Waseda Law School

Waseda Law School (Japanese: 早稲田大学大学院法務研究科 わせだだいがく だいがくいんほうむけんきゅうか）is the law school of Waseda University. It is among the top seven law schools that constituted the Leading Law School (Japanese: 先導的法科大学院, LL7) along with the law schools of University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Hitotsubashi University, Keio University, Chuo University, and Kobe University.[1][2]

The building that housed Waseda Law School

Basics

  • Established in 2004
  • Dean: MATSUMURA, Kazunori (松村和徳)
  • Degree conferred: Juris Doctor
  • Semester starts every April
  • Duration of the study: 3 years; 2 years for the accelerated program[3][4]

Pass rate for bar exam

Waseda Law School (Graduate School of Law) was 9th out of all the 74 law schools in Japan according to the ratio, 63.95%, of the successful graduates who passed the bar examinations from 2007 to 2017 on average.[5]

In 2020, Waseda Law School became 12th out of all the 72 law schools in Japan according to the ratio, 36.06%, of the successful graduates who passed the bar examination (national average : 39.16%).[6][7]

References

  1. ^ 「LL7とは」 先導的法科大学院懇談会
  2. ^ 「2019 KEIO UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL - 慶應義塾大学 法科大学院
  3. ^ 早稲田大学 大学院法務研究科 公式サイト内、カリキュラム 2017年6月12日閲覧
  4. ^ "Basic information". Waseda Law School, Waseda University. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  5. ^ Pass rate for the bar exam / The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (in Japanese)
  6. ^ Law schools' achievements in 2020 bar exam　/ Ministry of Justice (in Japanese)
  7. ^ 司法試験に合格する大学とは？大学別合格者ランキングで考える

Official website