Admissions

Waseda Law School admits 300 students a year. Admission decisions are made on the basis of scores on the LSAT (administered by the National Center for University Entrance Examinations), undergraduate GPA, and work experience (if any). Those who wish to reduce their period of study to two years are allowed to take a qualifying examination only after initial admission.

Faculty

Waseda Law School has approximately 70 full-time faculty members, and nearly 20 of them are well-known practitioners who have a strong interest in teaching and research. These faculty members offer a wide range of courses, including everything from basic substantive and procedural law to cutting-edge fields such as intellectual property, international business transactions, and public interest lawyering. We see Waseda Law School as a one-stop shop for everyone seeking a top-quality education in all the diverse specialties of contemporary law.

International Legal Studies

International legal studies are an integral component of Waseda Law School. We have several Japanese faculty members with degrees from an American or European law school, as well as foreign faculty members who teach on a permanent or visiting basis. Waseda Law School has exchange agreements with several North American law schools, so that our Japanese students will have an opportunity to spend a semester abroad or even pursue an LL.M. degree there. We offer a set of courses taught in English for foreign exchange students. For more information on the student exchange program at Waseda Law School.

Clinical Legal Studies

Waseda Law School is home to the largest clinical law program in Japan. In 2002, we established the Institute of Clinical Legal Education with a special grant from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology - creating a clinical program even before the new law school opened. We are fortunate to have several distinguished practitioners to serve as clinical law professors, and they are leading the development of clinical legal education in Japan.

Reaffirming the Waseda Tradition

Waseda University has had a faculty of law since its inception in 1882. In fact, the faculty at that time employed the case method that had been introduced just a few years earlier by Dean Langdell of Harvard Law School. Unfortunately, that professional character was lost as legal education in Japan changed over time. The recent judicial reform movement has given us an opportunity to reestablish our original mission, and we are determined to excel in this pursuit.

Majors	Degrees (Field of Specialization)
J.D.Program	Juris Doctor