Legal advice is free for everybody. However, services such as reconciliation/arrangement of disputes, preparation of free legal forms, legal representation including civil, family law cases, and free criminal representation, are limited to those listed below :

• Domestic citizens and foreign residents in Korea with their average income under 2.6 mil. won per month.
• Public officials under the 6th rank, or its equivalents.
• Military Officers ranked below of 2nd lieutenant.
• Consumers suffering damage from the use of goods and services.
• The claimant for whom the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Korea appointed as a court-appointed counsel, our legal-aid lawyer or public service attorney.
• The person for whom the court concerned decided to grant litigation-aid services (including bankruptcy or credit recovery cases), except when granted only to the costs of a lawsuit including that stamp tax.
• The stated person who shall receive Free Legal Aid under the necessity of particular assistance for farmers, fishermen, handicapped person, subsidized person of social security and so forth (See page 7 for 'Free Legal Aid' cases).
• Criminal suspects or defendants for whom the court concerned designated as a court-appointed counsel our legal-aid lawyer or public service attorney.
• And others who are poor and short of legal knowledge, thus unable to take measures or remedies at law on their own.