The Duty Lawyer Scheme provides legal representation to all persons brought before the Magistrates Courts, Juvenile Courts and Coroners Courts. To be eligible for the Duty Lawyer representation, one has to pass the merits test and means test and pay a fixed handling charge of $460. The Scheme also assigns lawyers to advise defendants facing extradition and to undertake representation of hawkers upon their appeals to the Municipal Services Appeals Board.

The Legal Advice Scheme provides free preliminary legal advice to members of the public as to their legal position in genuine cases at various District Offices in the evenings.

The Tel-Law Scheme provides members of the public with free taped legal information by telephone. It is a 24 hours automatic answering service which provides tapes on more than 70 topics in Cantonese, Putonghua and English.

The Convention Against Torture Scheme provides legal assistance to claimants who have made claim under Article 3 of the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.