Recommended Citation

Daniel H. Foote, Forces Driving and Shaping Legal Training Reform in Japan, 7 Australian J. Asian L. 215 (2006), https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/faculty-articles/1002

Authors

Daniel H. Foote, University of Washington School of LawFollow

Forces Driving and Shaping Legal Training Reform in Japan

Document Type

Article

Abstract

After canvassing the history of, and rationale for, legal training reform, the article examines the recommendations of the Justice System Reform Council. It then examines some of the forces that led to the reforms; some of those forces that helped shape the reforms; and the major aspects of the reforms themselves. The second half of the article undertakes an initial assessment of the first year of operation of the new system, focusing on the University of Tokyo, and based upon the author's first-hand experience.