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Country’s hardest exam will soon be even harder
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CHINA is going to upgrade its national judicial examination to ensure the legal system secures the very best talent, as part of judicial reforms.
According to central government guidelines, by next year the current judicial examination will only be open to graduates majoring in law or people who have worked in law-related fields for a certain number of years.
Accordingly, this year’s exam, scheduled today, is likely to be the last chance for many to take the exam. The reforms have led to a record high number of people applying to take the exam this year. In Sichuan Province alone, the number of applicants surged to nearly 30,000, up 23 percent on 2015.
Unlike other exams, the national judicial exam, organized by the Ministry of Justice, is designed to bring talent into the country’s political and legal system, said Wang Xiaoming, deputy secretary general of Beijing Municipal Government.
“The quality of the candidates passing the exam affect the basis of China’s legal system,” he said.
Initiated in 2002, the national judicial examination has been dubbed “China’s hardest exam” as the pass rate is as low as 20 percent.
Many people take the exam year after year, in the hope of finding a legal job.
Figures show more than 4 million people had taken the exam by the end of 2013, but only 300,000 of them entered legal professions.
Yang Hao, a law graduate with a master’s degree from Sichuan University, spends eight hours a day preparing for the exam, which covers several areas, including criminal, civil and international law.
“I’m confident I can pass it this time,” he said. Yang failed the exam in 2013.
Wang Song, a judge at a court in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan, said incompetent legal personnel not only misled clients, but also wasted hearing time by bringing obstacles to court.
“In a case of contract dispute worth 100 million yuan (US$15 million), a lawyer at a court could not even distinguish between basic legal concepts ... and he also did not remember related articles of law,” Wang said.
Accordingly, there have been calls to upgrade the examination so that only excellent legal candidates are picked for the country’s legal system, especially in the last two years as China steps up judicial reforms.
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