Open Position for Professor or Associate Professor（Public Policy focusing on public administration or any other subfields of political science, with the ability to utilize data science methods)

On December 20, 2023, Nagoya University Graduate School of Law took part in the UNCITRAL Asia Pacific Day 2023. A Workshop under the title "The Role of Technology and Law in Cross-Border Trade Substantive and Procedural Issues" was held, under the co-sponsorship of the Asian Institute of International Financial Law (AIIFL), The event was attended by participants from all over the world, with 61 registered attendees from 19 countries. The audience included accomplished arbitration scholars and practitioners, civil servants, executives of financial companies as well as students, both graduate and undergraduate. After an introductory speech by Prof. Giorgio Fabio Colombo, Dr. Giuliano Castellano (Deputy Director of AIIFL and Associate Professor, The University of Hong Kong) presented on the topic of Financing Supply and Value Chains for Development: Technology and Law Reforms. Mr. Tony Andriotis (Partner at DLA Piper in Tokyo, and JCAA Professional & Institutional Relations Officer presented about Arbitration and Innovation, also with a specific focus on AI. After a rich Q&A session, Prof. Dai Yokomizo, Nagoya University Graduate School of Law, offered some conclusions focusing on the importance of the role of legal innovation coupled with technological innovation, and how to navigate new issues in a situation which is, at the same time, challenging and full of opportunities.

In 2022 March, we have informed that a group of Nagoya University alumni students translated a popular japanese textbook on Public International Law into Uzbek. Now they’ve elevated this endeavor into a real project called Renaissance. The translation team consisted of Nagoya University, Kobe University, Kyushu University and Osaka University alumni from Uzbekistan. One of the target books was Hogakuno Sekai (The world of legal studies) edited by professor of Kyushu university, Shigeru Minamino, and published by Nihon Hyoronsha in 2013. This book was a compilation of 24 essays on various fields of legal studies and every single essay is written by leading scholars in each field of law in Japan.Why was this book chosen for translation into Uzbek?  Dr. Alisher Umirdinov, an associate professor at Nagoya University of Economics narrates the story as such:When I got a job offer from my current university, I had a strong feeling to review my knowledge on Japanese law before landing to my new office. At that time, I was an assistant professor at the Institute of Advanced Research of Nagoya University. During my visit to the book store in South Co-op, I found this book in a bookshelf. It was an ideal reference book that opens a door for all major areas of legal studies in Japan. After using it for several years I strongly believed that this book has to be translated into Uzbek so that it finds new readers in Uzbekistan as well. Leaving it accessible to only Japanese students seemed to me a waste of considerable knowledge.  Three big hurdles, however, were waiting ahead. First, consent from the respected authors to translate into Uzbek. Since the book was a compilation of 24 chapters written by dozens of professors, that job seemed to be a daunting task. Moreover, nobody in a translation team knows Professor Shigeru Minamino of Kyushu University in person. Second, how to negotiate and get permission from the publisher was also another problem. Third, gathering a strong and dedicated team to finish the translation work on time was the final, but again, very challenging requirement for the success of this project.With the proposal of Dr. Alisher Umirdinov (LLD 2012) (photo), 12 former students of the CJL from Tashkent State University of Law formed a strong team. Coincidentally, professor Dai Yokomizo of Nagoya University GSL was one of the authors in Hogakuno Sekai and he had written the Private International Law chapter in this book. Knowing this fact, Dr. Alisher Umirdinov contacted Professor Dai Yokomizo and asked him about the feasibility of this project. As always, Professor Dai Yokomizo ardently supported the idea and introduced Alisher Umirdinov to the editor of the book. Professor Shigeru Minamino also immediately agreed and kindly facilitated talks with Nihon Hyoronsha, a publishing house, as well as the authors of the book chapters.Having permissions both from publisher and authors, it took just a few days to gather all members of the team. After almost two years of hard-work, numerous online meetings and e-mails, revisions and editing, the Uzbek translation of the book was finally published in Uzbekistan in July 2023. We thank to all scholars and relevant people who supported our book translation project. Renaissance Books Project will continue its work.

On October 21, Nagoya University held the first Ius Commune Award Ceremony and Thesis Presentation. The Ius Commune award was established this year to further promote the training of legal professionals who will help lead Asia in the future, and to encourage and support the development of students’ research. This prize is administered with donations to Nagoya University’s “Asian Legal Professional Support” Special Fund.At the award ceremony, Ms. BOREY Sathavy, this year's Excellence Award (First Place) awardee, and Ms. MAKHMUDOVA Nilufarkhon, the Excellence Award recipient were presented with plaques and supplementary prizes, followed by a presentation of their winning theses.The ceremony and thesis presentations were attended by about 50 guests. The audience included donors to the Nagoya University “Asian Legal Professional Support” Special Fund, honorary professors of the University, alumni, current students, and the general public. We also welcomed alumni from around the world who participated online.After the thesis presentations, the Faculty of Law held a reception with the awardees, giving participants a chance to meet and talk with the award winners.※Click the arrow next to the photo above to change pictures.■Introduction of Awardees： https://www.law.nagoya-u.ac.jp/faculty-of-law-news/2023-10-03.html■About Prize of Ius Communehttps://www.law.nagoya-u.ac.jp/kikin/

We held the Graduation Ceremony Fall 2023 on September 27. The degree conferral was back to normal before the COVID-19 disaster. Again, fourteen undergraduate students, twenty-eight Master's students, and two doctoral students were awarded their degrees from the School of Law and Graduate School of Law. Congratulations on your graduation. We wish you all the best for the future.The number of Doctor graduates by nationality is as follows.・Ethiopia 1・Mongolia 1The number of Master's graduates by nationality is as follows.・Vietnam 6・Uzbekistan 5・Cambodia 4・China 4・Mongolia 4・Myanmar 2・Laos 1・Turkey 1・Japan 1The number of graduates of the School of Law by nationality is as follows.・Mongolia 4・China 1・Korea 1・United States of America 1・Japan 7

The Fourth International Conference on Fundamental Issues of Constitutional and Administrative Law on March 22, 2023, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The conference was co-organized by the Graduate School of Law, Nagoya University, and hosted by the National University of Mongolia, School of Law. Some speakers and participants joined the conference online. Scholars from Mongolia, Japan, Germany, Hungary, Korea, and Canada presented their research findings at the conference. The conference was live-streamed worldwide and was watched by many around the world.The conference featured a plenary session and two parallel sessions. Professor Inaba Kazumasa, Professor Okochi Minori, Professor Sato Fumito, Professor Masako Murakami, and Professor Matsuo Yo from GSL, Nagoya University presented their research at the conference.

We are very pleased to congratulate five Cambodian graduates of the Graduate School of Law, Nagoya University, Japan, who were granted the titles as Professors, Associate Professors and Assistant Professor by His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Cambodia.H.E Dr. HOR Peng, Rector of the National University of Management (NUM), was granted the title as “Professor” by His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Cambodia according to Royal Decree No. 0623/1128 dated 09 June 2023. He graduated a Ph.D degree of Law from Nagoya University in 2005 and continued his post-doc research in 2011 at Center for Asia Legal Exchange (CALE), Nagoya University Japan. He has many years of experience in teaching Constitutional Law, Comparative Law, Human Rights Law, and Law System in Cambodia in such famous universities such as: the National University of Management (NUM), Royal University of Law and Economics (RULE), and Royal School of Administration (ERA). He wrote books and articles related to Constitutional Law. Regarding research activities with development partners, he was invited as a guest speaker in many international seminars related to developing law in Cambodia, and he was invited to teach as a visiting professor in Nagoya University in Japan and Handong Global University in Korea for many times. In 2017, he was presented a commendation from Ministry of Foreign Affair of Japan as a top person in improving international relations between Cambodia and Japan.Dr. HAP Phalthy, the Director of the Graduate School of the Royal University of Law and Economics (RULE), was granted the title as “Professor” by His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Cambodia according to Royal Decree No. 0723/1570 dated 20 July 2023. He obtained the Master of Laws and Doctor of Laws from Nagoya University, Japan in 2007 and 2010 respectively. His specialized area is Land Law. Dr. HAP had been working as a group leader collaborating with JICA on Japanese Technical Cooperation for the Legal and Judicial Development Project (phase 4) from August 2012 to March 2017 and he has been the member of working group for Sample Form for phase 5 which started from 2017 to 2022. He also plays a crucial role in Internal Quality Assurance Committee for RULE in order to write the self-assessment report for a pilot assessment conducted by the Accreditation Committee of Cambodia (ACC) in late 2015. He has also served as an assessor for ACC since 2016. More remarkably, Dr. HAP has involved with many international institutions for research and quality assurance, such as Korea Legislation Research Institute (KLRI) and ASEAN University Network (AUN). He as been a Steering Committee member of AUN-University Social Responsibility and Sustainability (AUN-USR&S) which is based in the National University of Malaysia since 2012. He has been teaching Civil Law, Property Law, Land Law, Business Law, and Research Methodology. His main ambition is to see high quality education of all students.Dr. KONG Phallack, a faculty member and researcher of the National University of Management (NUM), was granted the title as “Associate Professor” by His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Cambodia according to Royal Decree No. 0723/1570 dated 20 July 2023. He holds LL.M. from Nagoya University, Graduate School of Law (Japan), LL.B. from the Royal University of Law and Economics (Cambodia) and Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) from the Royal University of Health Science (Cambodia). He is an attorney at Law, arbitrator and mediator. He has 21 years in teaching and 20 years in law and policy development including legal practice and mediation. He served as Dean of Faculty of Law and Public Affairs of Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia until 2020. He has written laws, policies papers and books related to Cambodian Laws. His publication includes Introduction to Cambodian Law (2012), Cambodian Constitutional Law (2016), Contemporary Environmental Law in Cambodia and Future Perspectives (2020), Perspectives on Cambodian Constitutional Law (2020), Contemporary Cambodian Employment and Labor Law (2021), and Law in the Digital Age: Protection of Consumer Rights (2021). His contribution to development of laws and policies are legal and judicial reform, ombudsman, telecommunications, post, cybersecurity, personal data protection, public private partnership, social protection, social security, persons with disabilities, environment, health and so on.Dr. NOP Kanharith, the Director of Cyber Program and Academic Coordinator of Master of Business Law program at the National University of Management (NUM), was granted the title as “Associate Professor” by His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Cambodia according to Royal Decree No. 0723/1570 dated 20 July 2023. Dr. NOP received Doctor of Law Degree from Nagoya University in 2013, Master of Law Degree from Nagoya University in 2010. He is an attorney-at-law and has 10 year-experience in legal practices, including working for a commercial bank in Cambodia as head of legal department for more than 6 years. His areas of research interest include labor and employment laws, contract laws, corporation laws and business laws. Dr. NOP received Doctor of Law Degree from Nagoya University in 2013, Master of Law Degree from Nagoya University in 2010, Bachelor of Law from Royal University of Law and Economics in 2006 and Bachelor of English Education from Institutes of Foreign Languages, Royal University of Phnom Penh in 2007. He wrote and published books and several articles in the field of labor and employment law. His short legal essays are posted on his Blogs (noplegal.com & nopkanharith.com)Mrs. POK Phearoun, a faculty member and researcher at the National University of Management (NUM), was granted the title as “Assistant Professor” by His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Cambodia according to Royal Decree No. 0623/1128 dated 09 June 2023. Mrs. POK has extensive experiences as a university lecturer with a demonstrative history of working in the education management industry. Her specialized areas are Civil Procedure Law and Civil Law. She has remarkable skills in students coaching, lecturing, international relations and project management. Mrs. POK received Master of Law Degree from the Graduate School of Law, Nagoya University, Japan in 2011; Bachelor of Law from Royal University of Law and Economics in 2009; and Bachelor of English Education from Royal University of Phnom Penh in 2009.Cambodian graduates from Nagoya University have been working in public and private sectors actively contributing to the development of Cambodia. We wish our Cambodian graduates all the best wishes and succeed in their careers and professions.

Nagoya University is pleased to share that a team of students from the University made it to the 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟭𝟲 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 at the Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Competition 2023!The team of 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗞𝗲 (LLM), 𝗔𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗡𝗴 (Campus Asia Programme) 𝗛𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝗲 (Campus Asia Programme) and 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗪𝗲𝗲 (Campus Asia Programme) represented Nagoya University, held from the 27th-30th June.The competition involved more than 170 participants from universities around the world; involving a hypothetical dispute between the Respondent (City of Priene) and an Investor-Claimant, as well as the third-party intervention from the Republic of Rome.The team had to prepare oral arguments for over 9 issues, covering topics from Jurisdictional disputes, Res Judicata, Interim Measures under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, Disclosures of Documents under the IBA Rules and Human Rights obligations amongst others.The team had a great experience in Frankfurt, Germany, and would like to express their appreciation to 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 Dai 𝗬𝗼𝗸𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗼 as well as Mr 𝗗𝗺𝘆𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗜𝘇𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘃 for their generous support.