Legal aid represents an institution of legal civilization, which also allows the less well-off to act and defend themselves before the judicial, civil, criminal, administrative, accounting and tax authorities.

The citizen, who does not have the means to pay a lawyer, can still act to challenge a payment notice, to oppose an administrative sanction, to file a complaint and so on, as the lawyer's fee remains paid by the State.

Currently the limit to be able to access the benefit is € 12,838.01 cumulative total of the family unit of belonging indicated by the IRPEF taxable income, resulting from the latest declaration.