White Paper on Attorneys 2013
Part 1
Current Situation of Attorneys and Other Legal Professions
Current Situation of Attorneys and Other Legal Professions
Chapter 1 Population of Attorneys … 1
I. | The Japan Federation of Bar Associations and the Number of Attorneys | 1 | |
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II. | Constitution According to Age | 2 |
Chapter 2 Change in the Number of Attorneys, etc. … 3
I. | The Status of the Number of Applicants for Law Schools and Enrollment of People | 3 | |
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II. | The Status of Successful Bar Examination Candidates | 4 | |
1. Pass Rate of New Bar Examination | 4 | ||
III. | The Number of Legal Apprentices who Have Completed Legal Training per Chosen Profession | 5 | |
IV. | Comparison of the Total Number of Lawyers, Judges, and Public Prosecutors with those of Foreign Countries | 6 | |
1. The Number of People per Lawyer (Cross-country Comparison) | 6 | ||
2. The Number of People per Judge (Cross-country Comparison) | 7 | ||
3. The Number of People per Public Prosecutor (Cross-country Comparison) | 8 | ||
4. The Number of People per Legal Professional (Cross-country Comparison) | 9 | ||
V. | Changes in Populations of Other Legal Professions | 12 |
Chapter 3 Mergers of Law Offices and the Current Situation of Legal Professional Corporations … 13
I. | The Number of Attorneys in Law Offices | 13 | |
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II. | Current Situation of Legal Professional Corporations | 15 | |
1.The Number of LPCs | 15 | ||
2.Size of Legal Professional Corporations | 16 |
Chapter 4 Current Situation of Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi ("Registered Foreign Lawyers") … 17
I. | Changes in the Number of Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi (1988-2013) | 17 | |
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II. | Registration of Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi (Registered Foreign Lawyers) | 18 | |
III. | Situations regarding Alliances with Foreign Law Joint Enterprises | 19 | |
IV. | The Number of Foreign Lawyers Employed by Attorneys and Legal Professional Corporations | 21 | |
1.By Nationality | 21 | ||
2.By Home Jurisdiction | 22 | ||
V. | World Law Firms and Their Entry into the Japanese Market | 23 |
Part 2
Activities of Attorneys
Activities of Attorneys
Chapter 1 Criminal Advocacy Activities … 24
Section 1 Duty Attorney and Court-Appointed Attorney Systems | 24 | ||
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I. | Outline of Duty Attorney and Court-Appointed Attorney Systems | 24 | |
II. | Current Situations of Duty Attorneys (Toban Bengoshi) | 25 | |
III. | Changes in the Number of Duty Attorney Requested Cases, Appointed Cass and Criminal Suspect Defense Aid Cases | 26 | |
Section 2 The Status of Defense Attorneys Involvement in the Overall Criminal Cases | 27 | ||
I. | The Status of Court-Appointed Attorney Contracts, and the Number of Defendants with Court-Appointed Attorneys | 27 | |
II. | Changes in the Percentage of Retaining Criminal Defense Counsel (after Indictment) (Court-Appointed and Privately Retained) at District Courts | 28 | |
III. | Changes in the Percentage of Retaining Criminal Defense Counsel (after Indictment) (Court-Appointed and Privately Retained) at Summary Courts | 28 | |
IV. | Changes in the Percentage of Defendants Retaining Criminal Defense Counsel (after Indictment) (Court-Appointed and Privately Retained) at High Courts | 29 | |
Section 3 Defense Activities in Juvenile Cases | 30 | ||
I. | Changes in the Number of Juvenile Probation Cases (at Family Courts) and the Proportion of Cases in which Attendants are Present | 30 | |
II. | Changes in the Number of Juvenile Probation Cases (at Family Courts) with Appointed Attendants (by type) | 31 | |
Section 4 The Lay Judge System | 32 | ||
I. | Cases Determined by Lay Judges | 32 | |
II. | Actual Practice of Lay Judge Trials | 34 | |
1. The Number of Persons Who Have Been Subjected to Saiban-in (Lay Judges) Trials and Whose Trials Have Been Finalized | 34 | ||
2. Comparison of the Average Period Taken for Court Deliberations and the Average Period of the Pretrial Conference Procedure (by confession and denial), etc. | 35 |
Chapter 2 Activities in Civil and Other Lawsuits … 38
Section 1 Civil Lawsuits | 38 | ||
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I. | Attorneys’ Involvement in Ordinary Civil Lawsuits before District Courts | 38 | |
II. | Attorneys’ Involvement in Ordinary Civil Lawsuits before Summary Courts | 40 | |
III. | Changes in the Percentage of Appointed Attorneys in Ordinary Second Instance Trials (before High Courts) | 41 | |
Section 2 JFBA’s Assistance for Disaster Victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake | 42 | ||
I. | JFBA’s Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident | 42 | |
II. | Statistical Results of Free Legal Consultations in Regard to the Great East Japan Earthquake | 43 | |
III. | JFBA’s Response to Double Loan Payment Issues | 45 | |
IV. | JFBA’s Response to the Nuclear Power Plant Accident, etc. | 46 |
Chapter 3 Expansion of Attorneys’ Activities … 47
I. | Current Situation of In-house Attorneys | 47 | |
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1. Changes in the Number of In-house Attorneys | 47 | ||
2. Public Officers with Fixed Terms | 48 | ||
II. | Diet Member and Head of Local Governments Registered as Attorneys | 49 |
Part 3
Activities of the JFBA and Local Bar Associations
Activities of the JFBA and Local Bar Associations
Chapter 1 Autonomy of Attorneys … 50
Section 1 Complaints and Dispute Conciliations | 50 | ||
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I. | Complaints against Attorneys | 50 | |
II. | Dispute Conciliation | 51 | |
1. Number of Dispute Conciliation Cases Newly Received | 51 | ||
2. Handling of Dispute Conciliation Cases (All Bar Associations) – 2003 to 2012 – | 51 | ||
Section 2 Disciplinary System for Attorneys | 52 | ||
I. | Summary of the Disciplinary System for Attorneys | 52 | |
1.Request for Discipline | 52 | ||
2.Investigation by Disciplinary Enforcement Committee | 52 | ||
3.Examination by Disciplinary Actions Committee | 52 | ||
4.Filing of an Objection, etc. | 53 | ||
5.Public Notice by the Official Gazette, etc. | 53 | ||
II. | Operation of the Disciplinary System | 54 | |
1.Cases Handled by Disciplinary Enforcement Committees of Bar Associations and the JFBA | 54 | ||
(1)Bar Associations | 54 | ||
(2)JFBA | 54 | ||
2.Processing Cases at Disciplinary Actions Committees of Bar Associations and the JFBA | 55 | ||
(1)Bar Associations | 55 | ||
(2)JFBA | 55 | ||
i.Objections |
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ii.Appeals |
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3.Processing Cases at the JFBA Board of Discipline Review | 56 | ||
Section 3 Disciplinary Actions and Disciplinary Procedure | 57 | ||
I. | Statistics Regarding Disciplinary Actions | 57 | |
1.Changes in the Number of Newly Accepted Requests for Disciplinary Actions (All Bar Associations) –1996 to 2012- | 57 | ||
2.Number of Requests for Disciplinary Action and Details of Handling the Requests (All Bar Associations) | 58 | ||
3.Percentage of Disciplinary Actions (All Bar Associations) | 59 | ||
(1)Percentage of Cases with Disciplinary Actions out of All Requests for Disciplinary Actions | 59 | ||
(2)Changes in Percentage of Members with Disciplinary Actions | 59 | ||
II. | The Flow and Current Situation of Disciplinary Procedure | 60 | |
1.The Disciplinary System | 60 |
Chapter 2 The JFBA's Activities involving Human Rights Relief … 62
I. | Appeal System Procedures for Human Rights Relief | 62 | |
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II. | The Number of Human Rights Relief Cases (by Category) | 64 |
Chapter 3 International Activities of the JFBA … 65
Section 1 International Human Rights Activities | 66 | ||
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I. | Activities at the United Nations (UN) | 66 | |
II. | Activities Related to the UN and UN Human Rights Bodies | 66 | |
Section 2 International Exchange Activities | 67 | ||
I. | Membership of International Organizations | 67 | |
II. | MOUs with Overseas Bar Organizations | 67 | |
Section 3 International Cooperation | 69 | ||
I. | JICA Long-Term Experts Achievement | 69 | |
II. | Past and Current JFBA Assistance Projects for Bar Associations in Developing Countries (by Country) | 71 | |
Section 4 Overseas Visiting Fellow Program and Support for Working in International Organizations | 73 | ||
I. | JFBA Overseas Visiting Fellow Program | 73 | |
1.Past Overseas Visiting Fellows | 73 | ||
II. | Support for JFBA Members Interested in Working in International Organizations | 75 | |
III. | Other Support | 75 |