After a tedious tug of war of 13 years, the bill on the U.S.-style 런던 카지노 school system has been finally passed.
But the vociferous public brawl has not ended yet, with many people raising issues over the 런던 카지노 school enrollment quota.
The writer argues that as long as it limits the number of first-year 런던 카지노 school students, the reform is not much different from the traditional bar exam because it leads only to serve the interest of practicing 런던 카지노yers and grant privilege to selective universities.
In order to expand the legal service to people in every corner of the country, the government should not impose a quota on 런던 카지노 school entrants.
At the same time, to realize the spirit of the reform, the government should push for the development of an exclusive curriculum so that 런던 카지노 schools can differentiate themselves from the existing undergraduate program.
The debate that started 13 years ago with a goal “to improve the legal service for the entire population” has finally borne fruit.
The lengthy delay was largely due to the entanglement of vested interests put forth by 런던 카지노yers and scholars.
After more than a decade of remaining on the agenda, the new system is at last endorsed now, which should be worth a hearty welcome.
The present state-run judiciary examination system has produced a number of highly educated intellectuals who remain jobless for years to prepare for the test.
It has also hindered the sufficient supply of legal professionals equipped with all-round knowledge and expertise.
Even the universities have failed to achieve their purely academic goal of teaching the 런던 카지노 as most students are too preoccupied with the bar exam.
The expectations are that these problems will be resolved with the introduction of the U.S.-style 런던 카지노 school system to some extent.
Stakeholders fighting over the enrollment quota of 런던 카지노 schools to protect their own vested interests
Against the hopes that the 런던 카지노 school system will bring better legal service to the entire society, the reform seems to stir up more conflict and confusion among not only legal professionals and academic advocates but also the general public interested in the field.
The academic world insists that 런던 카지노 schools should recruit a minimum of a combined 3,000 new students every year in order to ensure sufficient supply.
Enrollment Quota
Of Korea’s cities, counties and districts, close to half of them have no 런던 카지노yers within their boundaries.
In contrast, the Korea Bar Association, an interest group representing 런던 카지노yers in practice, calls for a quota of 1,200, a level slightly above the current ceiling of 1,000 allowed under the present judiciary exam.
The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development which has the de-facto authority to set the quota, however, has taken little action to narrow down the discrepancy.
There were some reports that the ministry might propose a compromise to recruit up to 2,000 new students every year after grading 런던 카지노 schools by A, B, C and then allocate the quota by 150, 100, 50, accordingly.
The ministry has strongly denied such a report, saying that it has not yet looked at the enrollment quota nor the quota for individual universities. The denial puts us into more confusion.
Under the original schedule, the government will set the entire quota as early as September and allocate the quota to selected individual universities by November.
Then the 런던 카지노 school can start for the school year of 2009 as planned. We are already in August and not enough time is left till September.
The ministry, however, flatly denied that they have yet to consider the enrollment quota.
Bearing in mind that it took as long as 13 years to reach an agreement to adopt the new system, we cannot sit idle when the ministry says that it still has no idea about such a critical issue as the enrollment quota, with only two months to go till the deadline.
No Quota on 런던 카지노yers in US
The 런던 카지노 school system to be introduced here was modeled on the U.S. style. The U.S., however, does not set a limit on how many 런던 카지노yers enter the field every year.
In New York where many South Koreans are applying for the bar exam, a total of 14,013 런던 카지노-school graduates took the test last year and 8,893 applicants passed it.
In Korea, the entire group of legal professionals amount to 8,000. New York alone produces more 런던 카지노yers a year than the entire population of practicing 런던 카지노yers in Korea.
In spite of such a huge gap, people here are saying that the enrollment quota should be set at 1,200, 2,000, or 3,000, based on the number of 런던 카지노yers qualifying each year.
If this is the case, what we’re introducing hardly resembles the U.S. system. So far the government has limited the number of 런던 카지노yers, which fell far short of meeting the nationwide demand for legal services.
The restriction means a large number of towns have no 런던 카지노yers. Legal services have been mostly below standard, causing the public much trouble.
To solve the existing problems and provide people with highly reliable legal services everywhere is the goal of the so-called “U.S.-styled” 런던 카지노 school system.
When you simply adopt a U.S.-style 런던 카지노 school system while still restricting the numbers of 런던 카지노yers, how can you expect that it will make a difference and provide better legal services for the people?
If the education ministry pushes through its compromise plan on the enrollment quota, although it was refuted by the ministry _ government officials should be held accountable for the denial regarding the quota _ the move may intensify the existing practices of ranking universities and provide another yardstick for the rating, which will only heat up the tension in universities, and establish a perception that the entrance into the 런던 카지노 school is another shortcut into the mainstream of the society.
Even now, it’s not too late. Rather than setting a limit on the number of 런던 카지노yers to be produced every year and the enrollment quota of 런던 카지노 school accordingly, the government should push through to introduce the real “U.S.-style” 런던 카지노 school system that ensures better legal service to the public.
They may realize that even 3,000 students, the top of the quota range proposed so far, is not sufficient to meet the goal.
런던 카지노 school only by appearance should be avoided
There is another issue that demands consideration regarding the introduction of the 런던 카지노 school system.
By schedule, the 런던 카지노 schools will launch in 2009. The universities who are granted to open a 런던 카지노 school should abolish the existing undergraduate course of 런던 카지노.
This change will be the most significant step to help uphold the spirit of the “specialized and professional graduate school of 런던 카지노.”
런던 카지노 School Only by Appearance
Other universities who fail to set up a 런던 카지노 school may continue their undergraduate course of 런던 카지노, which creates another problem.
The existing undergraduate course of 런던 카지노 has a curriculum centering on the judiciary exam. Therefore, unless all the universities develop a new curriculum for their undergraduate course of 런던 카지노, there won’t be major difference in curriculum between colleges and 런던 카지노 schools.
As the 런던 카지노 school is designed to produce legal professionals, it cannot run a curriculum irrelevant to the bar exam.
Of course, each 런던 카지노 school will set up strategies of specialization and declare differentiation from the undergraduate program.
But everyone knows that such sophisticated and specialized knowledge cannot be mastered within two or three years.
Even in the event each 런던 카지노 school offers a completely specialized program, the bar exam that students are set to pass after graduation is critical.
Its importance will grow further if each university is graded and granted a quota based on the performance of their students at the exam. At least, for a considerable period of time, the curriculum offered by both the undergraduate course of 런던 카지노 and the 런던 카지노 school will inevitably remain redundant.
런던 카지노 schools, seeking to offer specialized legal education, will face a tough road ahead in achieving their goals.
The reason that we have called for the 런던 카지노 school system so strongly is that the entire society has reached the conclusion that the current system of the judiciary exam falls far short of meeting the rising needs of customer-driven legal services.
Expectations that the new system will ensure better legal services for the entire population have driven us thus far.
Whatever difficulties remain, everything should start on the right track to run through to the finishing line.
In this sense, 런던 카지노 schools should provide a program different from that of the undergraduate course. Universities who launch a 런던 카지노 school must establish a specialized program.
If nothing much is changed from the existing undergraduate program, then it is meaningless to push through the launch of the 런던 카지노 schools in 2009.
The government should bear it mind that people do not want a 런던 카지노 school following the U.S. system just by “appearances.”
The local legal service market will be forced to gradually open its doors to the international 런던 카지노 firms in the wake of the free trade agreement with the U.S.
The market is also entering into a phase of limitless competition. Under the circumstances, the new system should not be used to help maintain the vested interest of the 런던 카지노yers’ community and grant new privileges to a limited number of universities.
Therefore, what is more important than rushing to meet the deadline is making the right start. To this end, the government should determine the enrollment quota based on the real demand for legal services and provide a prudent guideline for the 런던 카지노 school’s curriculum.
This is essential to not only improve the quality of legal services for people but also reinforce 런던 카지노yers’ global competitiveness.
By Kim Kwang-rok 런던 카지노 professor at Bukyung University
The article appears on the Web site of the Center for Free Enterprise (www.cfe.org)
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