论法学教育与司法考试的衔接——法律职业准入控制的一种视角

Linking Legal Education and Judicial Examination:A View from the Entrance Control of Legal Profession

法学教育与司法考试的关系,是国家司法资格统一考试制度实施以来,为人们所关注和焦虑的一个重要课题。司法考试作为一种非常典型的法律职业准入控制措施,帮助我们营造了一个共同的语言、解释、价值、经历和身份的共同体,从而也决定性地正面促进了我国的法治建设。但是我们应该认识到司法考试不是万能的,它不能对法律从业者的法律素养作有效的考察和衡量,因此我们必须寻求有效的替代途径,而这正是法学教育,特别是法学院教育本身所具备的。美国法学院模式的成功对于我们构建法学院教育与司法考试的理想关系,提供了非常有意义的启发。

The relationship between judicial examination and legal education has been the focus of the people since the enforcement of unified judicial qualification examination by the state. As a typical entrance control measure of a profession, helps to create a community with common language , interpretation, values, experience, and status, and thus promotes the construction of rule of law in China. However, it is necessary to realize the limits of judicial examination because it cannot make effective evaluation of legal accomplishment for legal professionals. Therefore, effective alternative measures must be found. And legal education, especially the education in law schools can play the role. The US model of laws schools is successful and provides significan inspiration.