IMPLEMENTATIONS OF LAW FIRMS FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES AS LOCAL GOVERNMENT?S LEGAL COUNSEL IN FACING LAWSUITS BEFORE THE COURT (STUDY IN GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH SULAWESI PROVINCE).

Based on the Decree of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 12 of 2014 concerning Guidelines on the handling of cases within the Ministry of Home Affairs and Local Government in Article 1 paragraph (2) on the handling of lawsuits within the Province carried out by the Provincial Law Bureau and Regulation of the Governor of West Sulawesi Number 40 Year 2016 Position, Duties and Functions, Organizational Structure and Working Procedures of the Regional Secretariat and Secretariat of the Regional Representative Council of the Province of West Sulawesi, In the face of the lawsuit the Law Firms uses the services of advocates/legal consultants from the first tribunal until there is a permanent legal decision so that the local government this Bureau of Justice monitors and facilitates the handling of cases. Then, the factors affecting the efforts of the West Sulawesi Provincial Government in facing the lawsuit, namely, the civil state apparatus resources are very lacking in the Law Firms and Human Rights Division and the facilities are still lacking and the funding is not in accordance with the activity program planning which is the inhibiting factor in the face of a lawsuit in court.