The Faculty of Law at Nagoya University was established in September 1948 as the Departments of Law and Politics within the former Faculty of Law and Economics at Nagoya University. In May of the following year, the new Faculty of Law and Economics at Nagoya University was established, and subsequently, in April 1950, the Faculty of Law and Economics was split into the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Economics. In April 1953, the new Graduate School of Law was established, completing the current organizational structure. In April 2004, the Law School (Graduate School of Law, Professional Legal Training Program) was established. Since Nagoya University itself was established as the last Imperial National University, it ranks among the smallest in terms of both student and faculty numbers compared to the law faculties and graduate schools of law at other national universities. Nevertheless, it has produced numerous outstanding professionals in the fields of economics, the legal profession, and public administration.

Furthermore, since the 1990s, the Graduate School of Law has been conducting legal assistance projects for countries in Southeast and Central Asia undergoing political transition. This long-term initiative is steadily yielding results. Graduates of the Graduate School hold various key positions in countries across Asia and are active as researchers at universities both in Japan and abroad. Furthermore, on the campus of our Faculty and Graduate School of Law, it is commonplace for students from diverse cultural backgrounds to study together in classes conducted in both Japanese and English. I believe there are few law faculties and graduate schools in the world that have built such an important international network and possess such an international research and learning environment. We hope to leverage this privileged position, made possible by the efforts of our predecessors, to develop unique research and educational activities that can only be carried out within our Faculty and Graduate School. We sincerely appreciate your continued support.