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Korean lawyers defends right of poor students to take up law
The Korean Bar Association (KBA) is urging the National Assembly to revoke plans for a new professional entry scheme which would make it harder for people from poor backgrounds to become lawyers.
Only law graduates will have the opportunity to become lawyers in Korea PavleMarjanovic
From 2018 only law school graduates are due to be able to take the state-sponsored legal exam. People who pass this exam get a license to practice. But the KBA says that this will hit people hard from poorer communities. In a statement it said: 'We have asked the National Assembly to strike the revision to the law which will eliminate the bar exam, to guarantee that children from low-income families can become lawyers.' Source: The Korea Times
