In my view, in a situation where bilingual capacity is a matter of self-assessment by candidates, we can't say that the results are as we would have desired. What is important, I believe—Mr. Chong moreover raised the question—is that, if law schools don't take the importance of the situation into account, we won't have a sufficient pool of lawyers. If we don't take into account the importance of linguistic ability in judicial appointments to the lower courts, there won't be a sufficient pool for the superior courts. This is an ecological system where you have to start at the beginning and explain to students that this is a very important requirement in order to aim for the top of the legal system.
