ENFORCEMENT DECREE OF THE LEGAL EDUCATION SUPPORT ACT
Presidential Decree No. 21008, Sep. 18, 2008
Amended by Presidential Decree No. 22075, Mar. 15, 2010
Presidential Decree No. 22269, Jul. 12, 2010
Presidential Decree No. 24415, Mar. 23, 2013
Presidential Decree No. 25050, Dec. 30, 2013
Presidential Decree No. 25751, Nov. 19, 2014
Presidential Decree No. 27751, Dec. 30, 2016
Presidential Decree No. 28211, Jul. 26, 2017
The purpose of this Decree is to prescribe matters delegated by the Legal Education Support Act and matters necessary for the enforcement thereof.
| Article 2 (Financial Support) |
| 4. | Other institutions, organizations, or facilities related to legal education in need of funding in accordance with the provisions of subparagraphs 1 through 3, deliberated upon and decided by the legal education Committee (hereinafter referred to as “Committee”) under Article 4 of the Act. |
| 1. | Costs incurred in development and dissemination of legal eduction programs; |
| 2. | Costs incurred in establishment and operation of legal education; |
| 3. | Costs incurred in investigation and research concerning legal education; |
| 4. | Other costs incurred in implementation of legal education, deliberated and decided by the Committee. |
| Article 3 (Composition of Legal Education Committee) |
| (1) | “The public officials belonging to the relevant central administrative agencies prescribed by Presidential Decree” under Article 4 (3) of the Act refer to the persons designated by a head of the relevant Ministry among the public officials in general service belonging to the Senior Civil Service or the equivalent public officials, deemed necessary for the promotion of legal education by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Unification, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Ministry of Employment and Labor, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, the Ministry of Government Legislation and the Minister of Justice. <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 22075, Mar. 15, 2010; Presidential Decree No. 22269, Jul. 12, 2010; Presidential Decree No. 24415, Mar. 23, 2013> |
| (2) | While the vice-chairpersons of the Committee shall be two persons appointed from among the members of the Committee, one such person shall be a public official belonging to the Ministry of Justice and the other person shall be elected from among members who are not public officials. |
| Article 4 (Term of Members) |
The term of a member not belonging to the central administrative agency, among the members of the Committee shall be two years, and may be extended.
| (1) | The Chairperson of the Committee (hereinafter referred to as “Chairperson”) shall call meetings and chair such meetings. |
| (2) | When the Chairperson may not implement the duties due to any extenuating circumstance, the vice-chairperson shall execute such duties by proxy. |
| (3) | Meetings of the Committee shall be held with more than half of the registered members present, and resolutions shall be passed by a majority vote of the members present. |
| (4) | Meetings of the Committee shall be made public and minutes thereof shall be kept. |
| Article 6 (Expert Committees) |
| (1) | Five or less non-executive expert Committees may be arranged for investigation and research on specialized matters concerning agenda items presented to the Committee. |
| (2) | Expert Committees shall be appointed by the chairperson from among the persons having abundant knowledge on legal education, and while the term shall be two years, it may be extended. |
| Article 7 (Executive Secretary) |
| (1) | The Committee shall have an executive secretary nominated by the chairperson among the public officials belonging to the Ministry of Justice. |
| (2) | The executive secretary may explain the details of research of the Committee or make other necessary announcements at a Committee meeting. |
| (3) | The executive secretary shall handle the affairs of the Committee upon receipt of the order of the chairperson and prepare the minutes. |
| Article 8 (Practical Affairs Council of Legal Education) |
The Minister of Justice may establish a practical affairs council of legal education, attended by the persons concerned of institutions, organizations, or facilities related to legal education for efficient operation of the Committee.
| Article 9 (Allowance, etc.) |
The Committee may pay the allowance and costs for implementation of the duties in the scope of budget to the members and expert Committees.
| Article 10 (Detailed Regulation of Operation) |
Matters necessary for operation of the Committee except as provided in this Decree shall be determined by the chairperson by resolution passed by the Committee.
| Article 11 (Duties of Legal Culture Promotion Center) |
| 1. | Providing general introduction and services of activities and information, etc. of legal education; |
| 2. | Conducting experience and training programs of legal education for juveniles and general public; |
| 3. | Nurturing human resources such as experts and volunteers, related to legal education; |
| 4. | Training school teachers on legal education; |
| 5. | Other projects related to legal education. |
| Article 12 (Requirements of Designation) |
| (1) | A legal culture promotion center shall meet the following requirements if he/she intends to be designated therefor under Article 5 (1) of the Act, and the designation period shall be three years: |
| 1. | He/she shall conduct legal education for public interest such as fostering legal awareness of people, and shall not mainly aim at profits; |
| 2. | He/she has the results of legal education in the preceding year of application; |
| 3. | He/she shall possess facilities and equipments appropriate to legal education; |
| 4. | More than one specialized human resource of legal eduction shall work full-time therefor. |
| (2) | The Minister of Justice may designate organizations affiliated to national institutions or local governments such as the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety having requirements of paragraph (1) as a legal culture promotion center for legal education projects. <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 24415, Mar. 23, 2013; Presidential Decree No. 25751, Nov. 19, 2014; Presidential Decree No. 28211, Jul. 26, 2017> |
| Article 13 (Procedures of Designation) |
| (1) | When a person intends to be designated as a legal culture promotion center, an application shall be submitted in Annexe No. 1, with the following documents attached thereto, to the Ministry of Justice: |
| 1. | Operation plan of the legal culture promotion center; |
| 2. | Documents stated the results of the preceeding year of application; |
| 3. | Plan of current situation, securement, and operation of finance; |
| 4. | Documents stated the current situation of possession of facilities and equipments; |
| 5. | Documents stated the current situation of full-time expert human resources of legal education. |
| (2) | The Minister of Justice shall issue a letter of designation in Annexe No. 2 after designating a legal culture promotion center. |
| (3) | An application of Annexe No. 1 attached with documents evidencing the amended matters shall be submitted to the Minister of Justice when a legal culture promotion center designated under Article 5 of the Act intends to change the name, representative, and location. |
| Article 14 (Submission of Materials of Legal Culture Promotion Center) |
The legal culture promotion center which receives financial supports under Article 2 shall submit the results of project promotion, the results of execution of budget of the previous year and the project plan of applicable year by the end of January every year.
| Article 15 (Support on Research Institutions and Organizations of Legal Education) |
| (1) | Research institutions and organizations entitled to support and fostering under Article 6 (2) of the Act shall be as follows: |
| 1. | Institutions performing research related to legal education among the institutions established under the Act on the Established, Operation and Fostering of Government Funded Research Institutions; |
| 2. | Other research institutions or organizations of legal education deliberated and decided by the Committee that the support and fostering are necessary therefor. |
| (2) | The means of support and fostering on the research institutions and organizations under paragraph (1) shall be as follows: |
| 1. | Support of expenses for research and development of policies and means related to legal education; |
| 2. | Other subsidization necessary for implementation of research subjects delegated by the Minister of Justice. |
| Article 16 Deleted. <by Presidential Decree No. 27751, Dec. 30, 2016> |
ADDENDUM
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 22075, Mar. 15, 2010>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on March 19, 2010. (Proviso Omitted.)
Article 2 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 22269, Jul. 12, 2010>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Article 2 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 24415, Mar. 23, 2013>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 and 3 Omitted.
ADDENDUM <Presidential Decree No. 25050, Dec. 30, 2013>
This Decree shall enter into force on January 1, 2014. (Proviso Omitted.)
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 25751, Nov. 19, 2014>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation: Provided, That the amended provisions of the Presidential Decrees amended by Article 5 of the Addenda, promulgated before this Decree enters into force, but the dates on which they are to enter into force have not arrived, shall enter into force on the date the relevant Presidential Decrees enter into force, respectively.
Articles 2 through 5 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 27751, Dec. 30, 2016>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on January 1, 2017. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 12 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Presidential Decree No. 28211, Jul. 26, 2017>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation: Provided, That Presidential Decrees amended by Article 8 of the Addenda, which were promulgated before this Decree enters into force but the enforcement dates of which have not arrived yet, shall enter into force on the enforcement date of the respective Decrees.
Articles 2 through 8 Omitted.