They work in parallel to State funded private practitioners who take assignments to represent people eligible for legal aid
They coordinate appointments of private practitioners (ex officio, or panel appoint-
ments) to legal aid cases
They supervise, coach or mentor private practitioners who take legal aid cases
They conduct or organize training sessions for staff lawyers/paralegals
They conduct or organize training sessions for all providers of legal aid, including both staff and private lawyers/paralegals
Other (Please specify)______________________________________________________
Not applicable, there is no institutional legal aid provider
If your country has an institutional legal aid provider (e.g. public defender), what is the maximum caseload per lawyer at one time?
_______ at the national (federal) level
_______ at the regional (district) level
_______ at the local (municipal) level ☐There is no such limitation
If your country has an institutional legal aid provider (e.g. public defender), do the staff lawyers coordinate to uniformly challenge common violations of national and international due process rights and human rights?
Yes, at the national (federal) level
Yes, at regional (district) level
Yes, at the local (municipal) level
No
If your country has an institutional legal aid provider (e.g. public defender), does it have specialized providers and/or units for representing child victims, child witness- es or suspected and accused children?
Yes, at the national (federal) level
Yes, at regional (district) level
Yes, at the local (municipal) level
No
If your country allows legal aid services through university-based student law clinics, are there national guidelines on how students are supervised in providing legal aid services? (Please select all that apply)
Yes, there are specific guidelines for non-lawyers providing legal aid services
Yes, there are specific guidelines on faculty/student ratios
No, it is up to the discretion of each university
Don’t know
There are no university-based student law clinics
If your country allows legal aid services through university-based student law clinics, what type of legal aid services is a student authorized to undertake?
(Please select all that apply)
There is no limitation; they have the same authority as lawyers
They can represent people in administrative or civil law hearings
They can provide primary legal aid (legal advice)
They can prepare legal documents
They can represent people in court in civil and criminal matters
They have the same authority as lawyers in criminal cases of low to mid gravity
They can provide a full range of legal services in criminal cases regardless of gravity
They can conduct mediation
They are authorized to provide only those services that a faculty member or practic-
ing lawyer supervises
Don’t know
Other (Please specify)______________________________________________________
Are specialized legal aid services provided focusing on specific disadvantaged popu-
lation groups? If yes, please indicate to whom these services are provided, and whether they are provided by State-funded legal aid, civil society organizations, or both. (Please select all that apply)
State funded legal aid
Persons with disabilities Children Women The elderly Migrants Refugees, asylum seekers, or stateless persons Internally displaced persons