"Rebuilding Legal Education"... Association of Korean Law Professors to Hold Academic Conference on the 29th

The Association of Korean Law Professors announced on May 27 that it will hold an academic conference jointly with the National Association of Law School Professors and the Hongik University Law Research Institute on May 29 at Hongmungwan, Hongik University in Mapo-gu, Seoul.

This academic conference, held under the theme "A Centennial Plan for the Republic of Korea: Alternatives for Rebuilding the Foundations of Legal Education," aims to highlight the importance of undergraduate legal education, which faces a crisis, and to seek practical and mutually beneficial solutions.

The association stated, "Undergraduate legal education is not only about nurturing law majors, but also about fostering civic awareness that university students should possess as democratic citizens." However, it explained, "Recently, the abolition of undergraduate law departments and the decrease in law majors have brought legal education at universities to a serious crisis."

The event will consist of three presentation sessions, with professors from law departments and law schools (law schools for professional legal education) participating together to discuss ways for undergraduate law departments and law schools to cooperate and thrive together.

In the first session, there will be presentations and discussions on ▲the past and future of Korean legal education and ▲securing legal expertise in professional public service and diversifying the methods of granting attorney qualifications. The second session will focus on ▲the context and significance of civic legal education in Korea.

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