Academic Principles & Scheme
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The Law School (Graduate School of Law) was established in order to fulfill the
mission of cultivating professional lawyers who serve to enact the rule of law in
society. We would like to send forth lawyers into Japanese society who are able to
help people by utilizing their legal skills while casting a kind eye toward the socially
vulnerable under the school motto, "The Salt of the Earth, The Light of the World."
We are providing education on a daily basis based on this principle. The Law
School aims to nurture lawyers who have a strong awareness as professionals, and
who have the ability to calmly and accurately analyze facts and situations on their
own from a wide and profound perspective, to proactively investigate should the
need arise, to conduct deep and diverse deliberation, to debate, and to
appropriately solve issues. In order to nurture these types of abilities, we conduct
classes with an emphasis on systematic development, from fundamentals to
application and with a strong sense of the link between theory and practice.
Students are required to have a strong desire to become lawyers in Japan.
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Academic Excellence
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The Law School not only provides various classes aimed at
having students gain an accurate and in-depth understanding
of the legal knowledge necessary to become a lawyer, but it
has also compiled a unique curriculum for cultivating not only
skills, but also ethical standards and values, which have
become its foundation. For example, in the "Theory of Public
Interest Legal Practice," faculty members who specialize in the
theory of legal practice invite lawyers who are actively involved
in public activities to give lectures. Students then think about
actual issues and grow as professionals. We also value the
"Science of Legislation." We would like to nurture students'
ability to write legal texts in accordance with standard practice.
This class is popular among students due to the practical
lectures given by faculty members who have a wealth of
practical experience working in the Legislation Bureau. In terms
of acquiring skills as a lawyer, we have students learn practical
skills by mastering IT skills, searching for data on various
issues, combining these, and then making legal decisions.
Furthermore, in terms of business practice, students undergo
externships and mock trials, and are required to take practice
courses that are accompanied by faculty members who are
researchers as well as those who are practitioners. We would
like to have students master the essential facts and fact finding
as common languages for solving legal issues through such
activities. Moreover, we emphasize the international element,
and so have prepared several courses, particularly on
American law and EU law. One of the Department's
characteristics is that we cultivate lawyers who have an
international sensitivity, and so we welcome various types of
students.
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