- Title Pages
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I The Global Reach Of Clinical Legal Education
- 1 The First Wave of Modern Clinical Legal Education: The United States, Britain, Canada, and Australia
- 2 Clinical Legal Education in Africa: Legal Education and Community Service
- 3 The Clinical Movement in Southeast Asia and India: A Comparative Perspective and Lessons to be Learned
- 4 Clinical Legal Education in Central and Eastern Europe: Selected Case Studies
- 5 Clinical Legal Education in Latin America: Toward Public Interest
- 6 The “Chinese Characteristics” of: Clinical Legal Education
- 7 Japan’s New Clinical Programs: A Study of Light and Shadow
- 8 The Bologna Process and the Future of Clinical Education in Europe: A View from Spain
- 9 Beyond Legal Imperialism: US Clinical Legal Education and the New Law and Development
- Part II The Justice Mission of Global Clinical Education
- 10 Legal Aid Origins of Clinical Legal Education
- 11 Community Law Clinics: Teaching Students, Working with Disadvantaged Communities
- 12 Addressing Lawyer Competence, Ethics, and Professionalism
- 13 The Impact of Public Interest Law on Legal Education
- 14 Justice Education, Law Reform, and the Clinical Method
- 15 Street Law and Social Justice Education
- 16 Legal Literacy Projectsc: Linical Experience of Empowering the Poor in India
- 17 Advancing Social Justice Through ADR and Clinical Legal Education in India, South Africa, and The United States
- Part III The Global Clinical Movement and Educating Lawyers for Social Justice
- 18 The Global Clinical Movement
- 19 The Role Of National and Regional Clinical Organizations in the Global Clinical Movement
- 20 Bridging Different Interests: The Contributions of Clinics to Legal Education
- 21 Clinical Scholarship and the Development of the Global Clinical Movement
- 22 Externships: A Special Focus to Help Understand and Advance Social Justice
- 23 Setting an Agenda for the Global Clinical Movement
- 24 Normative Attractions to Law and Their Recipe for Accountability and Self-Assessment in Justice Education
- 25 The Global Alliance for Justice Education
- Index
Japan’s New Clinical Programs: A Study of Light and Shadow
Japan’s New Clinical Programs: A Study of Light and Shadow
- Chapter:
- (p.105) 7 Japan’s New Clinical Programs: A Study of Light and Shadow
- Source:
- The Global Clinical Movement
- Author(s):
SHIGEO MIYAGAWA
TAKAO SUAMI
PETER A JOY
CHARLES D WEISSELBERG
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter examines clinical legal education in Japan and its teaching and service goals in the context of the new structure of Japanese legal education. Japan has embarked on a series of reforms aimed at transforming its justice system and the way in which it educates lawyers. As a major part of its reforms, Japan instituted a new system of graduate professional legal education when new law schools opened their doors in 2004. The law schools are an integral component of far-reaching reforms that seek to improve the administration of justice by increasing the number of lawyers, especially in grossly underserved rural areas, and better preparing attorneys for the practice of law domestically and internationally. The chapter also discusses the role of the Japan Clinical Legal Education Association (JCLEA) and the obstacles clinical education faces due to low bar passage rates and resistance to law students participating in the delivery of legal services to clients.
Keywords: Japan, teaching, service, bar passage, reform, legal education, law students, justice system, international law, rural areas
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I The Global Reach Of Clinical Legal Education
- 1 The First Wave of Modern Clinical Legal Education: The United States, Britain, Canada, and Australia
- 2 Clinical Legal Education in Africa: Legal Education and Community Service
- 3 The Clinical Movement in Southeast Asia and India: A Comparative Perspective and Lessons to be Learned
- 4 Clinical Legal Education in Central and Eastern Europe: Selected Case Studies
- 5 Clinical Legal Education in Latin America: Toward Public Interest
- 6 The “Chinese Characteristics” of: Clinical Legal Education
- 7 Japan’s New Clinical Programs: A Study of Light and Shadow
- 8 The Bologna Process and the Future of Clinical Education in Europe: A View from Spain
- 9 Beyond Legal Imperialism: US Clinical Legal Education and the New Law and Development
- Part II The Justice Mission of Global Clinical Education
- 10 Legal Aid Origins of Clinical Legal Education
- 11 Community Law Clinics: Teaching Students, Working with Disadvantaged Communities
- 12 Addressing Lawyer Competence, Ethics, and Professionalism
- 13 The Impact of Public Interest Law on Legal Education
- 14 Justice Education, Law Reform, and the Clinical Method
- 15 Street Law and Social Justice Education
- 16 Legal Literacy Projectsc: Linical Experience of Empowering the Poor in India
- 17 Advancing Social Justice Through ADR and Clinical Legal Education in India, South Africa, and The United States
- Part III The Global Clinical Movement and Educating Lawyers for Social Justice
- 18 The Global Clinical Movement
- 19 The Role Of National and Regional Clinical Organizations in the Global Clinical Movement
- 20 Bridging Different Interests: The Contributions of Clinics to Legal Education
- 21 Clinical Scholarship and the Development of the Global Clinical Movement
- 22 Externships: A Special Focus to Help Understand and Advance Social Justice
- 23 Setting an Agenda for the Global Clinical Movement
- 24 Normative Attractions to Law and Their Recipe for Accountability and Self-Assessment in Justice Education
- 25 The Global Alliance for Justice Education
- Index