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