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
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
Minoru Nakazato
Professor of Law, Tax Law, University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
Yoshihisa Nomi
University of Tokyo
Yoshiko Terao
Professor of Law, Anglo-American Law, University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
Some Recent Visiting Scholars from Japan
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
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
Yoshiki Ogawa
Judge, Tokyo District Court
A study of scheduling order and case management in the U.S. legal system
Tadakatsu Sano
Attorney, Jones Day; former vice minister of International Affairs (METI)
Research into government regulations, the WTO, and regulatory reform.