White Paper on Attorneys 2009
Part 1
Current Situation of Attorneys and Other Legal Professions
Current Situation of Attorneys and Other Legal Professions
Chapter 1 Current Situation of Attorneys
I. | Population of Attorneys | 1 | |
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1. Changes in the Number of Attorneys -1950 to 2009- | 1 | ||
2. Regional Distribution of Attorneys (Comparison in Population) | 2 | ||
3. The Number of Civil and Family Cases per Attorney | 3 |
Chapter 2 Populations of Legal Professionals in Foreign Countries
I. | Comparison of the Total Number of Lawyers, Judges, and Public Prosecutors with those of Foreign Countries | 4 | |
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1. The Number of People per Lawyer (Cross-country Comparison) | 4 | ||
2. The Number of People per Judge (Cross-country Comparison) | 5 | ||
3. The Number of People per Public Prosecutor (Cross-country Comparison) | 6 | ||
4. The Number of People per Legal Professional (Cross-country Comparison) | 7 |
Chapter 3 Current Situation of Gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi ("Registered Foreign Lawyers")
Ⅰ. | Changes in the Number of Gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi 1988-2009 | 10 | |
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Ⅱ. | Registration of Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi (Registered Foreign Lawyers) | 11 | |
Ⅲ. | Foreign Law Joint Enterprises | 12 | |
Ⅳ. | The Number of Foreign Lawyers Employed by Attorneys and Legal Professional Corporations | 13 | |
1. By Nationality | 13 | ||
2. By Home Jurisdiction | 14 | ||
Ⅴ. | World Law Firms and Their Entry into the Japanese Market | 15 |
Chapter 4 Mergers of Law Offices and the Current Situation of Legal Professional Corporations
Ⅰ. | The Number of Attorneys in Law Offices | 16 | |
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Ⅱ. | Current Situation of Legal Professional Corporations | 18 | |
1. Number of LPCs | 18 | ||
2. Size of Legal Professional Corporations | 19 |
Chapter 5 Populations of Other Legal Professions
Ⅰ. | Changes in Populations of Other Legal Professions | 20 |
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Part 2
Activities of Attorneys
Activities of Attorneys
Chapter 1 Criminal Advocacy Activities
Section 1 Activities of Court-Appointed Attorneys | 21 | ||
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Ⅰ. | Court-Appointed Attorney System, Court-Appointed Attorney Contracts, and the Number of Defendants with Court-Appointed Attorneys | 21 | |
Ⅱ. | Changes in the Percentage of Retaining Criminal Defense Counsel (after Prosecution) (Court-Appointed and Privately Retained) at District Courts | 22 | |
Ⅲ. | Changes in the Percentage of Retaining Criminal Defense Counsel (after Prosecution) (Court-Appointed and Privately Retained) at Summary Courts | 23 | |
Section 2. Activities of Duty Attorneys (Toban Bengoshi) | 24 | ||
Ⅰ. | Duty Attorney System | 24 | |
Ⅱ. | Changes in the Number of Duty Attorney Accepted Cases, Appointed Cases, and Criminal Suspect Defense Aid | 25 | |
Section 3. Defense Activities in Juvenile Cases | 26 | ||
Ⅰ. | Changes in the Number of Juvenile Probation Cases (at Family Courts) and the Presence of Attendants | 26 |
Chapter 2 Representation in Civil and Other Lawsuits
Section 1 Civil and Commercial Lawsuits | 27 | ||
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Ⅰ. | Attorneys' Involvement in Ordinary Civil Lawsuits before District Courts | 27 | |
Ⅱ. | Changes in the Percentage of Appointed Attorneys in Ordinary Second Instances (before High Courts) | 28 | |
Ⅲ. | Percentage of Attorneys' Involvement in Ordinary Civil Lawsuits before Summary Courts | 29 |
Part 3
Activities of the JFBA and Local Bar Associations
Activities of the JFBA and Local Bar Associations
Chapter 1 The JFBA's Activities involving Human Rights Relief
Ⅰ. | Appeal System Procedures for Human Rights Relief | 30 | |
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Ⅱ. | The Number of Human Rights Relief Cases (by Category) | 31 |
Chapter 2 International Activities of the JFBA
Section 1 International Activities and International Human Rights | 32 | ||
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Ⅰ. | International Human Rights Activities | 32 | |
1. Activities at the United Nations (UN) | 32 | ||
2. Training on International Human Rights Law and Humanitarian Law for Attorneys in Other Countries | 32 | ||
Ⅱ. | International Exchange Activities | 33 | |
1. Membership of International Organizations | 33 | ||
2. MOUs with Overseas Bar Organizations | 33 | ||
Ⅲ. | International Cooperation | 33 | |
Ⅳ. | Provision of Information Inside and Outside of Japan | 33 | |
Ⅴ. | Overseas Visiting Fellow Program and Support for Working in International Organizations | 34 | |
1. Overseas Visiting Fellow Program for JFBA Members | 34 | ||
2. Support for JFBA Members Interested in Working in International Organizations | 34 | ||
3. Other Support | 34 | ||
Section 2. International Exchange Activities of the JFBA | 36 | ||
MOUs with Overseas Bar Organizations | 36 | ||
Section 3. International Human Rights Activities of the JFBA | 37 | ||
1. Reports to UN Human Rights Bodies | 37 | ||
2. Activities related to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) | 37 | ||
Section 4. International Cooperation of the JFBA | 38 | ||
1. JICA Long-Term Experts | 38 | ||
2. Past and Current JFBA Assistance Projects for Bar Associations in Developing Countries (by Country) | 39 | ||
Section 5. JFBA Overseas Visiting Fellow Program | 40 | ||
1. JFBA Overseas Visiting Fellow Program | 40 | ||
2. Past Overseas Visiting Fellows | 40 |
Chapter 3 Autonomy of Attorneys
Section 1 Complaints and Dispute Conciliations | 42 | ||
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Ⅰ. | Complaints against Attorneys | 43 | |
Ⅱ. | Dispute Conciliation | 43 | |
1. Number of Dispute Conciliation Cases Newly Received | 43 | ||
2. Handling of Dispute Conciliation Cases (All Local Bar Associations) – 1999 to 2008 – | 43 | ||
Section 2 Disciplinary System for Attorneys | 44 | ||
Ⅰ. | Summary of the Disciplinary System for Attorneys | 44 | |
1. Request for Discipline | 44 | ||
2. Investigation by Disciplinary Enforcement Committee | 44 | ||
3. Examination by Disciplinary Actions Committee | 44 | ||
4. Filing of an Objection, etc. | 44 | ||
5. Public Notice by the Official Gazette, etc. | 44 | ||
Ⅱ. | Operation of the Disciplinary System | 45 | |
1. Cases Handled by Disciplinary Enforcement Committees of Bar Associations and the JFBA | 45 | ||
(1) Bar Associations | 45 | ||
(2) JFBA | 45 | ||
2. Processing Cases at Disciplinary Actions Committees of Bar Associations and the JFBA | 46 | ||
(1) Bar Associations | 46 | ||
(2) JFBA | 46 | ||
(i) Objections | 46 | ||
(ii) Appeals | 46 | ||
3. Processing Cases at the JFBA Board of Discipline Review | 47 | ||
Section 3. Disciplinary Actions and Disciplinary Procedure | 48 | ||
Ⅰ. | Statistics Regarding Disciplinary Actions | 48 | |
1. Changes in the Number of Newly Accepted Requests for Disciplinary Actions (All Bar Associations) – 1992 to 2008 – | 48 | ||
2. Number of Requests for Disciplinary Action and Details of Handling the Requests (All Bar Associations) | 49 | ||
3. Percentage of Disciplinary Actions (All Bar Associations) | 50 | ||
(1) Percentage of Cases with Disciplinary Actions out of All Requests for Disciplinary Actions | 50 | ||
(2) Change in Percentage of Members with Disciplinary Actions | 50 | ||
Ⅱ. | The Flow and Current Situation of Disciplinary Procedure | 51 | |
1. The Disciplinary System | 51 |