On 19 May, members of the Office of the Judiciary of Thailand (OJT) led by Chief Justice Chotiwat Leaungprasert, President of the Supreme Court of Thailand, visited the Graduate School of Law (GSL). He and President Naoshi Sugiyama witnessed the signing by Mr Teerasak Ngeyvijit, Secretary-General of the OJT, and Dean Masahiro Yano of a new Memorandum of Understanding which aims at further encouraging and promoting cooperation between the OJT and the GSL. The signing ceremony was held at Asian Legal Exchange Plaza and the attendees included Mr Yoshihiro Miwa, Royal Thai Honorary Consul-General, Nagoya, Judge Apipong Sarntikasem, who obtained a doctoral degree at the GSL, and Judge Sirikarn Dittabhakdi, who is currently a GSL doctoral student.