The current legislation allows several providers to deliver state guaranteed legal aid: paralegals, specialized nongovernmental organizations, public defenders and lawyers that provide legal aid on request.

Paralegals are the persons that enjoy high respect from the local community, who have incomplete legal education or complete higher legal education, that do not practice law as attorneys of law and are trained and qualified to deliver primary legal aid to members of the community from the financial means intended for the delivery of state guaranteed legal aid in accordance with the Rules on the status and qualification of the paralegals.

Nongovernmental organizations specialized in the delivery of state guaranteed legal aid provide primary and qualified state guaranteed legal aid, except representation in court in criminal and misdemeanor proceedings.

Public defenders are the persons that have the right to practice law in conformity with the Law on the legal profession, selected on the basis of certain selection criteria to provide free or partially free qualified legal aid from the financial means intended for the delivery of state guaranteed legal aid.

Lawyers that provide legal aid on request are the persons who, in accordance with the Law on the Legal Profession, have obtained the right to practice law and who, based on the contract with the Territorial Offices of the National Legal Aid Council, provide state guaranteed legal aid. The lawyers that provide state guaranteed legal aid on request are selected on the basis of a contest, organized by the NLAC.

• State guaranteed legal aid
• Legal aid providers
• Types of state guaranteed legal aid
• Urgent legal aid / upon arrest