Regulations on Standards of Class III legal aid assistants in Vietnam

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Regulations on Standards of Class III legal aid assistants in Vietnam

This content is guided by Circular 05/2022/TT-BTP on regulations on codes, standards, and salary classification for professional titles of legal aid assistants issued by the Minister of Justice.

The standard of class III legal aid assistants - Code: V02.01.02 includes the following contents:

Professional ethical standards for legal aid assistants in Vietnam

1. Complying with the professional ethical standards of Justice Sector officers.

2. Complying with legal aid professional regulations and rules.

Standards of training and retraining for legal aid assistants in Vietnam

1. Having a bachelor's degree in law or higher;

2. Possessing a certificate of graduation from law training or being exempted from law training;

3. Having a certificate of examination of legal aid probation results or a certificate of examination of law practice probation results, except in the case where a legal aid officer has been appointed under the Law on Legal Aid 2006 or is exempted from legal aid probation as prescribed by law.

Class III legal aid assistants in Vietnam

1. Mission

- Providing legal aid in accordance with the law on legal aid;

- Appraising the quality of legal aid cases of class III legal assistants and other legal aid providers as assigned by leaders of state legal aid centers;

- Evaluating the effectiveness of legal aid cases participating in the proceedings to determine the successful legal aid cases participating in the proceedings of class III legal assistants and other legal aid providers as assigned ;

- Participating in researching and developing legal aid documents, programs, and plans in the locality; participating in editing or compiling programs and documents; or participating in legal aid training and retraining as assigned;

- Performing other assigned duties.

2. Standards of professional and professional competence

- Capable of applying the guidelines and policies of the Party and the laws of the State in legal aid work;

- Having knowledge and understanding of the assigned legal aid field;

- Capable of guiding the application of legal aid legislation to lawyers who sign contracts to provide legal aid and legal aid collaborators;

- Having basic information technology skills, using foreign languages, or using ethnic minority languages for officials working in ethnic minority areas according to job position requirements.

Principles of appointment and salary ranking by professional title for legal aid assistants in Vietnam 

According to Circular 05/2022/TT-BTP, the principles of appointment and salary arrangement according to professional titles for legal aid assistants are prescribed as follows:

- The appointment to a professional title for a legal aid officer must ensure that the standards for the appointed professional title are met.

- When appointing from the rank of public servant currently holding the professional title of a legal aid officer, the legal aid officer must not combine raising the salary level with promoting the professional title of the public employee.

Duong Chau Thanh

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