Introduction
International Conference on Legal Education Reform: Reflections and Perspectives
by Chang-fa Lo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Remarks
- Reflections of an Observer: The International Conference on Legal Education Reform
by Charles R. Irish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 - Legal Education Reform and the Idea of Law
by Ko Hasegawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Keynote
- Six Uneasy Pieces
by Kenneth B. Davis, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Taiwan
- Driving an Ox Cart to Catch up with the Space Shuttle: The Need and Prospects of Legal Education Reform in Taiwan
by Chang-fa Lo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Germany
- Legal Education in Germany Today
by Stefan Korioth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 - Bar Examinations and Cram Schools in Germany
by Heinrich Amadeus Wolff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Japan
- Japanese Legal Education in Transition
by Hisashi Aizawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 - Structural and Institutional Arrangements of Legal Education: Japan
by Masako Kamiya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 - The Tragedy of Japanese Legal Education: Japanese “American” Law Schools
by Takahiro Saito . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 - Legal Education Reforms in Japan: Background, Rationale, and the Goals to be Achieved
by Katsumi Yoshida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Korea
- Law Reform in Korea and the Agenda of “Graduate Law School”
by Kyong-Whan Anh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 - The National Bar Examination in Korea
by Chang Rok Kim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Singapore
- Forging a New Equilibrium in Singapore Legal Education
by Alexander Loke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
United States
- Rediscovering the Lawyer School: Curriculum Reform in Wisconsin
by Keith A. Findley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 - Legal Training in the United States: A Brief History
by Susan Katcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 - Cram Schooled
by Mark E. Steiner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 - Legal Education in the United States: Who’s in Charge? Why Does it Matter?
by Cheryl Rosen Weston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397