September 13, 2011
To All Graduates
This is an announcement for graduates who were unfortunately not successful in the recent bar examination. Starting this academic year, Keio University Law School will be offering a course in the fall semester as a Westlaw Endowed Course, focusing on material search methods. While the primary objective is the acquisition of material search methods, this lecture course will also use actual judicial precedents as material to guide students in studying case law on their own. We believe that this course, using recent case law as its material, will be beneficial not only for current students but also for graduates in re-examining their methods of studying judicial precedents.
The initial introductory course will provide general instruction on material search methods using Westlaw as the material. Following that, Endowed Course I is scheduled to offer lectures in Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Civil Law, Criminal Law, Commercial Law, Civil Procedure Law, and Bankruptcy Law. Endowed Course II is scheduled to offer lectures in Constitutional Law, Civil Law, Criminal Law, Commercial Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Labor Law, and Intellectual Property Law.
https://gslbs.adst.keio.ac.jp/ (Search for the syllabus under Mita / Fall Semester / Law School / Recent Case Law Studies)
(The course is scheduled to be held principally on Saturdays, but this is currently being coordinated. Detailed schedules and class periods will be announced in the near future). Additionally, if you register for either Endowed Course I or II, you will also be permitted to take the other course for which you did not register.
For graduates to take this course, it is necessary to complete the procedure to register as a Non-Degree Student (For Credit). Registering as a Non-Degree Student (For Credit) will allow you to use the Media Center and the ITC network account. (However, you will not be able to use study rooms, lockers, etc., designated for current students).
To register as a Non-Degree Student (For Credit) for this fall semester, a payment of 110,500 yen per person is required (Screening Fee: 18,000 yen, Registration Fee: 40,000 yen, Tuition: 50,000 yen, Network Usage Fee: 2,500 yen). However, a scholarship of 52,500 yen will be provided to each person from the endowed course at a later date.
However, the funds from the endowed course can only provide scholarships for a total of 40 students across Courses I and II. If the number of applicants exceeds 40, a lottery will be held.
We plan to announce the application method via email, and further details will be provided again in late September. Please continue to check the announcements on the Law School's website.
September 13, 2011
Graduate Follow-up Committee