Shinichiro Toyama
Professor, Chuo Law School, Member of Daiichi Tokyo BAR Association
Areas of Specialization: Corporate Compliance, Modern Contract Law, Tort and Compensation Law (traffic accidents, medical malpractice, nuclear accidents, etc.), Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act, Labor Law, Insolvency Proceeding Law, Financial Legal Affairs, Antitrust Law, Personal Information Protection Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Legal Economics
| 1885 | Igirisu Horitsu Gakko (English Law School) established (Inaugural Principal Rokuichiro Masujima) |
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| 1889 | Renamed Tokyo Hogakuin (Tokyo College of Law) |
| 1903 | Renamed Tokyo Hogakuin Daigaku (Tokyo University of Law) |
| 1905 | Renamed Chuo Daigaku (Chuo University) |
| Faculty of Economics established | |
| 1909 | Faculty of Commerce established |
| 1920 | Foundation of Chuo University accredited by University order. Faculties of Law, Economics, and Commerce, a graduate school, and college preparatory courses established |
| 1926 | Surugadai Campus completed and University relocates from Nishiki-cho |
| 1931 | Night school opens |
| 1935 | Auditorium completed as 50th anniversary commemorative project |
old picture of campus building
| 1944 | Chuo Kogyo Senmon Gakko (Chuo Technical College) (offering mechanics and aviation courses) opens |
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| 1948 | Chuo University Commerce School becomes Chuo University High School at Bunkyo |
| Correspondence Division opens | |
| Publishing Office opens | |
| Institute of Accounting Research opens | |
| 1949 | Under new educational system, No. 1 Division (daytime program) opens in Faculties of Law, Economics, Commerce and Engineering (Civil Engineering, Precision Mechanics, Electrical Engineering, and Industrial Chemistry), and No. 2 Division (evening program) opens in Faculties of Law, Economics, and Commerce |
| Institute of Comparative Law in Japan opens | |
| University has greatest number of successful candidates in first-ever CPA exam | |
| Launch of Chuo University Co-op | |
| 1951 | Faculty of Literature opens with Department of Literature (Divisions No. 1 and No. 2, daytime and evening programs) and Department of History (Divisions No. 1, daytime program) |
| Under new graduate school system, Master's programs offered at the Graduate School of Law, in Private and Criminal Law, Political Studies, and Anglo-American Law; at the Graduate School of Economics, in Economic Science; and at the Graduate School of Commerce, in Commerce | |
| University has greatest number of successful candidates in National Bar Exam | |
| 1962 | Faculty of Engineering renamed Faculty of Science and Engineering |
| 1963 | Chuo University Suginami High School (boys and girls) and Chuo University High School at Koganei (boys) opened |
| Faculty of Science and Engineering building completed | |
| 1978 | Relocation to Tama Campus commences |
| 1980 | Ceremony to mark closure of Surugadai Campus |
| 1981 | International Center is established |
| 1985 | Ceremony to mark centennial year of founding |
| 1993 | Faculty of Policy Studies opens |
| 2002 | Ichigaya Campus and the Graduate School of International Accounting opens |
| 2004 | Chuo Law School opens at Ichigaya Campus |
| 2008 | Chuo Graduate School of Strategic Management opens |
| 2010 | Ichigaya Tamachi campus (Middle Bridge) opens |
| Chuo University Junior High School opens | |
| Chuo University Yokohama Yamate Junior High School and High School opens |
