In past years, 25-year-old law school graduate Hiroyuki Ichikawa would have been facing an almost impossible task — a bar exam with a 97 percent failure rate.
Now, his chances are closer to 50-50.
In the most sweeping reform of Japan's legal system since World War II, the doors are opening for a flood of new lawyers, prosecutors and judges to handle criminal and civil cases in an increasingly litigious society. Experts say the reforms are long overdue and underscore a shift in social attitudes that is forcing Japan to change its policy of keeping the public out of the courts and the number of lawyers low -- about one for every 5,790 people, compared with one for every 268 in the United States.
August 22, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
In past years, 25-year-old law school graduate Hiroyuki Ichikawa would have been facing an almost impossible task — a bar exam with a 97 percent failure rate.
Now, his chances are closer to 50-50.
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