School of Law and Politics
An Innovative Education System – Varied and Deep Insights into Society through the Study of Law and Politics
Our educational creed of “Social Approach” means that legal education should focus on the ability to use law as ways to gain insights into social phenomena from a broad social point of view. The School comprises two Departments: the Department of Law, which aims to turn out people who contribute to society by cultivating their legal expertise and decision-making abilities, and the Department of Political Science, which trains people to exercise leadership in any situation based on analyses of both domestic and international political issues. In recent years, the School of Law and Politics has been working hard to prepare for a new century of academic excellence. Our undergraduate program now has six courses that provide the student with the necessary knowledge for pursuing a career of his or her interest. All courses adopt a “stairway” system that lets the student progress naturally from an introduction to basic legal and political theory to more practical and specialized areas of law and politics. A particularly notable section of our new curriculum is a wide variety of seminars that range from basic study skills for first-year students to more specialized and practical subjects for upper-class students.
Unique Features of the School
- Two departments and five courses to choose from based on students’ own goals
- Small-group education from the first year
- Developing plans to support students, such as a unique career support program
- Enhancing learning through a variety of highly specialized seminar courses
- One in three students at the School of Law and Politics has studied abroad
