17-38 Basic Statistics on Lawyers, Notarization and Mediation
Item | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2003
Lawyers |  |
Number of Law Offices (unit) | 113 | 130 | 169 | 227 | 242
Number of Lawyers (person) | 694 | 780 | 1705 | 2414 | 2562
Full-time Lawyers (person) | 280 | 435 | 1209 | 1508 | 1917
Part-time Lawyers (person) | 414 | 345 | 336 | 418 | 101
Number of Units with Permanent Legal Advisors (unit) | 1263 | 1748 | 2560 | 2613 | 2820
Agent of Civil Cases (case) | 1937 | 6306 | 6380 | 16165 | 21245
Defender and Agent of Criminal Cases (case) | 2310 | 6237 | 5850 | 5826 | 5661
Agent of Non-Litigious Legal Affairs (case) | 979 | 614 | 5357 | 4810 | 6111
Agent of Legal Advisory Services (10 000 cases) | 1.83 | 4.62 | 4.21 | 7.45 | 9.47
Agent of Legal Documents Written on | 0.43 | 0.69 | 1.06 | 1.94 | 3.07
Behalf of Clients (10 000 cases) |  |
Notarization |  |
Number of Notary Offices (unit) | 90 | 113 | 126 | 131 | 124
Notarial Personnel (person) | 123 | 249 | 345 | 458 | 466
Notaries | 101 | 173 | 266 | 332 | 401
Assistant Notaries (person) | 22 | 76 | 49 | 43 | 56
Number of Notarized Document (10 000 cases) | 5.18 | 6.79 | 10.11 | 18.85 | 9.64
Number of People's Mediation |  |
Number of Full-time Judicial Assistants (person) | 1061 | 939 | 1515 | 1750 | 1836
Number of People's Mediation Committees (unit) | 16070 | 17422 | 19045 | 22294 | 21022
Number of Mediators (10 000 persons) | 7.88 | 7.11 | 12.04 | 10.04 | 9.59
Number of Civil Disputes Mediated (10 000 cases) | 8.43 | 11.86 | 9.18 | 8.09 | 9.13