Abstract:

The law school system in Japan is based on the reform of Japanese judicial system with American law school as a reference object, which attempts to cultivate judicial personnel with a wide range of disciplines through a fast and efficient model. After more than a decade of practical tests, the system had shown an enrollment plummets, and a large number of law schools had been forced to close. These had caused problems such as the weakening of the Japanese lawyers’ professional community, the decline in student quality and the level of law teaching and research. And the disrespect for practice and national conditions as well as the idea of judicial reform deviating from the law of education are the root causes of the failure of Japanese law school system. Therefore, China’s judicial personnel training model needs to learn from Japanese experience, which includes establishing the correct theory of legal personnel training at the theoretical level, and adhering to the socialist judicial talents training system with Chinese characteristics in accordance with China’ s national conditions at the practical level. While emphasizing the top-level design, it is also necessary to attach importance to the exploration and experience summary of grass-roots practice, and to balance the relationship between the basic theories of law and practical knowledge in teaching, which are also vital for building a judicial personnel team in line with China’s practical needs.

Key words: reform of the Japanese judicial system, education system, law school, training of legal talents