The National Unified Legal Professional Qualification Examination (国家统一法律职业资格考试),[1] commonly abbreviated as Legal Exam, is the national bar examination of the People's Republic of China. This examination is administered by the Ministry of Justice. According to the law, those who serve as judges, prosecutors, lawyers, notaries, legal advisors, legal arbitrators, and those in government departments who are engaged in the review of administrative penalty decisions, administrative reconsideration, and administrative rulings are required to pass the legal professional qualification examination.[2][3]
Since the exam was established and first administered in 2018, the annual pass rate has remained at 10% to 15%.[4] Before the 2018 legal examination reform, the examination was known as the National Judicial Examination (国家司法考试), which was administered annually from 2002 to 2017.[5][6]