The bar qualification examination is now a national judicial examination. The national judicial examination was held in March 2002. It combined the three examinations of lawyer qualification examination, first-time judge qualification examination and first-time prosecutor qualification examination, and cancelled three independent examinations that had been popular for a long time.
Bachelor degree or above can be registered, and there is no requirement for the nature of work and the major to apply for. LL.M. and LL.M. both belong to the national academic education examination, while the judicial examination is a qualification examination, which is different from the academic education examination. In other words, to qualify, you must pass the judicial examination.
Examination nature
The national judicial examination is a qualification examination organized by the state to engage in a specific legal profession. Newly appointed judges, prosecutors and lawyers must pass the national judicial examination. Persons who have passed the national judicial examination may apply to the Ministry of Justice for granting legal professional qualifications.
The goal of the national judicial examination is to test whether candidates have the knowledge and ability to be judges, prosecutors, practicing lawyers, notaries and engage in the legal profession through scientific, reasonable, fair and just examination methods.
The Significance of Lawyers to Modern Times
Lawyers play an important role in modern society. By providing legal services to the society, they help people solve various legal problems, such as marriage, property, labor and criminal cases. Lawyers also shoulder social responsibilities. They actively participated in resolving contradictions and disputes, innovating social management and providing legal aid, and made positive contributions to maintaining social harmony and stability and safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of the people.
Throughout history, we can see that lawyers or lawyers are always active at important moments of change. At any time, as a group with strong sense of social responsibility, high education level and strong concept of rule of law, they play a very important role in social progress, including the change of social system.
According to the law, "lawyers should safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the parties, the correct implementation of the law, and social fairness and justice." This provision clarifies the professional mission and legal obligation of contemporary lawyers to undertake social responsibilities. Lawyers are not only legal professionals, but also important guarantors of social justice and fairness.