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ロースクール Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ロースクール

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Meanings

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Refers to a graduate-level professional school for legal studies, typically a Japanese law school (法科大学院) or an American-style J.D. program.

彼かれはロースクールを卒そつ業ぎょうして弁べん護ご士しになった

。

He graduated from law school and became a lawyer.

ロースクールの授じゅ業ぎょうはとても厳きびしいと聞きいている。

I hear that law school classes are very tough.

Related words

法ほう科か大だい学がく院いん
The formal Japanese term for a law school established under the 2004 reform; ロースクール is the common loanword equivalent.

Written forms

ロー・スクール
- ロースクール
  Variant spelling with an interpunct; less common than the solid form.
- ロー・スクール

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'law school'.