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The New Japanese Law Schools: Putting the Professional into Legal EducationKeiichiKansai Law School James R. MaxeinerUniversity of Baltimore - School of Law April 1, 2004 Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal, Vol. 13, No. 2, 2004 Abstract: In April 2004, more than sixty law schools began operation in Japan. Legal education, previously treated as a combination of undergraduate education in law and extra-university training in professional skills, will now be concentrated in new professional law schools. The reforms of Japanese legal education are intended both to produce more attorneys in a nation that has a shortage of legally trained professionals, and to help increase the role of law in Japanese society generally. In order for Japan's new law schools to achieve their educational objectives, they must successfully address a host of conceptual, pedagogical and organizational challenges. Foremost among these challenges is making legal education professional by placing a focus upon legal reasoning.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 26 Keywords: legal education, legal reasoning, subsumption, syllogism, practical training, judicial training Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: August 29, 2008 ; Last revised: November 20, 2008Suggested Citation |
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