Seventy-four public and private universities plan to open law schools next April as part of Japan's judicial system reform, with many private schools considering charging annual tuition of 1.5 million yen to 2 million yen, according to a recent Kyodo News survey.
About two-thirds of the 24 public and 50 private universities polled plan to establish the schools in urban locations in greater Tokyo or the Kinki region of western Japan, the survey found.
The establishment of law schools to train judges, prosecutors and lawyers is a main feature of reforms of the judiciary. The education ministry will begin accepting applications on June 13 and plans to approve, in principle, all of them.