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Number of 2014 Bar Examination Passers in Japan, By Law School

The following figure and tables show the number of 2014 bar examination passers in Japan by law school. In terms of the number of passed students, top 5 schools (Waseda, Chuo, Tokyo, Keio, Kyoto) are outstanding. 

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Table 1: Ranking by the number of passed students

Law School Examinee Passed Pass rate
Waseda University  489 172 35%
Chuo University  475 164 35%
University of Tokyo  304 158 52%
Keio University  336 150 45%
Kyoto University  245 130 53%
Hitotsubashi University  136 64 47%
Meiji University  365 63 17%
Osaka University  137 55 40%
Kobe University  143 44 31%
Tohoku University  159 42 26%
Hokkaido University  161 41 25%
Kyushu University  162 37 23%
Ritsumeikan University  266 33 12%
Sophia University  158 31 20%
Nagoya University  133 30 23%
Chiba University  84 26 31%
Doshisha University  182 26 14%
Tokyo Metropolitan Univ College of Law  96 22 23%
Nihon University  199 22 11%
Hosei University  181 21 12%
Osaka City University  109 19 17%
Kansai University  183 19 10%
Soka University  70 18 26%
Yokohama National University  93 18 19%
Rikkyo University  137 17 12%
Kwansei Gakuin University  155 14 9%
Seikei University  101 14 14%
Okayama University  72 13 18%
Gakushuin University  104 12 12%
Hiroshima University  95 11 12%
University of Tsukuba  68 10 15%
Nanzan University  61 9 15%
Ryukoku University  105 8 8%
Aichi University  27 7 26%
Konan University  74 7 9%
Senshu University  131 7 5%
Kanazawa University  45 6 13%
Meiji Gakuin University  98 6 6%
Yamanashi Gakuin University  47 6 13%
Osaka Gakuin University  46 5 11%
Kinki University  49 5 10%
Shinshu University  43 5 12%
Niigata University  48 5 10%
Hiroshima Shudo University  44 5 11%
Kagoshima University  28 4 14%
Kokugakuin University  63 4 6%
Daito Bunka University  66 4 6%
Toin University of Yokohama  90 4 4%
Aoyama Gakuin University  44 3 7%
Kagawa University  24 3 13%
Kanto Gakuin University  23 3 13%
Kyoto Sangyo University  45 3 7%
Kumamoto University  43 3 7%
Shizuoka University  30 3 10%
Chukyo University  23 3 13%
Tohoku Gakuin University  36 3 8%
Dokkyo University  66 3 5%
Meijo University  68 3 4%
University of the Ryukyus  26 3 12%
Omiya Law University  105 2 2%
Kurume University  38 2 5%
Kobe Gakuin University  33 2 6%
Komazawa University  46 2 4%
Surugadai University  85 2 2%
Tokai University  56 2 4%
Toyo University  56 2 4%
Hakuoh University  29 2 7%
Fukuoka University  39 2 5%
Hokkai-Gakuen University  42 2 5%
Seinan Gakuin University  50 1 2%
Aichi Gakuin University  32 0 0%
Kanagawa University  40 0 0%
Shimane University  21 0 0%
Himeji Dokkyo University  8 0 0%
Preliminary exam passer 244 163 67%
total 8015 1810 23%

 

Table 2: Ranking by passing rate

Law School Examinee Passed Pass rate
Preliminary exam passer 244 163 67%
Kyoto University  245 130 53%
University of Tokyo  304 158 52%
Hitotsubashi University  136 64 47%
Keio University  336 150 45%
Osaka University  137 55 40%
Waseda University  489 172 35%
Chuo University  475 164 35%
Chiba University  84 26 31%
Kobe University  143 44 31%
Tohoku University  159 42 26%
Aichi University  27 7 26%
Soka University  70 18 26%
Hokkaido University  161 41 25%
Tokyo Metropolitan Univ College of Law  96 22 23%
Kyushu University  162 37 23%
Nagoya University  133 30 23%
Sophia University  158 31 20%
Yokohama National University  93 18 19%
Okayama University  72 13 18%
Osaka City University  109 19 17%
Meiji University  365 63 17%
Nanzan University  61 9 15%
University of Tsukuba  68 10 15%
Doshisha University  182 26 14%
Kagoshima University  28 4 14%
Seikei University  101 14 14%
Kanazawa University  45 6 13%
Kanto Gakuin University  23 3 13%
Chukyo University  23 3 13%
Yamanashi Gakuin University  47 6 13%
Kagawa University  24 3 13%
Rikkyo University  137 17 12%
Ritsumeikan University  266 33 12%
Shinshu University  43 5 12%
Hosei University  181 21 12%
Hiroshima University  95 11 12%
Gakushuin University  104 12 12%
University of the Ryukyus  26 3 12%
Hiroshima Shudo University  44 5 11%
Nihon University  199 22 11%
Osaka Gakuin University  46 5 11%
Niigata University  48 5 10%
Kansai University  183 19 10%
Kinki University  49 5 10%
Shizuoka University  30 3 10%
Konan University  74 7 9%
Kwansei Gakuin University  155 14 9%
Tohoku Gakuin University  36 3 8%
Ryukoku University  105 8 8%
Kumamoto University  43 3 7%
Hakuoh University  29 2 7%
Aoyama Gakuin University  44 3 7%
Kyoto Sangyo University  45 3 7%
Kokugakuin University  63 4 6%
Meiji Gakuin University  98 6 6%
Daito Bunka University  66 4 6%
Kobe Gakuin University  33 2 6%
Senshu University  131 7 5%
Kurume University  38 2 5%
Fukuoka University  39 2 5%
Hokkai-Gakuen University  42 2 5%
Dokkyo University  66 3 5%
Toin University of Yokohama  90 4 4%
Meijo University  68 3 4%
Komazawa University  46 2 4%
Tokai University  56 2 4%
Toyo University  56 2 4%
Surugadai University  85 2 2%
Seinan Gakuin University  50 1 2%
Omiya Law University  105 2 2%
Aichi Gakuin University  32 0 0%
Kanagawa University  40 0 0%
Shimane University  21 0 0%
Himeji Dokkyo University  8 0 0%
Total 8015 1810 23%

"Preliminary exam passer" means a person who did not go to a postgraduate law school, and passed the preliminary exam instead.

Source is Ministry of Justice.

www.moj.go.jp/content/000126774.pdf

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