Kinki University and Kobe University concluded a legal training partnership agreement for the purpose of integrated education for legal training.
Based on the "Law for Partial Revision of the Law Concerning Cooperation, etc., between Law School Education and the Bar Examination," etc., which came into effect in April 2020, the "Legal Professional Course" (Collaborative Legal Profession Basic It became possible to set up a course).By organizing a systematic curriculum that consistently connects the Faculty of Law and the Law School, which has a legal training partnership agreement, it aims to provide effective education from the undergraduate stage to students who wish to become a legal profession. there is
Based on this, Kinki University and Kobe University concluded a legal training partnership agreement and received approval from the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. From 2023, Kinki University Faculty of Law "Legal Professional Course" will collaborate with Kobe University Law School (Graduate School of Law Practical Law Major) to provide consistent education for training legal professionals.This is the first agreement for Kinki University and the seventh Kobe University Law School following Kobe University, Doshisha University, Ritsumeikan University, Kumamoto University, Kagoshima University, and Niigata University.
By acquiring basic legal knowledge, etc. equivalent to the first year of law school at an early stage while enrolled in Kinki University Law School "Legal Course", Kobe University Law School "Legal Course Special Entrance Examination (1-year integrated type, general )” can be taken.By using this system, it is possible to take the bar examination in the shortest 5 years after entering Kinki University (5rd year of law school + 3nd year of law school), and the standard period is 2 years. You can aim to pass two years earlier than (7 years of law school + 4 years of law school).
Through this partnership agreement, the two schools aim to train legal professionals who can contribute to society, and to reduce the time and financial burden of students until they obtain qualifications.
