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