Conditions for entering the judicial examination in 2022

The requirements for the judicial examination in 2022 are: China nationality, support for China's Constitution and laws, full capacity for civil conduct, bachelor degree or above, good political and professional ability and moral conduct.

1, with China nationality;

2. Support the China People's Constitution and enjoy the right to vote and stand for election;

3. Have good political, professional quality and moral conduct;

4. Have full capacity for civil conduct;

5. Have a bachelor's degree or above in law in full-time colleges and universities, a bachelor's degree or above in law in full-time colleges and universities, a master's degree or above in law in full-time colleges and universities, and have been engaged in legal work for three years.

Before the implementation of the Measures for the Implementation of the National Unified Legal Professional Qualification Examination, graduates with bachelor's degree or above in law major in institutions of higher learning who have obtained their school status (test scores) or corresponding qualifications, or graduates with bachelor's degree or above in non-law major in institutions of higher learning with legal professional knowledge, can sign up for the National Unified Legal Professional Qualification Examination.

In order to consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation, and implement the policy requirements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on maintaining the overall stability of major assistance policies during the transition period, in 2026, we will continue to implement the national unified legal professional qualification examination relaxation policy (202 1-2025). Applicants whose household registration is in a relaxed place can relax the conditions for entering the exam as college graduates.

Full-time undergraduate graduates (including junior college graduates, the same below) from ordinary universities and military academies in 2022 have the same academic ability as recent master graduates, and can sign up for the 20021National Unified Legal Professional Qualification Examination. Among them, in 2022, the full-time undergraduate graduates of ordinary colleges and universities who have obtained the student status (examination) after the implementation of the Implementation Measures for the National Unified Legal Professional Qualification Examination shall obtain a bachelor's degree in law and a bachelor's degree; Full-time undergraduate graduates from military academies in 2022 who have obtained student status (examination) after the implementation of the Measures for the Implementation of the National Unified Legal Professional Qualification Examination shall obtain a bachelor's degree and a bachelor's degree.

Before the implementation of the "Measures for the Implementation of the National Unified Legal Professional Qualification Examination", the student status (examination) has been obtained. In 20021year, the undergraduate graduates of ordinary colleges and universities and military academies who have completed their studies but have not yet obtained academic degree certificates, and the undergraduate graduates of 20021year who have applied for master's degree and continuing education (including online education, adult education, open university, etc.) have the same academic qualifications, and some have taken the self-study examination of higher education.

Holders of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan or foreign institutions of higher learning with bachelor degree or above can sign up for the national unified legal professional qualification examination after their academic degree certificates have been certified by the Study Abroad Service Center of the Ministry of Education. After the implementation of the Measures for the Implementation of the National Unified Legal Vocational Qualification Examination, those who have obtained a bachelor's degree or above in law (law) from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan or foreign institutions of higher learning, and their academic degree certificates have been certified by the Study Abroad Service Center of the Ministry of Education, can sign up for the National Unified Legal Vocational Qualification Examination.

Are not allowed to take the judicial examination:

1. Having received criminal punishment for intentional crime;

2. Being expelled from public office or having his lawyer's practice certificate or notary's practice certificate revoked;

3. The legal professional qualification certificate has been revoked;

4. You may not sign up for the national unified legal professional qualification examination within two years or you may not sign up for the national unified legal professional qualification examination (national judicial examination) for life;

5, due to serious dishonesty by the relevant state units identified as the object of joint punishment for dishonesty and included in the national credit information sharing platform;

6. Being banned from legal occupational therapy for life due to other circumstances.

If a person under any of the circumstances specified in the preceding paragraph has gone through the registration formalities, the registration shall be invalid; Those who have already taken the exam will have invalid test results.

Test answer language:

Candidates should choose to take the exam in Chinese, or they can choose to take the exam in five minority languages: Mongolian, Tibetan, Uygur, Kazakh and Korean. Candidates should use the same language test paper to take objective and subjective tests. Residents of Hongkong, Macau and Taiwan Province Province can choose to use simplified Chinese or traditional Chinese to fill in information and answer questions.

Introduction to judicial examination:

The predecessor of the national unified legal professional qualification examination is the national judicial examination. The Ministry of Justice of the People's Republic of China must pass the national judicial examination according to the Judges Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the Public Prosecutors Law of the People's Republic of China, the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the Notary Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Implementation Measures of the National Unified Legal Professional Qualification Examination (2065438+). The annual passing rate of the national judicial examination is generally about 10% of the number of candidates in the country. The main contents of the examination include: theoretical law, applied law, current legal provisions, legal practice and legal professional ethics. The national judicial examination implements national unified proposition and marking, and the results are published by the People's Republic of China (PRC) National Unified Legal Professional Qualification Examination Room and the Ministry of Justice. The results of the national unified legal professional qualification examination are valid once. Those who have passed the national judicial examination shall be issued with relevant certificates by People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Ministry of Justice, and may work as lawyers, judges, prosecutors and notaries. From 20 18, the national judicial examination was changed to the national unified legal professional qualification examination. Not only lawyers, judges, prosecutors and notaries need to pass the exam, but also staff engaged in administrative penalty decision review, administrative reconsideration and administrative adjudication, legal consultants and legal arbitrators need to take and pass the exam. On the morning of September 22nd, 20 18, more than 470,000 people walked into the examination room to take the first national unified legal professional qualification examination. The judicial examination, which existed for 16 years, was officially replaced by the legal professional qualification examination.

Registration place for judicial examination:

Autonomous counties (banners) under the jurisdiction of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, counties (banners) under the jurisdiction of autonomous regions and counties under the jurisdiction of autonomous prefectures; Fourteen counties (county-level cities, districts) under the jurisdiction of concentrated contiguous areas with special difficulties and national key counties (county-level cities, districts) for poverty alleviation and development, as approved by the State Council; Shanxi, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan and other six central provinces (including county-level cities and districts with national or provincial poverty alleviation and development priorities); Counties (county-level cities, districts) under the jurisdiction of nine western provinces and regions, including Inner Mongolia, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang; Counties under the jurisdiction of Chongqing and Shaanxi provinces (cities) (including key poverty alleviation and development counties at the provincial level and county-level cities and districts enjoying the policies of ethnic autonomous areas); The cities, regions, counties, county-level cities and municipal districts under the jurisdiction of Xizang Autonomous Region can relax the application conditions to a university law degree. The application for relaxing the registration qualification is based on the applicant's household registration at the time of registration. If the household registration is in a place where the registration qualification is relaxed at the time of registration, you can apply for relaxing the policy.

Judicial examination subjects:

According to the "Measures for the Implementation of the National Judicial Examination", the specific subjects required to apply for the lawyer qualification certificate are:

1, test paper 1: comprehensive knowledge. Including: socialist concept of rule of law, jurisprudence, legal history, constitution, economic law, international law, private international law, international economic law, legal professional ethics and professional responsibility;

2. Examination Paper 2: Criminal and Administrative Legal System. Including: criminal law, criminal procedure law, administrative law and administrative procedure law;

3. Test Paper 3: Civil and Commercial Legal System. Including: civil law, commercial law and civil procedure law (including arbitration system);

4. Test Paper 4: Example (case) analysis, judicial documents and discussion. Including: subjects listed in test papers 1, 2 and 3.