23-7    STATISTICS ON LAWYERS, NOTARIZATION AND MEDIATION (2008)
 
Item    
 
Whole Municipality Urban Area
    Lawyers  
      Number of Law Offices (unit)                          64 51
      Persons with Lawyer's Qualification (person) 635 515
        Full-time Lawyers 588 469
        Part-time Lawyers 24 24
      Number of Units with Permanent Legal advisors (unit) 4255 3490
      Agent of Civil Cases (case) 16779 12940
      Defender and Agent of Criminal Cases (case) 1611 1238
      Agent of Administrative Action (case) 369 310
      Agent of Non-litigious Legal Affairs (case) 1932 1578
      Agent of Legal Advisory services (case) 12535 9792
      Agent of Legal Documents Written on Behalf of Clients (case) 2503 2041
    Notarization    
      Number of Notary Offices (unit)                             5 3
     Notarial Personnel (person)                      56 45
        Notaries (Grade 1, 2,3,4) 31 24
        Assistant Notaries 9 7
      Number of Notarial Documents Issued (case) 27560 21901
        Domestic Civil Relations 12321 9671
        Domestic Economic Affairs 3957 3900
        Foreign-related and Hongkong,Macao and Taiwan Notarization 11282 8311
    People's Mediation    
      Number of Full-time Judical assistants (person) 316 246
      Number of People's Mediation Committees (unit) 1904 1087
      Number of Mediators (person) 10065 4491
      Number of Civil Disputes Mediated (case) 24116 18328