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[Course Work of Graduate School of Law]
The Graduate School of Law has an educational system for degree students and academics, called “course work” in order to accomplish our mission as a “degree-awarding organization” and a “training school for academics.”

• For doctoral degree students
  • 1）Consistent MD education system
    We call the education system for instruction in doctoral-thesis-writing a “consistent MD education system.” In concrete terms, we integrate a master’s degree program (2 years in principle) and a Doctoral Program (5 years in principle) to form a consistent 5 year education system in order to develop the capability of students who aim to acquire a “curriculum doctorate degree.” Basically, for academic instruction, the professor organizes a collective executive team and gives step-by-step programs to support the creation of doctoral theses of students through 5 years of the MD system, such as a program for the creation of planning documents for a doctoral thesis, an open progress report session, and a qualifying examination.
  • 2）Transfer from Doctoral Program
    Masters of graduate schools of law of other universities or other graduate schools, or people who have legal certification can take the examination of the Doctoral Program when they aim to acquire a “curriculum doctorate degree.” The course work for this Doctoral Program is the same as 1）
• Transfer to Doctoral Program
  If you complete your studies with only the Master's Program in the consistent MD education system, you have to pass a master’s thesis examination. In the curriculum, it is required to create a planning document and to demonstrate your progress in a progress report session.
• Rich curriculum program
  The master’s degree needs 30 credits. The Graduate school of Law provides a rich curriculum that enables the development of academics and support for students writing a doctoral thesis. Under the lead of your professor, you can select and study a proper curriculum and develop your education and capability as an academic. In addition, various types of programs (see the other page) are provided based on the “Reform Promotion Program for Graduate School Education.” This program helps cultivation of capability as a future academic, and collection of information for a doctoral thesis.

 

Program	Department	Major
Master's Degree Course	Civil Law	Civil Law	Commercial Law	Civil Procedure Law	Labor & Social Law
		Intellectual Property Law	Environmental Law	Economic Law	Private International Law
	Publis Law	Constitutional Law	Administrative Law	Criminal Law	Criminal Procedure
		Criminal Policy	Public International Law
	Fundamental Legal Studies	Legal Philosophy	Legal History	Sociology of Law	Anglo-American Law
		French Law	Russian, Eastern European Law	Chinese Law
Doctoral Degree Latter Course	Civil Law	Civil Law	Commercial Law	Civil Procedure	Insolvency Law & Corporate Reorganization
		Labor Law	Social Security Law	Private International Law	Intellectual Property Law
		Environmental Law	International Trade Law	Economic Law	Sociology of Law
		Roman Law	Anglo-American Law
	Publis Law	Constitutional Law	Administrative Law	Fiscal & Taxation Policy	Criminal Law
		Criminal Procedure	Criminal Policy	Law of The Treatment of Offender	International Law
		International Economic Law	International Relations	Legal Philosophy &History of Legal Idea	Japanese Legal History
		Anglo-American Law	French Law	Russian, Central Eastern European Law	Chinese Law

*Students are accepted by each department in Master’s Program for Graduate School of Law.
Graduate advisors are determined upon reviewing each student’s research theme.