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| Doctoral & Master's Level Programs |
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Doctoral Program: 3+ years, October entry, 300 pages+ doctoral thesis written in English in any field of law. |
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JICA KCCP Doctoral Program: 3+ years, October entry, doctoral thesis in English whilst working in home country, supported by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). |
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| LL.M. (Master of Laws) |
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LL.M.: established 1994, 1-year program, October entry, taught entirely in English, dynamic curriculum plus 50+ pages thesis. |
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Young Leaders' Program (YLP) in Law: 1-year program for government officials & legal professionals from designated countries, October entry, taught in English, internship program with law firms, Japanese government scholarships. |
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Bilingual Master's Program in Law (BiP): 1-2 years program for Japanologists with non-legal background; April or October entry, thesis written in Japanese and English plus participation in undergraduate seminar. |
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JDS Program: 2 years, October entry, coursework plus 70+ pages thesis, JICA sponsored for public officials from selected Asian countries. |
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"Double Degree" Programs: Partnering with master's programs at Ateneo De Manila, Leuven, Malaya, & National Taiwan University. |
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Lifelong Learning Program: 1-2 years "part-time" program, April or October entry for Japanese nationals, taught in English. |
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| Global Vantage (GV) Program (Undergraduate Program in Law) |
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| Japanese undergraduate (AO Entry) law program offering Japanese nationals the opportunity to enroll on LL.M.. |
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| Curriculum |
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| High level courses offered in all major fields of economic & business law and related fields, including Transnational Commercial & Foreign Investment Law, IP Law, WTO Law, Creative Economy & Law, Competition Law, Commercial Arbitration, Mediation, Private International Law, Public International Law, Comparative Company Law, White-Collar & Corporate Criminal Law, and various fields of Japanese law. |
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| Faculty |
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| Diverse faculty of Japanese & international professors, including Ryu Kojima (Director of International Programs, specializing in intellectual property law); Toshiyuki Kono (private international law); Kinji Akashi (public international law); Shinto Teramoto (intellectual property law); Mariko Igimi (Roman law); Caslav Pejovic (transnational business law); Minoru Tokumoto (company law); Han Sang Hee (public international law & international relations); Mark Fenwick (corporate crime & international business law); Hideaki Irie (mediation & conflict management); Steven Van Uytsel (competition law); Kentaro Hirayama (competition law); Satoshi Narihara (information law); Ren Yatsunami (private international law); Julia Yu (commercial arbitration and investment law). |
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| Visiting Professors |
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| Recent visiting professors include: Prof. Jurgen Basedow (Max Plank Institute for Comparative & Private International Law); Prof. Jane Ginsburg (Colombia University Law School); Prof. Nikolas Forgo (University of Vienna), Prof. Yeow Choy Choong (University of Malaya), Prof. Erik Vermeulen (Tilburg University & Philips Lighting). |
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| Alumni Network |
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| As of January 2019, there are a total of 618 graduates from 56 countries, including 39 LL.D. graduates from 17 countries; 369 LL.M. graduates from 56 countries; 185 YLP graduates from 15 countries; and 18 BiP graduates from 9 countries). Prominent alumni of international programs include: Pakistan's Ambassador to Japan; Former Mongolian Minister of Mining; Ambassador to the UN Delegation (Mongolia); Vice Minister of Justice (Vietnam); Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore; & an LL.D. graduate appointed as Associate Professor in Kyushu University, Faculty of Law. |
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| Events & Publications |
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| Recent workshops hosted on Leniency in Competition Law, Fintech in Asia, & Autonomous Vehicles. Recent publications in English include: |
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Transnational Commercial & Consumer Law: Current Trends in Business Law, edited by T. Kono, A. Reich & M. Hiscock, (2018) Springer. |
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Robots, AI & the Future of the Law, edited by M. Corrales, M. Fenwick & N. Forgo, (2018) Springer. |
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The Shifting Meaning of Legal Certainty in Comparative & Transnational Law, edited by M. Fenwick, M. Siems & S. Wrbka], (2017) Hart. |
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