Without law, you can find no answers
The Meiji University School of Law originated from Meiji Law School, established on January 17, 1881 based on the spirit of doshin kyoryoku (to unite and cooperate) by Tatsuo Kishimoto, Kozo Miyagi, and Misao Yashiro—three lawyers in their late twenties who were inspired by the principles of the French revolution, namely rights, liberty, independence and self-government. The School of Law celebrates its 130th anniversary in 2011. The philosophy behind its foundation represents liberalism, individualism, and egalitarianism, and seeks to restore substantial equality for the socially vulnerable and realize the right of every citizen to pursue happiness. To this end, the School of Law was the first to open the door to legal education for women from before the war and contributed to the birth of the first female lawyers in Japan, Masako Nakata, Ai Kume, and Yoshiko Mibuchi. It has also, since before the war and to this day, fought with the socially vulnerable and produced many extraordinary lawyers including Tatsuji Fuse, the only Japanese lawyer to have been awarded the Korean Order of Merit for National Foundation.
With the introduction of the bar examination and the new law school system, Meiji University has sought to nurture independent citizens (individuals) who can participate in a global community, through basic liberal education—not available at law schools—to nurture the necessary human nature needed as a lawyer and through education and research in a wide range of specialized fields.
TAKACHI, Shigeyo
