School of Law

DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE LEGAL APPROACH IN AN AGE OF INCREASING DIVERSIFICATION AND INTERNATIONALIZATION

Area : Tokyo | Campus : Shonan

The School of Law aims to train minds that are capable of responding to the basic issues affecting our society, which has been based on law down through the ages, as well as the new legal issues facing us today. A major feature of the School is its training not only in the Six Major Laws, but also in those fields related to science and technology that are becoming more and more important nowadays, such as medical law, intellectual property rights, economic law, tax law, marine law, and space law. Another feature of this program is that new students are taught in small seminar groups and receive basic legal training through close contact with their tutors, enabling them to find an appropriate direction when considering their future career.

Department of Law

This department aims to give students the legal education they need to take up a career in the business world and to provide legal specialists with the knowledge and qualifications required to play an active role in society. The department offers three courses that students can select according to their chosen field of study: Legal Occupation, Managerial Law, and International Law. The specialized subjects offered exclusively by Tokai University include medical law, intellectual property rights, law of the sea and space, and tax law.