Where to find free legal advice? How good is the free legal advice? Are there any channels for legal consultation?

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1. Where can I find free legal consultation?

When ordinary people encounter legal-related problems and need help, the first thing they often think of is to ask relatives or friends, or search online for answers to relevant legal questions. However, the law has its professional nature after all. In fact, if you look for answers on the Internet, or from relatives and friends, I am afraid that it is still not accurate enough, or you cannot find the exact answer, so people may want to check if there is a lawyer. Can be consulted. Where should I go to find such free legal consulting services?

Taiwan is paying more and more attention to the rule of law, so there are more and more institutions or units providing "free legal consultation", and it is becoming more and more convenient for people to seek legal services. This article provides some places where you can get free legal advice.

(1) Government-related units

For example, all county and city governments, township and city offices, etc. provide relevant free legal consultation services. In order to serve the public, some politicians, legislators, congressmen or village chiefs will also set up service offices to provide the public with the opportunity to consult lawyers for free.

Most of the government's free legal consultation services will provide relevant information such as service location, time, consultation type, precautions and contact methods on the Internet. By searching online, you can find the government's free legal consultation hotline, service lawyers and service hours. Some also have online appointment systems, so people can freely choose a location close to home, reducing the mental wear and tear of traveling back and forth.

(2)Public welfare groups

Many public welfare organizations, such as the Legal Aid Foundation, the Women's New Knowledge Foundation, and the Car Accident Care Association, also provide free legal consultation services. People in need can contact various units to seek relevant information.

(3)law firm

Some law firms will also provide free legal consultation services to a certain extent. Relevant information can generally be obtained on the websites of the respective law firms. Generally speaking, the free legal consultation services provided by law firms are simple responses in the initial stage, which can at least provide the public with a general direction for dealing with legal issues. If the public deems it necessary after listening to the lawyer's preliminary legal advice, they can further appoint the lawyer to handle legal cases, review or modify contracts, or further represent them in litigation. Since the lawyer has already provided preliminary legal services, it can increase the public's trust in the lawyer. This will make it easier for the lawyer to assist the public in handling legal issues in the future. However, sometimes, due to cost considerations, law firms will first assign relatively junior lawyers to provide free legal consultation. Therefore, the legal advice obtained may not be accurate or in-depth enough. However, this is also an expedient measure, and the public can at least have some The general direction of handling a case, and subsequent re-evaluation of how to proceed further.

2. What is the quality of free legal consultation? What should you pay attention to if you want free legal advice?

(1) What is the quality of free legal consultation?

As mentioned above, if a law firm provides free legal consultation services, there will definitely be a higher cost if a very senior lawyer is used to assist in the process. Therefore, if a law firm provides free legal consultation services, it will usually assign Relatively junior lawyers provide services, and the legal profession attaches great importance to practical experience. If the people's problems are relatively basic legal issues, even relatively junior lawyers should be able to provide complete consulting services. But on the other hand, if the public's problems are more complex, or are legal issues related to practical operations or the formulation of litigation strategies, younger and more junior lawyers may not be able to provide complete legal consulting services.

If so, why not seek free legal advice? In fact, not necessarily. If you have the following situation, it is recommended that you try to seek free legal consultation first, and then evaluate how to deal with it in the future:

(1) I have just encountered a legal problem and have no idea at all. I don’t even know how to find a lawyer, so I want to know a little bit about it first.
(2) When you have no idea what happened and don’t even know how to deal with it.
(3) The case is relatively simple and the responsibilities involved are light. I just want to understand the legal process.
(4) In fact, I already have a general understanding of the answers to legal questions, but I just want to confirm the details.
(5) I know that I need to seek help from a lawyer, but there is no way, so I want to get a preliminary understanding first.
(6) If you are really unable to pay the lawyer's fees, you can only seek free legal consultation.

(2) How to get free legal consultation? What should I prepare?

(1)Preparation in advance
Even if it’s a free legal consultation, don’t expect the lawyer to spend a lot of time listening to your story from start to finish! Therefore, sort out your questions a little beforehand. It is best to sort them out in a columnar manner. This way you can focus on the problem points and maximize the effectiveness of the limited consultation time!

(2) Learn a little bit about the relevant laws and regulations
Nowadays, information is very developed. Even if you cannot find the complete answer to the question, you should at least go online to learn a little bit about the relevant laws that the current legal issues may involve, and whether there are relevant cases in the past. You can compile and understand it in advance, so It can save a lot of time for lawyers to explain basic concepts and allow lawyers to answer your questions more efficiently.
(3) Prepare relevant information
In addition to relying on your narrative, the lawyer must also rely on relevant evidence provided by you. Therefore, it is best for you to compile the relevant information and evidence related to the problem in advance. When the lawyer wants to know more, you can provide it as soon as possible for the lawyer's reference. This can make the legal consultation process smoother.

(4) On time
Regardless of free legal consultation, on-site consultation or online consultation, please be sure to be on time to avoid waiting for the lawyer. This way you can effectively use the time slot arranged by the lawyer for you and concentrate on solving your legal problem. question.

(5) Evaluation follow-up
After consulting a lawyer, you can summarize the opinions provided by the lawyer and evaluate whether the lawyer has the ability to handle your case, so that you can use it as a reference for selecting a lawyer if you need to continue to appoint a lawyer to handle it later.

3. Is free legal consultation really free?

You can think about it, when you are shopping, you will often encounter someone selling to you, maybe it is a free trial, or you can try a facial mask for free by filling in the information, or you can try it for free when you come into the store, etc. But everyone usually has a little doubt, because based on previous experience, after getting a free snack, you will often be pushed to buy a pack of snacks, or after trying a facial mask for free, you have to buy ten skin care courses, etc., so Often a free offer is followed by a series of sales pitches that are hard to refuse.

Regarding legal services, the providers are lawyers. Each lawyer obtains the qualification of a lawyer after years of hard study, and also needs to undergo practical training and tempering from the most junior stage. It takes a long time to develop a lawyer. not long. And such a lawyer does not charge any fees for the professional services he provides. Is this reasonable? Suppose you want to undergo heart surgery. If a doctor says it will be done free of charge, would you really feel relieved? Therefore, just like other sales activities, most free legal consultations usually only provide a simple preliminary reply. If you continue to write pleadings or provide more detailed legal evaluations, you usually have to charge a fee. If you are very Pay attention to the free legal consultation at the beginning, and the legal advice you receive will always be only the most preliminary advice.

Of course, there are also many lawyers who are enthusiastic about public welfare and are willing to provide their professional services unconditionally to benefit the public. Such lawyers should be applauded because they provide free legal consultation and are not for the purpose of subsequent sales.

Fidelity Law Firm, based on public welfare, will provide free legal consultation services if you have proof of being a low-income household.

Note: Taipei City Government provides free legal consultation

Legal consulting service description
1. This consultation service is provided by volunteer lawyers assigned by the Taipei Bar Association and Keelung Bar Association respectively to provide free consultation services. The lawyers only provide on-site or online answers to public legal questions and do not write complaints on their behalf.
2. How to apply for consultation:
(1) The online reservation system is fully implemented. Please go to the citizen service platform website (website:https://service.gov.taipei/ ) "Service Counter Appointment System/Legal Consultation Service Appointment and Cancellation" to make an appointment or directly click on the "Municipal Building Counter Appointment Service" website:https://creva.gov.taipei/ , you can make an appointment for a consultation within a week.
(2) In order to safeguard public rights and interests, each person is limited to applying for legal consultation services once per day, and each consultation time is limited to 20 minutes.
3. Legal consultation (on-site) service hours and precautions:
(1) Consulting service hours: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on working days.
(2) On-site consultation registration time: Please report to the professional consultation service counter of the North District Citizen Service Group on the first floor of the Municipal Building 5-10 minutes in advance and fill out the form.
(3) If a person fails to arrive 5 minutes after the scheduled consultation time, the person on the standby list will fill in his/her place in order.
4. Legal consultation (remote: video, phone) service hours and precautions:
(1) Consulting service hours: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on working days.
(2) Video consultation check-in time: Please click on the video conference link URL in our appointment notification letter 10 minutes in advance of the scheduled consultation time to test whether the connection is normal.
(3) Telephone consultation registration time: Please call (02) 27256168 on time during the scheduled consultation time, and our service staff will transfer you to a lawyer.
5. The consultation time for each person is limited to 20 minutes. Please use the consultation time to prepare specific questions in advance so that the lawyer can truly provide effective suggestions for your problems. Please also be sure to check in on time according to the appointment time. If you are late, we will cooperate to shorten the consultation time to protect the rights of those who make an appointment for consultation in the next period.
6. Please do not record, record or take photos while the consultation service is in progress.
7. If you have any questions about how to apply for legal consultation services, please contact the staff of the Citizen Services Group at: (02)27256168.
8. The roster of rotating legal consulting service lawyers is attached. If there is any change, no further announcement will be made. The names of rotating lawyers will be marked on-site according to the duty situation on that day.

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