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A Program Providing Sound Basic and Specialized
Legal Training
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In order to acquire the basic knowledge and skills
to be a lawyer, students follow a step-by-step curriculum.
First-year students thorn the fundamentals through lecture
courses (50 students per class), and then in the second
year, they attend seminars (about 30 students per class)
aimed at enhancing their practical skills. In this way
they gradually develop competence required for the legal
profession. In the third year, through advanced seminars
in public, civil, and criminal law jointly taught by
academic and practitioner professors, students tackle
case studies in which substantial law is interwoven
with procedural law, in order to enhance the students'
ability to handle interdisciplinary issues. Such competence
is considered to be necessary for passing the new National
Bar Examination.
One cannot develop expertise just by haphazardly studying
specialized subjects in a wide range of fields. The
Ritsumeikan University School of Law offers three program
packages of advanced/applied courses: Innovative/Corporate
Legal Services, International/Public Legal Services,
and Legal Services to Protect Life/Human Rights. If
students wish to further their study in cutting-edge
fields such as intellectual property law, it is possible
to be enrolled in specialized courses at the Graduate
School of Law.
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Undergraduate
Students
(Law Department) |
Students
with Diverse Backgrounds |
Business
Persons |
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Undergraduate
Students
(Other than law department) |
Graduate
Students |
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| Common Courses to gain
basic and advanced knowledge and skills |
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| The courses aim to equip students
with an understanding of legal systems and theory
from the perspective of rational problem-solving
in legal practice. Primarily under the guidance
of academic professors, students mainly study constitutional
law, civil law, commercial law, civil procedure
law, criminal law, and criminal procedure law. These
courses provide students with solid specialist knowledge
in law. |
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| Mainly taught by practitioners,
the courses explore how theory and practice are
interrelated. Three advanced seminars, third year
basic courses in legal practice, are jointly taught
by academic and practitioner professors and explore
case studies in which substantial law is interwoven
with procedural law. These courses investigates
real issues of an interdisciplinary and multiple
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| The courses of this
category develop students’ creative thinking
to advance and give critical consideration to their
already acquired knowledge of law. The courses
also foster students’ legal analysis and discussion
skills necessary for fact-based realistic problem
solving as well nurture and improve the well-rounded
character of students. |
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| Program
Packages for Becoming a Specialized Lawyer |
| Innovative/Corporate
Legal Services |
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| International/Public
Legal Services |
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| Legal
Services to Protect Life/Human Rights |
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Business Law
Tax Law
International Transaction Law
Legal Affairs of Intellectual Property |
| From a practical perspective,
this program allows students to acquire the ability
to deal with innovative legal issues regarding information
society and intellectual property rights, and the
expertise to handle legal issues arising in transactions
(including international transactions) relating
to corporate and economic activities. |
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Family Affairs
Legal Affairs of Real Estate
Consumer Legal Affairs
Labor Legal Affairs |
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train lawyers who actively work in the field of
international human rights and public affairs. We
offer programs to develop expertise for working
as lawyer on environmental issues, legal issues,
and criminal cases. |
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International
Law of Human Rights
Public Legal Affairs
Criminal Affairs
Environmental Legal Affairs |
| The program aims to
train lawyers who work on areas closely related
to human life such as family disputes, consumer
disputes, land issues and legal disputes over housing
in cities, and labor issues. Students also develop
legal expertise in children and the elderly, legal
issue related to the human rights of foreigners
in Japan, urban policy, and so forth. |
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| Become a Lawyer Needed
in Our Time. |
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