충북대학교 법학전문대학원의 민법 교육과정 및 교육방법

I am pleased to be invited as a speaker to the symposium on the law school curricular and teaching method of civil law. The purpose of this article is to provide the information about the academic programme on civil law of the CBNU law school and to review the programme. The CBNU law school course covers two basic objectives : compulsory subjects and optional subjects. The compulsory course is divided into the Legal Practice Course and the Academic Course. The academic course includes seven core areas. These are : ▪ Foundations of constitutional law ▪ Foundations of civil law ▪ Foundations of criminal law ▪ Foundations of civil procedure ▪ Foundations of commercial law ▪ Foundations of administration law ▪ Foundations of criminal procedure They are usually taught through a lecture system. The civil law element comprises 14 per cent of the academic course and includes the foundations of civil law. This is studied in the first-year spring term. The CBNU Law School curricula has 17 civil law subjects. The optional element comprises about 94 per cent of the civil law subjects. The optional subjects are divided into basic subjects, combined subjects and comparative law subjects. Basic subjects are : ▪ Property (Year one spring term) ▪ Contracts (Year one autumn term) ▪ Torts (Year one autumn term) ▪ Family Law (Year two spring term) Most basic subjects are studied in year one. Combined subjects are divided into practical skills, exercises and seminars. Practical skills subjects enable students to develop and acquire the skills that they will need during their professional lives. They are : ▪ Compensation Law and Practice (Year one spring term) ▪ Real Property Law and Practice (Year three spring term) Exercise subjects combine substantive law, procedure and practical skills to ensure all-round competence. The only exercise subject is : ▪ Civil Case Exercise (Year two spring term) Seminar subjects allow students a certain amount of specialisation. They include : ▪ Legal Charges Seminar (Year two spring term) ▪ Landlord and Tenant Seminar (Year two autumn term) ▪ Family Law Seminar (Year two autumn term) ▪ Family Registration Seminar (Year three spring term) ▪ Civil Precedents Seminar (Year three autumn term) ▪ Specific topics of tort Seminar (Year three autumn term) The CBNU Law School curricula tries to avoid overspecialisation at an early stage. So seminar subjects are studied in year two or three. All students successfully completing a law school course will be awarded a ‘Post Graduate Diploma in Law(PGDL)’. And to become a lawyer, they must sit the Bar Exam. However, the Bar Exam Bill proposed by the Ministry of Justice of Korea sets up too many subjects for the bar exam. It might deteriorate the normal process of law school education. The bar exam should be redesigned as a form of pure qualifying examination.