Kumamoto University
Faculty of Law

The Faculty of Law at Kumamoto University is the second-oldest law faculty among Japanese national universities established under the National School Establishment Law of 1949, following only Hiroshima University. It is the 11^th-oldest of all university law faculties, including the nine former Japanese Imperial Universities that existed before the new system. The Faculty of Law is located north of the 19^th century Fifth High School, now the Memorial Museum, in the center of the Kurokami North Campus. It is just east of the Bufugen Athletic Field, which has been memorialized in the Fifth High School dormitory song. The stately brick building that houses the Memorial Museum, and the wizened old trees in the vicinity, add to the prestigious academic atmosphere.