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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%).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
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References

Waseda University Law schools in Japan

External links

{{official website, https://www.waseda.jp/folaw/gwls/en/