The predecessor of the national unified legal professional qualification examination is the "National Judicial Examination". The national unified legal professional qualification examination is based on the Judges Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the Public Prosecutor Law of the People's Republic of China and the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
The legal professional certificate examination was established in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Notary Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Implementation Measures of the National Unified Legal Professional Qualification Examination (20 18).
Judges, prosecutors, lawyers, notaries, legal advisers, arbitrators (legal affairs) and government departments engaged in administrative punishment decision review, administrative reconsideration and administrative adjudication must pass the legal professional qualification examination. Since the reform of law examination, the annual pass rate has remained at 10%- 15%.
The main contents of the examination include: theoretical law, applied law, current legal provisions, legal practice and legal professional ethics. The national unified proposition and marking shall be implemented in the legal professional qualification examination, and the results shall be announced by the Ministry of Justice and People's Republic of China (PRC) National Unified Legal Professional Qualification Examination Room. The results of the national unified legal professional qualification examination are valid once.
Those who pass the examination will be issued with relevant certificates by People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Ministry of Justice, and can work as lawyers, judges, prosecutors and notaries.