Soochow University School of Law is one of the oldest law schools in Taiwan. It is part of Soochow University. ^{[clarification needed]} It enjoyed the high reputation of "Chaoyang in the North, Soo Chow in the South" amongst Chinese law schools. It is dedicated to legal professional education, National law and Anglo-American law. This is the first comparative law school in Asia, and actively cultivates comparative law and the international law professionals.

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Soochow University was founded in 1900 at Soo Chow (now Suzhou), mainland China. The Comparative Law School of the university, as the first modern law school in China, was later founded in 1915 in Shanghai Kunshan Road, starting with the law department. In 1927 it changed its name to the law school and started dedicating to education of professional law. Its curriculum adopts both national and common law, and it positively cultivates talents in comparative law and international law.^[4] It is the only college in China that teaches Anglo-American law in a systematic way outside of Chinese law. One of the most famous law schools in China, the first comparative law school in Asia, is known as one of the best comparative law schools in the world, and it contributes to the training of talents in comparative law and international law. From the 1930s to the 1990s, the International Court of Justice had a total of six Chinese judges. Starting from Gu Weijun, and until 1997, Li Haopei, a judge of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, was a professor or graduate of Soochow Law School.Soochow University School of Law provided modern legal training prior to the middle of the 20th century in Asia. During the Chinese Civil War, the university was forced to limit its operation along with many other academic institutes. The School of Law was the first school to be reinstated after the university was officially relocated to Taiwan in 1954. In 1969, the Ministry of Education approved the restoration of a complete university system, which is a "private Soochow University" with a liberal arts, law, and business college. After the restoration in Taiwan, it continued its rigorous tradition and hired good professors. To cultivate modern legal professionals with an international outlook, it diversify its curriculum like exchange aboard, and lots of speeches of international law, and especially the whole year's lecture of international law and so on. The purpose of all these systems' establishment is to improve the quality of legal professional education.^[5] In 1972 the School of Law moved into a new seven-story, air-conditioned building in downtown Taipei. These quarters are shared with the Graduate School of Economics and the School of Commerce. The building is strategically located near the Presidential Office and the judicial and legislative government complex.^[6]

In 2015, the School of Law is holding a year-long centennial celebration, making it one of the oldest law schools in Taiwan.^[7]

Soochow law school provides students with multiple and international courses. During the five-year law school life, students are required to accomplish compulsory courses of 135 credits and elective courses of 34 credits. Unlike other law schools in Taiwan concentrating on domestic legal teaching, Soochow Law School adheres to its teaching history which regards civil law and common law teaching as equally important. In the compulsory courses of 135 credits, common law courses such as Introduction to American Legal system(4 Credits, for Freshman), Torts(6 Credits, for Sophomore), Contracts(6 Credits, for Junior), Criminal law(4 Credits, for Senior) and Constitutional law(4 Credits, for Senior) have taken up 28 credits, making itself well-known not in Taiwan only, but also in Mainland China, even in Asia.^[9]

The master's degree program of Soochow University School of Law has attracted students every year for admission. The program has divided into seven fields for students to pursue their legal studies, including Public Law, Criminal Law, Civil and Commercial Law, International Law, Economic and Financial law, Fiscal and Tax law, and Science and Technology Law. In 2001, Soochow University school of law initiated “In-service Master Program of Law”. The class is only open to those who is in fields other than law and with at least three years of working experiences. After graduating with a master's degree, students not only have their original profession, but also have legal professional knowledge, which will enable them to have more job opportunities.

Recognized for a strong faculty and staff with academic background in both civil law and common law systems, the School recruits full-time professors and alumni graduating from world famous law schools, such as Renmin University of China, Harvard Law School, UC Berkeley law school, U of Pennsylvania law school, U of Virginia school of law, Duke law school, Michigan law school, Munchen University, Osaka University, the majority of them have received advanced law degrees such as LL.M., JD, SJD (JSD) and PhD. Benefited for its reputation and location, today, its alumni in the legal profession include Justices of the Constitutional Court, the Prosecutor General of the Supreme Prosecutor Office, the CEO (managing partner) of the biggest law firm in Taiwan,^[11] the government and academia^{[citation needed]}.

The Jessup Moot Court Team of Soochow University School of Law has won ten regional championships and represented Taiwan in the International Round since 1999.

The Electronic marquee situated at the first floor of Soochow University law school is also an attractive feature. The interesting scrolling text often changes with time and combine current events with encouragements to students, for instance, "The FIFA world cup is Brazil's, however, the final exam is yours". Therefore, it is usual to see students stop to watch the scrolling text with a big smile on their faces.^[13]

Soochow University School of Law has been home to many notable alumni :

• Fang, wen-zhang (方文長)
• Wu, ying-jhao (吳英昭)
• Yang, zhen (楊　楨)
• Huang, wen-luan (黃文圝)
• Wang, jung-chou (王榮周)
• Shuo, yi-ren (帥以仁)
• Hsu, yuan-guo (許淵國)
• Zheng, wen-lung (鄭文龍)