Career Paths After Graduation

A company is a fusion of various job categories such as sales, human resources, general affairs, legal affairs, and accounting. Fundamental skills such as comprehension, analysis, action, and communication are commonly required in any job category. In the Faculty of Law, a wide variety of subjects are available in addition to specialized subjects, and the broad insight gained there, as well as the learning that leads to finding and solving questions on one's own, are useful in any job category.

Even within private companies, there are various industries, and as shown in the chart above, the industries where Faculty of Law graduates find employment are diverse.

Furthermore, every year many students become interested in the media industry while being exposed to various social issues through the lens of law and political science. Keio University has established the "Institute for Journalism, Media & Communication Studies" as one of its Research Centers and Institutes, and students who pass the entrance examination can conduct specialized research separately from their regular classes.

The situations where law is required are expanding and deepening—including general civil cases such as litigation, mediation, and legal consultation, as well as corporate legal affairs supporting the overseas expansion of Japanese companies—and high-quality legal professionals are in demand.

Keio University's Law School has a track record of being among the top in the number of successful bar exam candidates, and its graduates are demonstrating their abilities in judicial institutions, administrative agencies, law firms, corporations, and global fields.

To enter the Law School, it is necessary to pass an entrance examination, but since the faculty members of the Faculty of Law sometimes also serve as professors at the Law School, students can acquire legal thinking through seminars and other activities starting from their undergraduate years.

In a rapidly changing society, civil servants are also required to have strong powers of reform and flexible thinking. The ability to think critically about things and the ability to deepen and express one's own thoughts while being aware of problems—cultivated in the educational environment of the Faculty of Law, which responds fully to those who seek it—will surely serve as a solid base for a bureaucrat.

In addition to national civil service general positions that support the country's politics, there are various options for civil servants depending on individual aspirations, such as national professional positions active as experts in various ministries and agencies, local government employees who handle administration close to home, and international civil servants who work to solve problems on a global stage regardless of national borders.

After graduating from the university, those who wish to receive advanced specialized education in law and politics can proceed to the Graduate School of Law, and those who aim to become legal professionals such as lawyers can proceed to the Law School (Graduate School of Law) to further deepen their studies. The Graduate School of Law has three major fields of study: Civil Law, Public Law, and Political Science.

After graduating from the university, those who wish to receive advanced specialized education in law and politics can proceed to the Graduate School of Law, and those who aim to become legal professionals such as lawyers can proceed to the Law School (Graduate School of Law) to further deepen their studies. The Graduate School of Law has three major fields of study: Civil Law, Public Law, and Political Science.