South Korea: 'Picking Only Women at Ewha Law School Unconstitutional'

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'Male students preparing to enter law school will file a petition with the Constitutional Court against Ewha Womans University Law School, claiming that the admittance of only female students is a violation of their constitutional rights.

Three men said Sunday that Ewha Law School accepts only women for its allotted entrance quota of 100. They said that because the nation's total law school capacity was 2,000, as licensed by the Ministry of Education and Science Technology, the school effectively eliminated 100 slots for men by excluding them from its entrance exam, leaving only 1,900 total slots, they claimed.

``Ewha Law School should alter its prospectus to receive only females, or cancel the license of the law school itself, so men and women can have an equal opportunity,'' he said.

The claimants, who had been preparing to enter law school at the beginning of this year, argued that the school has set ``irrational'' entrance standards. They have been arranging the constitutional appeal since March and plan to file it in early August after legal consultation.'