법조윤리의 교육과 시험 - 한국과 미국의 비교법적 고찰 -

After South Korea adopted a new law school system, which modeled after the U.S. law school, all students who aspire to be a lawyer must take a course on legal ethics and pass the national legal ethics exam. There had been no teaching and testing on legal ethics at university law departments before. There thus existed very few law professors who could teach this subject competently. The purpose of this paper is to provide those inexperienced teachers with some practical guidance to improve their abilities to teach and make them familiar with the new national examination. Based on a comparative law approach, this paper surveys the U.S. legal ethics rules and the testing scheme. It follows similar study on the historical development of the Code of Legal Ethics both in South Korea and the U.S. This paper also discusses the proper name of the subject. It suggests in this regard the preference of using "Law Governing Lawyers,"instead of the traditional usage of "legal ethics." The paper continues to deal with the goals and ideal contents of a legal ethics course. The calling of legal profession serving for the realization of social justice and the protection of human rights should not be overlooked or discounted in any circumstances. This paper also emphasizes the maintenance of proper balance between the professional and private life,paying more attention to the quality of each lawyer's life.