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Build Postgraduate Law Schools in Kyoto, and Will They Come - Sooner and Later?

Luke R. Nottage
University of Sydney - Faculty of Law; University of Sydney - Australian Network for Japanese Law

Australian Journal of Asian Law, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 241-263, 2005
Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 07/29

Abstract:
This paper critically assesses many issues that have arisen or become more visible since new postgraduate 'law schools' got underway in April 2004 in Japan, focusing on those in Kyoto - a major centre of learning. It re-emphasises serious design flaws in the original reform proposal but notes some more promising tendencies subsequently. It argues that the new system remains unstable and inherently problematic for teachers, students, and the broader community. The paper concludes by proposing more thoroughgoing reforms, driven more by educators and a broader array of stakeholders. An Epilogue reinforces these observations with a preliminary analysis of the results of the first new National Bar Examination open to students from Law Schools throughout Japan, announced in late 2006.

Keywords: Japanese law, comparative law, legal education

JEL Classifications: K10, K19

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Date posted: May 15, 2007 ; Last revised: May 15, 2007

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Nottage, Luke R., Build Postgraduate Law Schools in Kyoto, and Will They Come - Sooner and Later?. ; Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 07/29. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=986529

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