Although present-day Japanese society has entered into a period of stable maturity, demands to act in compliance with the “legal standards” have increased, both in the people’s daily lives and, also, in business activities. In order to keep up with this trend, the Department of Law of Nagoya Gakuin University has set as its primary goal the cultivation of multi-talented people with a broad outlook, who will contribute to the sustainable development of social, economic and cultural life, and who also possess specialized knowledge of the law, legal ways of thinking, an appreciation for high culture, a keen sense of humanity, and practical communication and presentation skills. To become such people, students must not only master the requirements of the legal profession, but also become well versed in language studies and the liberal arts, both of which deepen the understanding of the legal matters.
First-year students in the Department of Law are introduced to the fundamentals of legal studies and exposed to various basic viewpoints, in order to gain a general picture of legal studies. From their first through their fourth year, students are required to attend seminars, where they acquire knowledge in specialized fields of law and develop presentation skills, that will be indispensable for their working-life.
The Department of Law gives students opportunities to tour the Nagoya District Court and to work in internship programs in law firms or in the law department of companies engaged in legal work. The students receive one-to-one guidance from the faculty members of the Department of Law, which has a very favorable environment, including a law library and a room for “moot court.”