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Congratulations to a KIMAP student for winning 2nd place in the competition organized by the Indonesian Judges ...

Special Lecture: "Colonial Citizenship: A Theory for the Present" by Dr. M. C. Loureiro will be held on May 11, 2026

KIMAP Orientation Spring 2026 was held.

Course schedule for AY2026 is now available.

Applicant's Guide for Fall 2026 entrance is now available.

Notification of successful applicants

Prof. Carpenter and students from his Law & Practice of International Finance class visited the Osaka Securities Exchange.

We welcomed Prof. Alan K. Koh from Nanyang Technological University for "International Business Transactions" ...

We welcomed Dr. Lorenz Ködderitzsch from Johnson & Johnson for face-to-face classes of "International Corporate Law and Practice"...

We welcomed Prof. Yun ZHAO and Mr. Jeff LEONG for "Asian Law" intensive course [October 14-27] .

Applicant's Guide for Spring 2026 entrance (the 2nd call) is now available.

The Second Admission Guidance Fair for Kobe University Graduate School of Law in 2025

We welcomed Prof. Dr. Nikos LAVRANOS and Dr. Eco HAMERSMA for "International Investment Law" intensive course...

KIMAP Orientation Fall 2025 was held.

Summer Program “Kobe SALAD 2025” held successfully

Notification of successful applicants

We welcomed Prof. Emeritus AGO Shin-ichi from Kyushu University for "International Labor Law" intensive course...

The regular course "Global Business and SDGs" was held online by attorneys of Nishimura & Asahi ...

Kobe SALAD Summer School Returns In Person.

We welcomed Prof. Alan K. Koh from Nanyang Technological University and Ms. Samantha S. Tang from National ...

Applicant's Guide for Spring 2026 entrance is now available.

The Kobe Round Table on International Law, organized by Prof. Mari Takeuchi, took place on May 19th with 15 researchers ...

The First Admission Guidance Fair for Kobe University Graduate School of Law in 2025

KIMAP Orientation Spring 2025 was held.

Course schedule for AY2025 is now available.

Applicant's Guide for Fall 2025 entrance is now available.

Poster presentation session held by students in "International Law for Sustainable Development" under ...

We welcomed Prof. Thomas Cheng from University of Hong Kong for "Comparative Competition Law" intensive course.

We welcomed Dr. Lorenz Ködderitzsch from Johnson and Johnson for "International Corporate Law and ...

Prof. Carpenter and students from his Law & Practice of International Finance class were given a guided tour ...

APELIA 2024 Symposium held in Kobe

We held a welcome party with Dr. Ködderitzsch, inviting lecturer of “International Corporate Law and ...

We welcomed Prof. Alan K. Koh from Nanyang Technological University for "International Business Transactions" ...

We welcomed Prof. Yun Zhao from the University of Hong Kong and Mr. Jeff Leong from JLPW for "Asian Law" ...

The Second Admission Guidance Fair for Kobe University Graduate School of Law in 2024

New internship reports have been published.

Applicant's Guide for Spring 2025 entrance (the 2nd call) is now available.

KIMAP Orientation Fall 2024 was held.

We welcomed Prof. Emerius AGO Shin-ichi from Kyushu University for "International Labor Law" intensive course...

The regular course "International Investment Law" was held by Dr. Nikos Lavranos and Dr. Eco Hamersma ...

The Kobe Seminar on International Law, organized by Prof. Takeuchi, took place on July 4th with 20 researchers ...

We welcomed Dr. James Devaney from University of Glasgow for "Public International Law" ...

Professor Carpenter escorted a group of students to view a variety of proceedings in civil and criminal cases ...

The regular course "Global Business and SDGs" was held online by attorneys of Nishimura & Asahi ...

Kobe Seminar on International Law

The opening of the KIMAP Lounge

Applicant's Guide for Spring 2025 entrance is now available.

We welcomed Ms. Aude Fiorini from University of Dundee for "Private International Law" ...

The First Admission Guidance Fair for Kobe University Graduate School of Law in 2024.

New internship report has been published.

KIMAP Orientation Spring 2024 was held.

New alumni report has been published.

Course schedule for AY2024 is now available.

Applicant's Guide for Fall 2024 entrance is now available.

We welcomed Dr. Lorenz Ködderitzsch from Johnson & Johnson for face-to-face classes of "International Corporate ...

Students taking Professor Carpenter's Law & Practice of International Finance course visited the Osaka Securities ...

We welcomed Prof. Dr. Alan K. Koh from Nanyang Technological University for face-to-face classes of "International ...

The Second Admission Guidance Fair for Kobe University Graduate School of Law in 2023

We welcomed Mr. Jeff Leong from JLPW and Prof. Yun Zhao from the University of Hong Kong for "Asian Law" ...

Applicant's Guide for Spring-II 2024 entrance is now available.

KIMAP Orientation Fall 2023 was held.

Course schedule for Fall 2023 is now available.

We welcomed Dr. Shin-ichi Ago from Ritsumeikan University Kinugasa Research Organization for "International Labor ..."

We welcomed Prof. Il-Young Jung from University of Ulsan for "Comparative Constitutional Law" ...

The intensive course "International Investment Law" was held online by Prof. Dr. Nikos Lavranos ...

The intensive course "Global Business and SDGs" was held online by attorneys of Nishimura & Asahi ...

Applicant's Guide for Spring 2024 entrance is now available.

We welcomed Ms. Aude Fiorini from University of Dundee for "Private International Law" ...

The First Admission Guidance Fair for Kobe University Graduate School of Law in 2023

KIMAP Orientation Spring 2023 was held.

Course schedule for Spring 2023 is now available.

Applicant's Guide for Fall 2023 entrance is now available.

We welcomed Prof. Thomas Cheng from University of Hong Kong for “Comparative Competition Law” …

The intensive course, “Asian Law” was delivered online by Mr. Jeff Leong from JLPW and Prof. Yun Zhao from …

We welcomed Dr. James Devaney from University of Glasgow for “Public International Law 1” intensive course…