The bureau is by law mandated to grant legal aid in civil and criminal matters to persons whose means are insufficient to enable them to engage private legal practitioners and to other categories of persons where the interests of justice so require
Bureauyi motengera lamulo likupatsidwa mphamvu yopereka chithandizo chaulele choyimirira milandu ya chikhalidwe ndi yauchigawenga kwa anthu amene alibe kuthekera kodzipezera kapena kugwiritsa ntchito ochita malamula odziyimira pawokha ndi kwa magulu a athu ena kumene zoyenera chilungamo zimafuna..