Lectures - 2020 -

Spring 2020

Academic Calendar for Spring 2020(updated May 7) PDF

Syllabi will be released as in due course.

Important Announcement

Closure of Campus

[Updated on 9th April]
The campus is closed from 5:00 pm on April 9 until further notice.

"Campus Closure from April 9 (Thu) 5:00 pm" PDF

Start Date and Time Table for Spring 2020 semester

[Updated on 9th April]
All courses for Spring 2020 would be started from Thursday, 7th May.
The lecture period would be 105 minutes each.

*TIME TABLE*
- 1st period: 8:50-10:35
- 2nd period:10:55-12:40
- 3rd period:13:40-15:25
- 4th period:15:45-17:30
- 5th period:17:50-19:35
- 6th period:19:55-21:40

Preparation for Future Online Lecture

Faculty of Law/Graduate School of Law, Kobe University are now examining to hold some courses using LMS BEEF (Learing Management System Basic Environment for Educational Frontier 2020) and remote conferencing services such as Zoom.

[Updated on 1st April]
All courses for Spring semester 2020 would be delivered via internet.

1. LMS BEEF
The Login ID and Login Password are required to use LMS BEEF.

Use's Manual for BEEF

2. Devices and peripheral equipment for using Zoom
Devices; PC (recomended), tablet or smartphone
Peripherals; Web camera, microphone, speaker and headset (if necessary, for video viewing and intercommunication).

3. Network Environment
It is expected that a lecture unit (105 minutes) will require 500MB to 1GB.
We strongly recommend you set up an internet connection at home with no limitation to data in order to avoid hefty charge or limit to access.

[Updated on 8th April]
All research rooms will be shut down from 5:00 pm on 9th April.
Please refer to the notice below for your further information.

Closure of Research Room

In light of declaration of state of emergency issued by Prime Minister yesterday, we have to make a decision to close research rooms and to prohibit the entry from 5:00 pm on April 9 until further announcement.

Please take home your personal belongings including important books and reference materials that are essential for research immediately, as well as leftovers that might go bad.

If you need to enter a research room, you are asked to consult with the office at law-kyomu-kenkyuka[at]office.kobe-u.ac.jp in advance. Please note that we might need to shut down the research rooms earlier than planned depending on the instructions by Kobe University and Hyogo prefecture.

[Updated on 3rd April]
There is a possibility at some point in the future that all university facilities including research rooms will be shut down. We would like to ask you to bring back the important documents including books and materials for research to home to prepare for that situation.

Message from Dean

To graduate students,

As has been notified below on April 1, due to spread of COVID-19, we are facing with the even higher possibility that declaration of a state of emergency will be issued. When ‘state of emergency’ is declared, our university will be probably shut down and thus students are not able to go into any of school buildings.

In preparation for the shutdown of ‘kenkyu shitsu,’ we ask you again to take home your important books and reference material that are essential for research at your earliest convenience.

Your cooperation with people around you is highly appreciated. We sincerely wish your health.

Dean, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University    Narufumi KADOMATSU

Regular Courses

(Updated 9 April)

May 11- 2nd period/Mon

Readings in Scholarly Literature (Legal Studies)
Prof. Mari TAKEUCHI
syllabus

May 11- 5th period/Mon

Introduction to Legal English 1
Prof. Keith CARPENTER
syllabus

May 12- 5th period/Tue

Law and Finance (A)
Prof. Keith CARPENTER
syllabus

May 13- 3rd period/Wed

Introduction to Common Law I
Prof. Keith CARPENTER
syllabus

May 7- 2nd period/Thu

Advanced Legal English 1
Prof. Keith CARPENTER
syllabus

May 7- 5th period/Thu

Japanese Legal System II
organized by Prof. Narufumi KADOMATSU
syllabus

Intensive Courses

*Schedules are subject to change due to COVID-19 outbreak.

May 26, June 2, 9 and 16

nternational Business Transactions (B)
Mr. Shohei TEZUKA / Mr. Peter CASSIDY (Higashimachi LPC)
syllabus

June 17, 19, 24, 26, 30, July 1,3

International Business Litigation (B)
Ms. Aude FIORINI (University of Dundee)
syllabus

TBA

Global Arbitration Practice (A)
Mr. Daniel ALLEN / Prof. SAITO (Mori Hamada & Matsumoto LPC)
syllabus

July 4, 11, 25 and August 1

International Business Transactions (A)
Mr. Tetsuro KURITA and Others (One Asia Lawyers)
syllabus

Others

Internship
Short Term Internship

Fall 2020

Academic Calendar for Fall 2020 PDF
(Updated Nov 30)

Syllabi will be released as in due course.

Important Announcement

Conditions for Using Classroom

Some of courses are delivered at the classroom. Online classes are also available. Please confirm the condition below before you attend classes in the campus.

Conditions for attending classes at the campus PDF

Health Check Sheet Excel

Time Table for Fall 2020 semester

The lecture period is 90 minutes each.

*TIME TABLE* - 1st period: 8:50-10:20
- 2nd period:10:40-12:10
- 3rd period:13:20-14:50
- 4th period:15:10-16:40
- 5th period:17:00-18:30
- 6th period:18:50-20:20

Regular Courses

October 2- 3rd period/Fri

Advanced Legal English 2
Prof.Keith CARPENTER
syllabus

October 5- 5th period/Mon

Introduction to Legal English 2
Prof. Keith CARPENTER
syllabus

October 7- 3rd period/Wed

Introduction to Common Law 2
Prof. Keith CARPENTER
syllabus

October 15- 5 or 5-6th period/Thu every two weeks

Japanese Legal System I
organized by Prof. Akira SAITO

December 1- 1st period/Tue 2nd period/Fri

Special lectures on International Law III
Prof. Dai TAMADA
syllabus

Intensive Courses

October 10, 17

Strategic Internatioanl Business Consulting (B)
Mr. Jeff LEONG (JLPW-JEFF LEONG, POON & WONG)
syllabus

October 13- November 15 Tue, Wed and Fri

Internatioanl Investment Law 1
Prof. Karsten NOWROT (University of Humburg)
syllabus

October 24, 25

ADR in Asia and the Rest of the world
Mr. Danny McFadden (CEDR)
syllabus

November 2- December 21

Law and Finance (B)
Mr. Yoshiki UCHIDA (MDP Business Advisory Co., Ltd.)
syllabus

November 25, 27 December 2, 4

Public International Law 1
Prof. Christian TAMS (University of Glasgow)
syllabus

November 14, 21 December 5, 12

Asian Law
Prof. Yun ZHAO and Mr. Jeff LEONG (University of Hong Kong / JLPW)

December 17, 18, 21 and 22

Public International law 2
Prof. Congyan CAI (Xiamen University)
syllabus

December 19 January 9, 16 and 23

Dispute Resolution in Asia Workshop (A)
Mr. Kurita and Others (One Asia Lawyers)

January 5-8, 11-14

Comparative Competition Law
Prof. Thomas Cheng (University of Hong Kong)
syllabus

January 19- Feburary 10

International Investment law 2
Prof. Sebastien MANCIAUX (University of Burgundy)
syllabus

Others

Vis Moot Workshop
Internship
Short Term Internship
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