South Korea's official bar examination may be kept in place for as long as five years after the government gradually implements a U.S.-style law school system from 2008. The suggestion to introduce a law school system was made by the Supreme Court Tuesday. The nation's highest court added that the annual number of admission spots to law school should be limited to about the same number of those passing the Korean bar every year, roughly 1,200 people. South Korea currently does not have a formal law school system. Practicing lawyers must pass the bar examination and undergo a two-year training period at the Judicial Research and Training Institution before working as a full-fledged attorney. The Court said that the first-year law students must have a four-year college background and that accredited law schools must have programs that will take at least six semesters or three years to complete. The Court also proposed that rotating judges, prosecutors and public servants serve as lecturers at the nation's envisaged law schools.