A Study on Improving Law Education as a Liberal Arts at the Undergraduate Level

Since the introduction of the law school system in Korea, legal education has been reduced as a liberal arts course in universities, which threatens the development of legal literacy and democratic competence among university students. In order to reexamine the function of legal education as a liberal arts and seek ways to improve it, this study draws implications from a comparative analysis of legal education as a liberal arts in major countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan. The results of the study confirmed that legal education as a liberal arts requires not only the transmission of legal knowledge, but also the cultivation of a ‘Legal Mind’, participatory education using digital technology, convergent education through access to adjacent disciplines, and differentiated education according to student characteristics. In conclusion, as a liberal arts, legal education is a key factor in strengthening the capacity of democratic citizens, and the report suggests the following as improvement measures: redefining educational goals, introducing innovative teaching methods, utilizing digital technology, promoting convergent education, providing customized education for students, strengthening instructor support, and establishing a sustainable education foundation by establishing a quality management system.