The fact that leading politicians such as President Chen Shui-bian and Taipei City mayor Ma Ying-jeou studied law also raises the status of law departments, so that parents are pleased to see their children choosing to train for a career in the law.
而總統陳水扁與台北市長馬英九等政治菁英出身法律系的背景，更讓法律系水漲船高，家長也樂見小孩往法界發展。