Judicial Reform and the State of Japan\u27s Attorney System: A Discussion of Attorney Reform Issues and the Future of the Judiciary, Part II

Based on the Judicial Reform Council\u27s article, Points at Issue in Judicial Reform, this paper analyzes basic issues regarding the current status of the Japanese attorney system and areas to be addressed in judicial reform. [This Article formed the basis of Mr. Nakabō\u27s report at the thirteenth meeting of the Judicial Reform Council on February 22, 2000. It was originally published as the second part of a two part paper in SERIES JUDICIAL REFORM I: [LEGAL PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: THE LAW SCHOOL CONCEPT] (2000). The first part of the paper was translated in Kohei Nakabō, Judicial Reform and the State of Japan\u27s Attorney System: A Discussion of Attorney Reform Issues and the Future of the Judiciary, 10 PAC. RIM. L. & POL\u27Y J. 623 (2001).