23-6  Basic Statistics on Lawyers, Notarization and Mediation
Item	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Lawyers
Number of Law Offices                       (unit)	13096	13593	14467	15888	17230	18235
Number of Lawyers                         (person)	164516	143967	156710	173327	195170	214968
Full-time Lawyers	122242	128172	140135	155457	176219	192546
Part-time Lawyers	8068	7842	8116	8764	9294	9740
Number of Units with Permanent
Legal Advisors                                   (unit)	279573	295990	314876	338179	369129	392456
Agent of Civil Cases                           (case)	1027117	1247877	1401147	1499105	1569043	1693635
Agent of Economic Cases                   (case)	377999
Agent and Defender of Criminal Cases (case)	341619	495824	511971	564204	530800	569330
Agent of Administrative Action         (case)	56657	56342	54666	57286	51011	52136
Agent of Non-Litigious Legal Affairs (case)	915482	607049	729218	569304	549453	625229
Agent of Foreign-related, Hong Kong,
Macao & Taiwan Legal Affairs        (case)	10700
Agent of Legal Advisory Services	520.13	381.83	350.86	383.08	474.51	513.55
(10 000 person-times)
Agent of Legal Documents Written on	145.32	715.37	720.99	684.22	723.72	787.36
Behalf of Clients                  (10 000 cases)
Notarization
Number of Notary Offices                   (unit)	3082	3031	3035	3023	3026	3006
Notarial Personnel                           (person)	31123	21060	33462	23077	24185	25609
Notaries	21362	11616	22284	11282	11457	12163
Assistant Notaries	4709	4966	5469	5895	6678	7089
Number of Notarized Documents	980.7	971.4	949.0	1075.1	1104.8	1076.6
(10 000 cases)
Number of People's Mediation
Number of Full-time Judicial Assistants	62573	60824	74147	72704	72698	95430
(person)
Number of People's Mediation Committees	84.3	83.7	82.7	82.4	81.8	81.1
(10 000 units)
Number of Mediators        (10 000 persons)	498.2	486.9	479.3	493.9	466.9	433.6
Number of Civil Disputes Mediated	462.8	480.0	498.1	579.7	841.8	893.5
(10 000 cases)
a) Since 2011, statistical scope of Full-time Judicial Assistants was adjusted,
full-time judicial assistants of local office of justice was included in.