The National Unified Legal Professional Qualification Examination (hereinafter referred to as the "Law Examination") was established by People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Ministry of Justice of the People's Republic of China in accordance with 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 Measures for the Implementation of the National Unified Legal Professional Qualification Examination.
The predecessor of the Law Examination is the National Judicial Examination (hereinafter referred to as the Judicial Examination). The examination contents include the current legal provisions, legal professional ethics, etc. Judges, prosecutors, lawyers, notaries, legal advisers, arbitrators (legal affairs) and government departments engaged in administrative punishment decision review, administrative reconsideration and administrative adjudication must pass the legal professional qualification examination. Since the reform of law examination, the annual pass rate has remained at 10%- 15%.
Examination content:
It mainly tests the legal professional knowledge and the ability to engage in legal profession that candidates should have.
The national unified legal professional qualification examination includes: theoretical law, applied law, current legal provisions, legal practice and legal professional ethics.
The proposition scope of the national unified legal professional qualification examination shall be subject to the outline of the national unified legal professional qualification examination formulated and published by the people's Republic of China and the Ministry of Justice. The objective test adopts closed-book method. The subjective examination is equipped with a set of laws, and the national judicial examination is organized in ethnic autonomous areas, and ethnic language examination papers can be used.
Test paper 1: Socialism with Chinese characteristics's theory of rule of law, jurisprudence, constitution, Chinese legal history, international law, judicial system and legal professional ethics, criminal law, criminal procedure law, administrative law and administrative procedure law.
Examination Paper 2 of National Unified Legal Vocational Examination: Civil Law, Intellectual Property Law, Commercial Law, Economic Law, Environmental Resources Law, Labor and Social Security Law, Private International Law, International Economic Law and Civil Procedure Law (including arbitration system).
Examinations are divided into objective examinations and subjective examinations in the same year. For objective questions 150, for subjective questions 180.