Keio University

Announcement of Seminar for In-house Counsel for Prospective 68th Legal Apprentices

Publish: January 01, 2014
Law School

May 22, 2014

We are planning to hold a seminar for those considering a career as in-house counsel, as detailed below.

Details

Event Name: Seminar for Successful Bar Examination Candidates Aspiring to Become In-house Counsel

– The Reality of Corporate Legal Affairs and the Role of In-house Counsel – (tentative title)

(1) Date and Time: Wednesday, October 1, 2014, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (Doors open at 6:00 p.m.)

(2) Venue: Creo, 2nd floor, Bengoshi Kaikan (inside Bengoshi Kaikan, 1-1-3 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku)

(3) Target Audience: Primarily successful candidates of the 2014 bar examination (prospective 68th legal apprentices)

(4) Lecturers: Corporate legal affairs representatives from manufacturing, finance, trading companies,

and other industries are expected to be recommended by Keiei Hoyukai and the Japan In-house Lawyers Association (JILA).

(5) Content: The event will feature a keynote speech on in-house counsel in general, lectures by each speaker on the following

themes, and a Q&A session with the audience.

① The position, department, job duties, etc., of in-house counsel at each company

② Information to help legal apprentices prepare for job hunting, including the type of personnel and ideal lawyer that each company

is looking for, hiring plans, working conditions, etc.

③ The characteristics, rewarding aspects, and interesting points of corporate legal affairs in each industry

*Please note that the information above is tentative and subject to change.

For inquiries regarding this event:

Shirakawa, Judicial Research Division, Daini Tokyo Bar Association

TEL: 03-3581-2259 FAX: 03-3581-3844

*When inquiring by email, please set the subject line to "Inquiry about the Career Seminar."