On September 12, the Japanese Ministry of Justice announced the final results of the 2017 National Bar Examination. This year's exam saw a total of 1,543 successful candidates.
Among the successful candidates, 144 graduates of the Keio University Law School passed the exam with a passage rate of 45.4%. This gives Keio University Law School the highest number of successful candidates and the 4th highest bar passage rate among all law schools (and the highest for a private university) in the country for 2
consecutive years.Results of the 2017 National Bar Exam (Ministry of Justice) (Japanese language only)