Nowadays, more and more areas of life are covered by legal regulations. It is necessary to have legal solutions that would help navigate through specific legal systems and support the exercise of rights guaranteed by the law. The proposed publication is a comprehensive study on free legal aid in terms of comparative law. It deals with theoretical and practical issues that constitute a source of knowledge about the shape of legal aid in individual countries. It is also an inspiration for entities creating and applying the law to find the optimal model of free legal aid.