Recognizing how this disadvantaged the Chinese, Soochow University opened a law school to teach Chinese lawyers how to deal with western law.
東吳乃決定成立法律系，教授英、美法，『知己知彼』，以保障國民權益。」東吳法律系歷史優久，聲譽卓著，曾培育許多專才，例如法學家呂光、端木愷、省府委員城仲模、最高法院推事耿雲卿、開業律師武憶舟…… 等。