Waseda Law School Explained

Waseda Law School (）is the law school of Waseda University. It is among the top seven law schools that constituted the Leading Law School (LL7) along with the law schools of University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Hitotsubashi University, Keio University, Chuo University, and Kobe University.^{[1] [2]}

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]}

Notes and References

1. http://ll7.jp/p1/ 「LL7とは」
2. http://www.ls.keio.ac.jp/kls2019_low_0530.pdf 「2019 KEIO UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
3. https://www.waseda.jp/folaw/gwls/education/curriculum-2/ 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. Web site: Basic information. Waseda Law School, Waseda University. en. 2019-05-04.
5. https://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/shingi/chukyo/chukyo4/041/siryo/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2018/10/11/1410102_007.pdf Pass rate for the bar exam / The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
6. http://www.moj.go.jp/content/001339270.pdf Law schools' achievements in 2020 bar exam　/ Ministry of Justice
7. https://studying.jp/shihou/about-more/university.html 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