법학전문대학원에서의 법학초보자 교육프로그램의 구상

Program for legal education toward non-law degree holders

On July 3, 2007, the Korean National Assembly passed legislation introducing 'Law School', closely modeled on the American post-graduate system. This year the Law School is started. It is the big reform of the legal education system. The one of major purpose of the new legal education system is to train the superior legal experts from various backgrounds, so it is natural to be admitted the students who don't specialize in law or don't have legal knowledge to the Law School. The new students of the Law School show the diversity in their age, degree, career and social experience. Law school graduates will have to pass the bar exam before practicing, which can start in 2012. Therefore the program that helps the students(non-law degree holders) studying in the new legal education system is needed ; 1. E-learning system 2. Development of the auxiliary textbook, database 3. Reorganization of teaching assistance system 4. Winter Seminar