1. Rankings and Enrollment
Hanyang University School of Law is one of the best law schools located in Seoul, South Korea. According to the Korean Law Times in 2004, Hanyang University has produced 5.1% of all Korea's lawyers. The detail rankings of lawyer's number are as below (yeonhabnews article in Korean)
1. Seoul Nat'l University (47.9%)
2. Korea University (15.4%)
3. Yonsei University (7.0%)
4. Hanyang University (5.1%)
5. Sungkyunkwan University (4.7%)
In 2007, the authority approved 100 annual enrollment of students of the hanyang university. And under the new Korean law-school law, the universities which the government approved the law school should close the LL.B.(Bachelor of Laws) course and only could maintain graduate course (the same as American lawschool system).
<Law School enrollment by area>
(1) Law Schools in Seoul area - total enrollment 1140 :
Seoul National (150), Sungkyunkwan / Yonsei / Korea (120), Hanyang / Ewha (100), Kyunghee (60), Seoul City / Ajou / Inha / Choong-ang / HUFS / Kangwon / Kunkuk / Sogang (40)
(2) Law Schools in Non-Seoul area - total enrollment 860 :
Pusan National / Kyungpook National / Jeonnam National (120), Chungnam National (100), Chunbuk National, Donga (80), Chungbook National, Youngnam (70), Wonkwang (60), Jeju (40)
2. Faculty of Hanyang Law
The Hanyang Law faculty is well regarded for academic strength in a number of disciplines including international trade law, human rights, corporations and others.
3. Degree Programs
Hanyang Law offers several degree programs.
- Hanyang University School of Law (JD programs)
- Hanyang University College of Law (LL.B. programs)
- Hanyang University Graduaute School Department of Law (LL.M. & Ph.D. of Laws programs)
4. Auxiliary Institutions
- Hanynag Jurisprudence Institute