National Bar Examination (short answer test)

According to results of the 2012 National Bar Examination (short answer test) released by the Ministry of Justice on June 7, the number of students achieving the score required to pass the short answer test, ranked in order of graduate law school, is as follows.
 

＜Rank＞ ＜Graduate Law School＞ ＜Number＞ ＜Previous Year＞
 

1         Chuo University                  399                       (366)
 

2         Waseda University              332                       (291)
 

3         University of Tokyo            303                       (345)
 

4         Keio University                    285                       (292)
 

5         Meiji University                  247                       (269)
 

*The number in ( ) represents the number of students achieving the score required to pass the short answer test in the previous year.
 

The final announce of successful examinees is set for Tuesday, September 11.