Visiting Scholars. Each year, academic researchers from Japan become affiliated with the Law School as visiting scholars. Practitioners and members of the judiciary who have completed the LL.M. degree at the Law School often affiliate for an additional year as special students.
Faculty Exchange Visitors. The Center also administers an annual faculty exchange program between Columbia Law School and the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law, under which two members of the faculty of each university teach at the other university for several weeks.
Recent University of Tokyo Faculty Exchange Visitors
Some Recent Visiting Scholars from Japan
Shozo Ota Professor of Law, Society and Law, University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
Norio Higuchi
Professor of Law, Anglo-American Law, University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
Susumu Atsuki Deputy Director General,
Inspection Bureau, Financial Services Agency
An analysis of the best future financial system in Japan.
Yuji Kai Assistant Judge, Chiba Family Court
A comparative study of the judicial system and trial practice in the U.S. and Japan.
Minoru Nakazato
Professor of Law, Tax Law, University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
Yoshihisa Nomi
University of Tokyo
Reiko Kaihatsu Assistant Judge, Saitama District Court
A study of the difference between the American jury trial and the Japanese saibam-in trial.
Yusuke Nakai Prosecutor, Ministry of Justice
An inspection of criminal law and procedure in the U.S., especially white collar crime.
Yoshiko Terao
Professor of Law, Anglo-American Law, University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
Yoshiki Ogawa Judge, Tokyo District Court
A study of scheduling order and case management in the U.S. system.
Tadakatsu Sano Attorney, Jones Dayand Former Vice Minister of International Affairs (METI)
Research into government Regulations, WTO, and regulatory reform.
Former Affiliated Scholars Teaching at Other Universities
Two scholars formerly affiliated with the Center for Japanese Legal Studies have taken faculty positions at U.S. law schools.
Program support for the Center's activities during 2004-06 was enhanced by the affiliation of Charles K. Whitehead '86, a distinguished practitioner with significant experience in Japan, who was also the Law School's director of transactional studies and the associate director of the Center on Corporate Governance. Upon departing Columbia Law School, Mr. Whitehead began teaching at Boston University and recently moved to Cornell.
Bruce E. Aronson, a distinguished practitioner and Japanese law expert previously affiliated with the Center as an associate research scholar, is now an assistant professor at the Creighton University School of Law.
