Public welfare lawyers refer to lawyers who are employed by government legal aid institutions, public welfare institutions, non-governmental institutions and non-profit institutions to provide legal services for certain groups of people free of charge. For example, lawyers of government or social legal aid institutions, rights lawyers of trade unions, and rights lawyers of human rights institutions.
 If a citizen does not entrust an agent because of financial difficulties, he may apply to a legal aid institution for legal aid. If the defendant is blind, deaf, mute or a minor and does not entrust a defender, or if the defendant may be sentenced to death and does not entrust a defender, the legal aid institution shall provide legal aid when the people's court designates a defense for the defendant, There is no need to examine the defendant's economic situation.
 Legal basis
 Article 5 of the Regulations on Legal Aid The judicial administration department of the people's government of a municipality directly under the Central Government, a city divided into districts or a county level shall, according to needs, determine the legal aid institutions in its own administrative region. Legal aid institutions are responsible for accepting and examining applications for legal aid, and assigning or arranging personnel to provide legal aid to citizens who meet the provisions of these Regulations.