Waseda Law School


Waseda Law School 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
  • 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 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.