Kobe University Kobe LL.M. GMAP in LAW Mission The Kobe LL.M. combines coursework in international business law with The Kobe LL.M. seeks to cultivate well- electives in dispute management, rounded practitioners able to understand economics, business administration, and both the law and the practice of business management. Courses address international business. Many courses both theoretical and practical aspects of focus on practical skills and include role- international business. plays and interactive exercises that simulate international practice. Our Courses are taught by a core faculty of mission is to prepare students to find jobs academics and lawyers from and prosper in international law firms, jurisdictions around the world. Class international business enterprises, and sizes are kept small to assure a international organizations. favorable teacher-to- student ratio. A busy calendar of academic and social events brings teachers and students Features together regularly. At a Glance Leading thinkers and practitioners around the world, in close collaborating - Graduate degree in international with the faculty members of Kobe business law taught in English University, design and deliver the - Combines an LL.M. program with multidisciplinary courses and workshops experiential training for Kobe LL.M. students. - 1-2 years to complete with commencement in the fall or spring - Instruction by top international Curriculum academics and lawyers - Internships in law firms, arbitral Courses institutions, international organizations, and corporations Graduation Requirements (30 credits) - Coaching and financial support for international moot competitions Compulsory (6 credits) - Completion of a master’s thesis - Master’s thesis (4 credits) under close professor supervision - Internship (2 credits) - Idyllic wooded campus in Kobe, Japan Sample Electives 1 (at least 2 credits) - Macroeconomics - Microeconomics - Business Economics - Econometrics - Financial Accounting - Financial Management -1- Sample Electives 2 (at least 22 credits) International Arbitration - Japanese Legal System Ⅰ and Ⅱ Courses - Introduction to Legal English 1 and 2 International arbitration is a leading method - Introduction to International for resolving international disputes. Business Law Recognizing its importance, the Kobe - International Investment Law 1 and 2 LL.M. offers a variety of academic and - International Business Transactions extracurricular opportunities for students to A and B learn about and simulate the practice - International Business Litigation international arbitration. A sample of past A and B and future courses follows. - ADR in Asia and the Rest of the World - International Arbitration 1 and 2 - International Arbitration Institutions in Asia A and B - International Corporate Law and Practice - Strategic International Business Consulting A and B - Comparative Law in Asian Context 1 (Kobe SALAD) International Commercial - Comparative Competition Law - WTO Law Arbitration Practice - LAWASIA Moot Workshop - FDI Moot Workshop This course introduces the principles and - Vis Moot Workshop practice of international commercial - Frankfurt Investment Moot arbitration. Students act as lawyers in a Workshop mock commercial arbitration case. The case proceeds in sequence from the filing of a Master’s Thesis request for arbitration to the enforcement of the award. The emphasis is on learning by Students must complete a master’s doing, and students are assessed on both thesis or research paper on a topical their written and oral advocacy. legal issue in order to complete the program. Each student is assigned a Students perform each of the following tasks supervising professor who acts as over the term: advisor and mentor through this process. Students are encouraged to - Meeting and advising a client take advantage of formal coursework - Drafting memoranda to a client and informal assistance from native - Meeting and advising a witness English speakers to improve their - Revising a witness statement drafting. - Analyzing and using written evidence - Objecting to a request for documents from opposing counsel - Drafting a written pleading - Performing cross-examinations - Pleading before a tribunal - 2 - Investor-State Arbitration Mooting Practice The law faculty has a strong tradition of This course introduces students to the international mooting. Students participate theory, principles, and practice of in the Vis Arbitral Moot in Vienna, the investor-state arbitration including Vis East Moot in Hong Kong, the ICSID arbitration. Classes are LAWASIA International Moot primarily devoted to analyzing the Competition, and the FDI International leading cases that have shaped this area Arbitration Moot as well as various of the law. In addition, criticisms of the regional and national mooting current system and possible reforms competitions. are discussed. Over the term the students also participate in a series of Mooting participants benefit from exercises that simulate the work of generous financial support and coaching lawyers in this area. The exercises are for international competitions. video recorded and discussed with students individually. Legal English Program International Arbitration English is the language of instruction of the Theory core curriculum given its prevalence in international business. Non-native speakers This course surveys some of the of English will find that they have myriad theoretical aspects of international resources to improve their ability to arbitration. Classes are devoted to understand, write, and speak English related discussions of works by leading to international business law. scholars and practitioners. The subjects considered include the legal A wide variety of electives are offered in foundations of arbitration, the nature of both English and Japanese. arbitration, arbitrability, arbitral authority, international arbitration as a legal order, ethical challenges, and public policy challenges. - 3 - Asian Arbitration Institutions Seminars & Conferences This AAI Conference provides an overview of the work and innovations of leading international arbitration The Kobe LL.M. sponsors a number of institutions in Asia. The structure, rules, seminars and conferences annually. and operations of the various centers These feature leading academics and are considered and compared. The practitioners from around the world seminar is taught by senior members of drawn from a variety of legal and the institutions themselves including business disciplines. A sample of past the HKIAC, the SIAC, the KLRCA, the events follows. CIETAC, the ICC, and the JCAA. Kobe SALAD International Investment Law The Kobe University Summer School Seminar of Asian Law and Dispute Management is a one-week The IIL Seminar brings together lawyers, academics, and jurists to symposium of academics and lawyers. discuss trends in international Speakers include leading thinkers from investment law and dispute settlement. across Asia who engage about Participants in past seminars have important trends in law and business. addressed such topics as transparency Care is taken to include participants in ISDS proceedings, moral damages, from a diverse variety of jurisdictions. counterclaims, res judicata in ISDS, A sample of past topics includes ISDS and human rights, and the Trans- "Expanding the Legal Service Market Pacific Partnership. in Asia," "Islamic Finance," "Dispute Resolution in China," and "Law and In addition to the annual events, the Economic Development Through the Kobe LL.M. sponsors a number of Lens of Geopolitics." The program smaller seminars that give students culminates with an international insight into various aspects of arbitration moot competition for international business and law. Past interested students. seminars have been held in such disciples as international mediation, cross-examination, space law, telecommunications law, EU law, contract theory, and geopolitical consulting. - 4 - Internship Program 2015-16 A hallmark of the GMAP program is its compulsory internship program. Prof. Congyan CAI Students gain practical work (Xiamen University, China) experience through 1-3 month Prof. David CAMPBELL placements in law firms, arbitral (Lancaster University, U.K.) institutions, international Ms. Aude FIORINI organizations and corporations. (University of Dundee, U.K.) Mr. Jeff LEONG The law faculty maintains a network (Senior Partner, JLPW, Malaysia) of partners for this purpose. Students Prof. Peter McELEAVY can also gain credit for placements (University of Dundee, U.K.) outside of this network with approval. Mr. Danny McFADDEN Former students have secured full- (Managing Director, CEDR Asia Pacific, time jobs with their host enterprises Hong Kong, China) upon completion of their studies. Prof. Locknie SHU (Singapore Management University, Singapore) Prof. Yun ZHAO (The University of Hong Kong, China) 2016-17 (planned) Prof. Alexander BATALOV (Moscow State University, Russia) Prof. Congyan CAI (Xiamen University, China) Ms. Aude FIORINI (University of Dundee, U.K.) Prof. Hasani Bin Mohd Ali Visiting Professors (Universiti of Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia) 2015-2017 Mr. Danny McFADDEN (Managing Director, CEDR Asia Pacific, Hong Kong, CHINA) Mr. Jeff LEONG (Senior Partner, JLPW, Malaysia) Prof. Yun ZHAO (The University of Hong Kong, China) Prof. Thomas CHENG (The University of Hong Kong, China) Prof. Yancheng ZHU (Xiamen University, China) Dr. Kun FAN (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China) Dr. Konstantinidis IOANNIS (Head