Dean of the Faculty of Law
Dean of the Faculty of Law
Dean of the Graduate School of Law and Politics
Koichi Taniguchi
Tokyo Metropolitan University’s Faculty of Law has been providing the necessary specialized education in legal studies and political science for the next generation, based on the fruits of many years of research and educational activities.
As Japan’s population shrinks and it transforms into a superannuated society, we are faced with a range of challenges, such as measures to combat possible future large-scale disasters, transitioning to a decarbonized society, and promoting digitization. To handle these difficult challenges, we need to understand the current state and history of Japanese society and the international environment surrounding it, acquire the means to calmly analyze the factors leading to the various challenges and strategies to resolve them, and attain a viewpoint that provides a future-oriented outlook.
Therefore, we aim to offer “specialized education that draws out the abilities of each individual student” and foster eager personnel who will confront modern society’s many challenges using the theories and methods of legal studies and political science. We have a full complement of instructors who are experts in their fields and have arranged lecture courses where students can learn the fundamentals and systematic theories of fields of specialty and specialized seminars where they can exhibit their autonomy.
This faculty’s graduates are active in a wide range of fields, including corporations, the public sector, and local government. Besides progressing to law schools at any university, those aiming for the legal profession can also choose our Law School within the legal profession development program established in AY2020. Those aiming to be specialist researchers in legal studies or political science can also move into our researcher development graduate school, which enjoys a solid reputation.
I look forward to everyone’s aggressive attempts at these challenges.