Faculty of Law

Faculty introduction

Let’s build standards and then go beyond them!

I think you would agree that the “Faculty of Law” projects a very stern image. That is society requires the Faculty of Law to give it young people who are aware of social concern for such things as compliance and social responsibility and who are capable of intellectual work according to certain standards. In order to respond to the demand, therefore, the Faculty of Law has sought to develop talented people who first of all have the standard knowledge of the law together with the ability to apply it. One result of this has been the high employment rate of Faculty of Law students.
Here at this Faculty of Law, however, our educational principle is not to train standardized human beings. What's important is to build standards and then break through them with your own individuality. Join us at the Faculty of Law in actively and powerfully opening up the individual life ahead of you and the future of society.

Mitsuru Watanabe, Director, Faculty of Law

Educational Objectives and Human Resource Development Objectives

The principle of education in the Faculty of Law is to foster the development of active citizens who are equipped with specialized knowledge that enables them to work proactively to build a society of freedom, equality, and respect for the Other, meaning especially the disadvantaged. This in accordance with the tradition of Christian education that is the founding spirit of the university. Our starting point is the belief that studies of law and political science conducted under this educational principle are aimed at peace in society and happiness among human beings. We continually revisit this starting point and carry on teaching and research in this Faculty from a stance of respect for human beings and help for the disadvantaged, which we also intend as a means of addressing the new problems that arise in present-day society.

Policy on Conferral of Degrees (Diploma Policy)

The Faculty of Law is organized according to its educational principle to have three departments (the Department of Law, the Department of Current Legal Studies, and the Department of Political Science). These profess their own respective educational objectives, and they organize and implement their own curriculum to realize their objectives.

Students in the Faculty of Law who are registered for the prescribed period of time, who acquire broad cultivation together with specialized knowledge of law and political science, and who further acquire practical competence, so that they have the capacity for multifaceted thought and judgment to deal with the problems that occur in society, are to be granted academic degrees. The bachelor’s degree requires the acquisition of 130 credits.

Academic Program Organization and Implementation Policy (Curriculum Policy)

In order to realize the philosophy and educational objectives of the Faculty of Law, the fundamental policy for the Faculty’s academic program is declared in common for the three departments as placing emphasis on the program for the first academic year, assuring small class sizes, providing a thorough educational grounding, specifying the academic year in which core courses are to be taken, and systematically building academic competence though phased learning.

Admission Policy

The student envisioned for the Faculty of Law is a person who will feel sympathy for the above educational principles and educational objectives. In common across the three departments, it is a student who is highly motivated to contribute to society, who has a strong sense of purpose and critical awareness, and who possesses the ability to think logically and judge matters aptly.