Seoul National University School of Law

Seoul National University School of Law
The Bell of Justice in front of the Centennial Building of School of Law[1]
Parent school	Seoul National University
Established	1895; 129 years ago (1895)
School type	National law school
Dean	Kim Jong-bo
Location	Gwanak, Seoul, South Korea 37°27′45″N 126°57′06″E / 37.46250°N 126.95167°E / 37.46250; 126.95167
Enrollment	1194[2]
Faculty	60[2]
Website	law.snu.ac.kr

Seoul National University School of Law (Korean: 서울대학교 법학전문대학원; SNU Law) is the law school of Seoul National University, a national research university in Gwanak, Seoul, South Korea.

Following legacy of the only and the first modern national law school established in 1895 as 'Popkwan Yangsungso' (Korean: 법관양성소) for training judges, the SNU Law started its official history at 1946 in name of SNU College of Law, as one of college constituting the Seoul National University, offering continental styled legal education such as LL.B. courses for undergraduates. This enriched historic background made the SNU Law as the oldest and most renowned law school in South Korea.

After nationwide legal education reform of South Korea in 2009, it adopted the American model of 3-year law school system, and changed its official name to SNU School of Law. It currently offers the J.D., J.S.D., LL.M., and Ph.D. degrees in law, and no longer admits undergraduate law students. Currently, number of admmission to J.D. course is limited to 150 students per year as numerus clausus, under national government's policy to keep number of enrollments in sustainable level.^[3]