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.
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
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.
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%).
References
- 「LL7とは」 先導的法科大学院懇談会
- 「2019 KEIO UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL - 慶應義塾大学 法科大学院
- 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
- "Basic information". Waseda Law School, Waseda University. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
- Pass rate for the bar exam / The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (in Japanese)
- Law schools' achievements in 2020 bar exam / Ministry of Justice (in Japanese)
- 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