2	980.7	971.4	949.0	1075.1
(10 000 cases)
Number of People's Mediation
Number of Full-time Judicial Assistants	63438	61666	62573	60824	74147	72704
(person)
Number of People's Mediation Committees	85.3	84.7	84.3	83.7	82.7	82.4
(10 000 units)
Number of Mediators        (10 000 persons)	514.4	509.7	498.2	486.9	479.3	493.9
Number of Civil Disputes Mediated	441.4	448.7	462.8	480.0	498.1	579.7
(10 000 cases)