Faculty overview

3 course system according to future career goals

The field of law is so vast that it is often referred to as a "forest of law. In addition, the fields of activity for graduates of Faculty of Law are very wide-ranging, including public service, private industry, and various professional fields. For this reason, Rissho University Faculty of Law offers three courses: the Social Public Law Course, the Business Law Course, and the Special Course, so that students can pursue their studies systematically according to their future career paths. For many high school students, law will be an unknown subject. Therefore, the choice of course is made around December or January of the first year after admission to the university. After attending lectures on law at the university or having various experiences and encounters during their university life, students can decide which course they would like to join according to their future career path and individual preferences. Although students are required to take a number of courses that are set according to the characteristics of each selected course, students can take almost all courses offered at Faculty of Law regardless of which course they belong to. Therefore, even if you change your future career path after choosing a course, you will be able to adapt to the new course without any problem.

Rissho University Faculty of Law The features of the "MBA" program include small-group education, fieldwork that is not confined to the university, education by experienced practitioners, and a full range of subjects that respond to the various issues of contemporary society. In addition, Faculty of Law offers a wide variety of unique extracurricular courses. Rissho University Faculty of Law The University of Tokyo, through its regular and extracurricular education, not only encourages students to pursue their desired career paths, but also strives to nurture individuals who can contribute to society and the community as members of society with a legal mindset (legal thinking skills).

Characteristics of education

The Public Social Studies course is aimed at students who aim to acquire the legal knowledge, human rights awareness, and international sensibility required for the operation of national and local governments, and to apply these knowledge to play an active role in the public field. This course is ideal for students who aspire to become civil servants, administrative scriveners, tax accountants, or other professionals. This course also allows students to efficiently acquire the knowledge required for junior high and high school teachers and staff of organizations such as NPOs.

The Business Law course is aimed at students who aim to acquire the legal knowledge and legal mindset necessary for living a civic life, such as contracts, property, corporate and labor issues, and to apply that knowledge to play an active role in the private sector. It is ideal not only for students who want to work for a private company, but also for students who want to start their own business. In addition, students can efficiently acquire the knowledge required for legal professionals involved in corporate activities, such as judicial scriveners and social insurance labor consultants.

The Special Course is a course that focuses on small-group, interactive lectures that make the most of the strength of Rissho University 's Faculty of Law, which is the closeness between faculty and students, and between students themselves. Rather than being a course that focuses on a specific career path, the course is characterized by its class format. Through discussions between students about various issues in modern society, students can acquire legal knowledge, diverse values, and a sense of balance that are essential in any field.

Basic education that allows a smooth transition to specialized education, and a support system that supports qualifications and civil service examinations.

In Faculty of Law, we consider the education in the first year of university to be extremely important as an introduction to higher professional education. In order to ensure that students who have just entered the university can smoothly transition to specialized education, we conduct "Basic Seminar I & II" and "Academic Writing I & II" in small classes. In addition, from the second to fourth years, students receive consistent education and guidance from the same professor (specialized seminar).
Furthermore, in order to help students achieve their goals, such as passing qualification exams and civil service exams, we offer various exam preparation courses in cooperation with external vocational schools in conjunction with regular practical classes, and support students who set specific goals and work hard to achieve them.In addition, we also offer extracurricular seminars taught directly by faculty members Faculty of Law Law from the second year onwards for students who wish to become civil servants, judicial scriveners, or law graduate students.

• Basic Seminar I/II

  In Basic Seminar I and II, students learn basic legal knowledge and ways of thinking in small classes under the guidance of full-time faculty members from Faculty of Law. Here, students begin by acquiring basic skills such as how to search for literature, how to write reports, and how to use information terminals, and then learn basic legal knowledge, as well as exchange opinions on specific themes. Through these activities, students acquire the basics of law and the skills necessary to study it. Because classes are small, students can immediately ask their homeroom teacher about anything they do not understand.

• Academic Writing I/II

  Academic Writing I and II are small-group classes designed to develop basic writing skills and reading comprehension skills. Based on the basic knowledge of comprehensive Japanese language skills and report/paper writing that university students should have, we also acquire writing skills, reading comprehension skills, language usage skills in dialogue, argumentation skills, logical thinking skills, etc. It is intended to be attached to.

• Specialized seminars I, II, III

  A seminar briefing session will be held by senior students around October of the first year. Students apply to seminars in their desired field while referring to the information session, and if they are selected, they will become a member of the seminar from their second year onwards. In seminars, we encourage each other in a small, home-like atmosphere, and through research, organization, reflection, presentation, and debate, students acquire and hone their ability to think thoroughly.

• Extracurricular courses

  With an eye on the future path after graduation, Faculty of Law offers extracurricular courses to help students acquire various qualifications. We invite external specialist lecturers to provide full-fledged courses such as the "Business Law Examination Level 3 Course," "Law Examination Course," "Administrative Scrivener Course," "Real Estate Transaction License Course," "Introductory Course for Civil Servants," "Business Law Examination Level 2 Course," "Basic Skills Training Course for Working Adults," "Main Civil Servant Course," and "Social Insurance and Labor Consultant Course." Students can take these courses from their second year, and tuition fees are discounted thanks to the faculty subsidy system.

Objectives related to human resource development and other educational and research objectives / Educational goals / Three policies

The Department of Law Faculty of Law Law has the objectives of cultivating human resources and other educational and research aims to cultivate leading professionals who have a rich legal literacy and a combination of deep culture and morals by exploring the origins, mechanisms, and nature of law, and to conduct the education and research necessary for this.

In order to achieve this, we have established and published the following integrated set of "Educational Objectives," "Policy for Graduation Certification and Degree Awarding (Diploma Policy)," "Policy for Composing and Implementing the Educational Course (Curriculum Policy)," and "Policy for Accepting Students (Admission Policy)," as follows: