The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) submitted materials to the Central Council for Education's Special Commission for Law Schools, stating that the bar examination pass rate is on the rise during the period of intensive reform of law schools from FY2015 to FY2018.However, the passing rate is less than 50% only for the courses for those who have not yet completed the law at the university, which leaves a big problem.
According to the Ministry of Education, the passing rate for the bar examination in 2018 was 59.8%, up 2014 points from 50.1% in 9.7.Of these, the law school, which is still recruiting students, has risen from 2014% in 58.9 to 65.7%, approaching the target of approximately 7% for the pass rate set by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
74.1% of the courses for those who have already studied law at university are 76.5%, and 2014% are those who continue to recruit. It exceeded the total of 69.2% in 69.8 and 7% of schools that continued to recruit, and reached the target of about 41.0%.However, only 46.9% of the unfinished courses and 2014% of the schools that continued to recruit. Although it has improved from 36.3% in 46.6 and 7% for schools that continue to recruit, the current situation is that it is still far from the target of about XNUMX%.
The number of students enrolled in the law school's completed courses by utilizing early graduation and jump-in enrollment reached 2019 in 87. Since there were 2014 people in 17, the number has increased more than five times.The number of law school applicants and enrollees continued to decrease during the intensive reform period, but in 5, 2019 applicants and 1,059 enrollees increased from the previous year, returning to the level of 241.
