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Soochow University School of Law is a law school in Taiwan. Soochow University was founded in 1900 at Soo Chow (now Suzhou), mainland China. The Comparative Law School of the University, as the first modern law school in China, was later founded in Shanghai in 1915.〔ROBERT E. TINDALL The International Lawyer Vol. 7, No. 3 (July 1973), pp. 711-715 Published by: American Bar Association Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40691119〕 Soochow University School of Law provided modern legal training prior to the middle of the 20th century in Asia. During the Chinese Civil War, the University was forced to limit its operation along with many other academic institutes. The School of Law was the first school to be reinstated after the University was officially relocated to Taiwan in 1954. In 1972 the School of Law moved into a new seven-story,air-conditioned building in downtown Taipei. These quarters are shared with the Graduate School of Economics and the School of Commerce. The building is strategically located near the Presidential Office and the judicial and legislative government complex.〔ROBERT E. TINDALL The International Lawyer Vol. 7, No. 3 (July 1973), p. 715 Published by: American Bar Association〕 Soochow law school provides students with multiple and international courses. During the five-year law school life, students are required to accomplish compulsory courses of 135 credits and elective courses of 34 credits. Unlike other law schools in Taiwan concentrating on domestic legal teaching, Soochow Law School adheres to its teaching histories of regarding civil law and common law teaching as equally important. In the compulsory courses of 135 credits, common law courses such as Introduction to American Legal system(4 Credits, for Freshman), Torts(6 Credits, for Sophomore), Contracts(6 Credits, for Junior), Criminal law(4 Credits, for Senior) and Constitutional law(4 Credits, for Senior) have taken up 28 credits， making itself well-known not by Taiwan only, but Mainland China, even Asia.〔http://www2.scu.edu.tw/law/Page/350〕 To be qualified for Civil Law and Common Law teaching, School employs full-time professors graduating from World Famous Law School, such as Harvard Law School, University of California Berkelry, Munchen University, Osaka University, the majority of them have got degrees of JD, SJD and Phd. Benefited for its reputation and location, today, its alumni in the legal profession include Justices of the Constitutional Court, the Prosecutor General of the Supreme Prosecutor Office, the CEO (managing partner) of the biggest law firm in Taiwan,〔Official Website of Lee and Li, Attorneys-at-Law: http://www.leeandli.com/EN/Professions/2/116.htm.〕 the government and academia. In 2015, the School of Law is holding a year-long centennial celebration.〔Official Website of Soochow University School of Law: http://www2.scu.edu.tw/law/Page/454〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Soochow University School of Law」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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