Placed first last year and second this year in ‘bar exam passing rate’
Took first and second place for the past 3 years to, solidifying its status as a prestigious law school
Virtuous cycle structure of ‘nation’s top performance→admissions of outstanding students→fostering excellent legal professionals
[October 7, 2021]]
<Panoramic view of the YU Law School>
YU (President CHOI Oe-chool) Law School recorded an admissions competition rate of 10.5 to 1 for the 2022 school year, thus being a slight increase from last year that was 8.6 to 1.
Upon closing registration for admissions on October 1, 738 applied for the quota of 70 new students, thus recording the second highest competition rate in the nation. The average competition rate for law schools is 5.2 to 1.
It was analyzed that the reason for the high competition rate was because the YU Law school achieved good accomplishments for about 10 years since it was opened, thus drawing attention of law school applicants. In particular, the passing rate for the bar exam by the YU Law School is unparalleled.
YU Law School took second place in the 10th bar examinations in terms of national passing rates (for 10th Law School class). It has been ranking first and second place in the national bar exam passing rate over the past three years ranking second for the 8th bar exam and 1st in the 9th bar exam (based on the 9th admitted class), solidifying its status as a prestigious law school of Korea. YU’s high rate in earning master’s degrees is also attracting attention. When basing on all students admitted to the law school up to now from the 1st to 10th classes, YU has a huge master’s degree earning rate at 92.9% (719 students admitted/668 graduated). This is third place following Seoul National University Law School and Korea University Law School.
YU Law School Dean Lee Dong-hyung said, “The reason why YU Law School was able to achieve such great results was because of the generous support of the university. I would like to thank the university for its support for the Law School despite the difficult conditions and we will do our best to offer the exceptional students admitted to YU Law School with high-quality educational services, and help them to develop into outstanding legal professionals.”
YU President CHOI Oe-chool commented, “We are solidifying our law school as one of the most prestigious in the nation by continuously achieving great results since its founding such as staying in the top levels for the rate of students passing the bar exam,” and added, “YU will continue to provide support so that outstanding students will continue to apply to our law school, while constructing an education/research/administration infrastructure that can help them become excellent legal professionals.”
