Abstract: Aiming at improving the legal profession, Japanese judicial system reform, together with the creation of law school, is now faced with the possibility of failure. Although Japanese Law School Admission Test utilizes the ideals and skills of psychometrical measurements and focuses on the competency assessment, the actual effect of the test has been greatly restricted and reduced by Japanese judicial realities like low pass rate of judicial examination. Therefore, how to design the admission test of law schools is not only a technical issue, but also a systematic problem which needs the efficient coordination between educational and judicial administrations.

Key words: Japanese law school, admission test, judicial examination, competency assessment