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BAR EXAM

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 24, 2015
Ex-professor gets suspended term over bar exam leak to ex-lover
The Tokyo District Court on Thursday sentenced a former Meiji University law school professor to a year in prison, suspended for five years, for leaking this year's bar exam questions to a female graduate under his tutelage who he used to date.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 10, 2015
Ex-professor apologizes in court for leaking bar exam questions
A former Meiji University law school professor offered an apology in his first court hearing Thursday as he admitted to a charge of leaking bar exam questions to a former female student earlier this year.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 8, 2015
Ex-professor indicted on charge of leaking bar exam questions
Prosecutors indicted a former Meiji University law school professor Wednesday on a charge of leaking questions in this year's national bar examinations to a woman who was one of his former students.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2015
Professor leaked bar exam questions to student he was 'fond of'
A Meiji University law school professor suspected of leaking questions from this year's national bar examination to a former student said he did so because he was "fond of" her, sources close to the matter said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 8, 2015
Professor admits leaking bar exam questions to student
In a sign of systemic flaws in the nation's law schools, the Justice Ministry files a criminal complaint against a law professor for leaking bar exam questions to one of his students.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 2, 2014
Moot prospects for law schools in U.S., Japan
Once considered a lucrative career, the practice of law is undergoing far-reaching changes that call into question the future of all except top-tier law schools in the U.S. and Japan.
EDITORIALS
Oct 2, 2014
Weaker case for the law schools
Reform of the nation's system for training legal professionals — introduced a decade ago to draw people from more diverse backgrounds into the legal professional community — is under scrutiny as the ratio of applicants passing the national bar exam falls to a record low.
EDITORIALS
Oct 3, 2013
Law school and bar exam reform
A government panel reviewing Japan's legal system seeks reform of the bar exam and the law schools established in the 2000s in order to improve the quality and availability of legal services.

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