ABSTRACT
Korean law professors have described Korean legal education and made reform proposals and foreign scholars have also examined the diagnoses of malaise in our legal education. In the present age of ever increasing interdependence worldwide, however, an international and comparative approach to legal education is apt for Korea, which is undergoing the processes of democratization and internationalization. The structural changes in the Korean legal profession can be approached from several points of view, all of which have a bearing on legal education and training and the judicial service examination. Expectations are changing in Korea, however, and changing expectations mean new professional roles and new demands on legal education. Transfer of legal know-how and international expertise to Korean lawyers was largely made possible by their foreign clients retaining them. The Korean Government as well as business has yet to fully realize the importance of law and lawyers and to utilize experienced lawyers who are well equipped with international expertise.
