로스쿨에서 형사법 이론교육과 실무교육

It has been 10 years since the law school was introduced in Korea. The Ministry of Justice recently disclosed the number and the percentage of successful applicants in past 7 years bar examination. Some say that all law schools are now likely to be driven into competition at the passing rate of bar examination. Some say that there is no future of law school without reform of curriculum and contents of education. The necessity of expansion of theoretical education and outsourcing of practical education are also discussed. There is also concern about weakening national competitiveness. It is doubtful whether the current law school system can create a professional legal person. Under this circumstance, this article deals with the problem of lawschool’s criminal law and procedure education and looks at how to improve it. Conflicts between teaching right of professors and right for learning of students must be resolved from a long-term perspective. On the one hand, it should be acknowledged that unpopular professors in their lectures also have their unique role. On the other hand, students’ choices should also be guaranteed to the maximum. In order to solve this problem, the quality of every classes should be guaranteed evenly. The format and contents of attorney examination has to be improved in order to successfully change the curriculum and contents of education in law school. The author thinks, compared to the american and Japanese attorney examinations, the current attorney examination in the Republic of Korea is the most severe examination. He suggests that the number of items and the number of types in the attorney examination should be reduced. Cultivating a lawyer with critical thinking is teaching them to develope critical-logical thinking skills such as analyzing cases, interpreting laws, and applying them to matters. Bar examination should be improved to enable such education in law school