School of Law

Introduction

After the re-establishment of the University in Hsinchuang in 1963, the Department of Law was set up under the former College of Law, along with other departments of social sciences. In 2003, the Department of Law and the Department of Financial and Economic Law combined to form the School of Law. Prof. Peter Yiu-Lung Chen serves as the first dean. The School of Law comprises two departments, two master's programs, one In-Service Master's Program, and one doctoral program. There are approximately 1000 students. The Legal Service Center and the John Paul II Peace Institute are affiliated to the College.

Doctorate
Master's
Bachelor's
In-Service Master Program

Department of Law
Department of Financial and Economic Law

Curriculum and Faculty

Professional Legal Education To strengthen the development of professional law training, our programs aim to ground the students solidly in both the doctrine of the law and the skills required for practice. Besides the In-Service Master's Program, the Law School plans to implement a Postgraduate Law Program; the In-Service Law Program (including extension education and corporate cooperation). Thematic research centers such as the Cross-Strait Legal System Research Center, the Technological Law Research Center, and professional law programs specified for different disciplines are being planned to meet the demands of this changing legal environment. The law training offered here is not limited to the coursework; it is strengthened by practice in real life, so that we can enrich the students' entire experience as a future lawyer.

Holistic Education Development

Rich and diverse courses are designed to provide a firm intellectual foundation of legal knowledge and to cultivate the analytical and critical skills of the students. In addition, the School emphasizes holistic education courses and a mentor system to enforce interaction between the faculty members and students. We hope to prepare our students for a future career in law.

Facilities

The university library holds a collection of more than 30,000 volumes of books and periodicals in law and more than 140,000 volumes of books in economics, and subscribes to numerous law-related databanks and on-line resources.

The School of Law also maintains a moot court, a multimedia center, a Language Lab, computer workstations and discussion rooms for teaching and research.

Academic Activities and Researchs

Fu Jen Law Review is a scholarly journal that examines problems related to legal concerns. Published biannually, Fu Jen Law Review is a public and open forum for law students, faculty members, practicing attorneys, as well as other legal scholars.

The Fu Jen Legal Studies Series is a series of books containing textbooks and scholarly publications for legal studies. The series publishes excellent work by the faculty members of the School. Currently there are 30 volumes published.

Conferences and Symposia: The School of Law regularly organizes academic conferences and symposia on Civil and Business Law, International Law, Criminal Law, as well as Financial and Economic Law, with the participation of renowned professors and experts. The School also encourages exchanges with distinguished institutions worldwide, with a special emphasis on cross-strait cooperation.

Educational Goals and Mission

The School of Law aims to provide students professional and diversified legal training. We hope to achieve this goal by implementing postgraduate law degree programs, in-service law education programs, and encouraging interdisciplinary research.

To support and advance the mission of theuniversity as a whole, the curriculum and activities of the School also include "service-learning courses" as an integral part of education.

Career Opportunities

For undergraduate students who want to pursue a higher degree in law, besides the master's program here at the university, they are eligible to study at other law and law-related subjects, such as labor studies, insurance studies, diplomacy and international relations, in Taiwan as well as abroad.

For graduates who want to pursue a legal career, job opportunities are available at private law firms, government agencies, as well as research institutions. Through different examination channels, they can be lawyers, judges, defense counsels, prosecutors, assistant judges, clerks, notaries, probation officers, administrators for civil service ethics, investigators, patent/trademark officers, trademark agents, as well as administrative staff in different governmental sectors.