By Kang Shin-who Staff Reporter The law school quota has been expanded to 2,000, an increase of 500 from the originally fixed number of 1,500. The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development submitted the revised plan for the law school to the National Assembly, Friday. The ministry said it has decided to increase the student quota considering resistance from universities preparing to open law schools and civic groups. Earlier, the ministry reported to the parliamentary education committee that it will gradually increase the number of the enrollment quota to 2,000 by 2013. However, the lawmakers rejected its plan. In response to the revision, universities and civic groups claimed the admission quota is still not enough to meet the initial purposes of law school establishment. ``The purpose of law schools is to help more people get legal service. We are unable to set up law schools with the revised enrollment quota and will boycott the government's plan,'' said Chang Jae-ok, head of Chung-Ang University's law department. ``There is not much difference between the number 1,500 and 2,000. The education ministry is suspected of favoring the lawyer circle. Until the ministry increases the quota to more than 3,000, we will campaign against the law school plan,'' said the People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy, a civic group. The U.S.-style schools are scheduled to open in 2009. Nearly 50 universities are seeking approval for law schools. The ministry will evaluate candidate universities in the beginning of the next year and final permission will be given in September. Each school will not be allowed to enroll more than 150 students. Currently, lawyer hopefuls need to pass the state-run bar exam and get through two-year training to be legal professionals and the exam selects 1,000 candidates every year. Under the new system, those who have bachelor's degrees can apply for law schools which have three-year programs and the graduates can take the bar exam which will give lawyer's licenses to those who achieve above a certain score. kswho@koreatimes.co.kr