According to results of the (new) National Bar Examination (short answer test) released by the Ministry of Justice on June 3, the number of students achieving the score required to pass the short answer test, ranked in order of (top 5) law schools, is as follows.
<Rank> |
<Law School> |
<Number> |
<Previous Year> |
1 |
Chuo University |
377 |
(292) |
2 |
University of Tokyo |
356 |
(333) |
3 |
Keio University |
310 |
(266) |
4 |
Waseda University |
291 |
(266) |
5 |
Meiji University |
254 |
(241) |
*The number in ( ) represents the number of students achieving the score required to pass the short answer test in the previous year.
The final announce of successful examinees is set for Thursday, September 9.