Korean Bar Association: "Let's Discuss Limiting Practical Training Slots for Bar Exam Passers in the Four-Party Consultative Body"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The Korean Bar Association has proposed forming a 'four-party consultative body' with the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Education, and the Association of Law Schools regarding the controversy over the limitation on the number of practical training positions for bar exam passers.

On the 3rd, the Bar Association stated, "To resolve the current issues with the practical training system for bar exam passers, we have sent official letters to the parties involved proposing a four-party consultative meeting involving the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Education, the Bar Association, and the Association of Law Schools to be held at the Ministry of Justice building."

They added, "The confusion surrounding practical training cannot be resolved without improving the structure of lawyer production, which includes law school admission quotas, the number of graduates, and bar exam passers."

Furthermore, they said, "We hope to discuss reasonable and objective standards and directions for producing new legal professionals and to jointly consider ways to provide judicial services that are genuinely helpful to the public."

This year, the Bar Association limited the number of practical training positions for bar exam passers to 200 for the first time. Following the announcement of this policy, criticism arose that the Bar Association was attempting to control the number of lawyers independently after demands to reduce the number of passers to below 1,200 were not accepted.

Considering that there are 1,706 bar exam passers this year and that legal offices can accommodate about 1,000 trainees, concerns have been raised that approximately 500 passers may become 'lawyer training refugees.'

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