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21-27 BASIC STATISTICS ON LAWYERS, NOTARIZATION AND MEDIATION
Item | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998
Lawyers |  |  |  |
Number of Law Offices | 7263 | 8265 | 8441 | 8946
Number of Lawyers (persons) | 90602 | 100198 | 98902 | 101220
Full-time Lawyers (persons) | 45094 | 47879 | 47574 | 51008
Part-time Lawyers (persons) | 17994 | 20243 | 18695 | 17958
Number of Units with Permanent Legal Advisors | 234496 | 223043 | 232434 | 235676
Agent of Civil Cases (cases) | 316250 | 353840 | 454273 | 526633
Agent of Economic Cases (cases) | 324909 | 360224 | 403337 | 414229
Defender of Criminal Cases (cases) | 204382 | 245877 | 275188 | 296668
Agent of Administrative Action(cases) | 18043 | 19360 | 29618 | 35865
Agent of Non-Litigious Legal Affairs (cases) | 452021 | 435483 | 1222239 | 851433
Agent of Foreign-related, Hong Kong, Macao & Taiwan Legal Affairs (cases) | 20444 | 27730 | 24765 | 21618
Agent of Legal Advisory Services (10 000 cases) | 196 | 186.5 | 425.92 | 489.86
Agent of Legal Documents Written on Behalf of Clients (10 000 cases) | 54.4 | 52.3 | 95.87 | 125.86
Notarization |  |  |  |
Number of Notary Offices | 3148 | 3167 | 3162 | 3179
Notarial Personnel (persons) | 16949 | 17019 | 17431 | 18159
Notaries (persons) | 10663 | 11322 | 11749 | 13006
Assistant Notaries (persons) | 2221 | 1925 | 1741 | 1428
Number of Notarized Documents (10 000 cases) | 777.4 | 792.7 | 982.8 | 1022.9
Number of People's Mediation |  |  |  |
Number of Full-Time Judicial Assistants (persons) | 53922 | 56173 | 57029 | 52875
Number of People's Mediation Committees (10 000 units) | 101 | 100.2 | 98.5 | 98.4
Number of Mediators (10 000 persons) | 1025.9 | 1035.4 | 1027.4 | 917.5
Number of Civil Disputes Mediated (10 000 cases) | 602.8 | 580.2 | 554.3 | 526.7
a)The number of civil actions included economic actions prior to 1993. |  |  |  |