センター国際共同シンポジウム（台北） 「法学教育改革：反省と展望」 ("Legal Education Reform: Reflections & Perspectives")

Session I: The Backgrounds and Reasons of Reforms in Different Countries and the Respective Goals to be Achieved 
When people discussed the reform of legal education, there must be some causes contributing to the reform and respective goals to be achieved when initiating the reform. It is expected that participants will discuss the motivations and factors driving or giving rise to the reform in their respective jurisdictions. Also participants might want to share with others the goals they contemplated to be achieved when they started the reform and the extents of the achievement of these goals.

Chair:
Prof. Ko Hasegawa, School of Law, Hokkaido University, Japan

Speakers:
Prof. Keith Findley, University of Wisconsin Law School , US
Prof. Katsumi Yoshida, School of Law, Hokkaido University, Japan
Prof. Kyong-Whan Ahn, Seoul National University, Korea
Prof. Stefan Korioth, Universitat Munchen, Germany
Prof. Chang-fa Lo, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Session II: Structural and Institutional Arrangements of Legal Education
Discussions will include the advantages and disadvantages of putting legal education at professional school level or at undergraduate level, the ways of recruiting students, and the consequences or unintended consequences, etc. Note that the focus of the conference will only be on the university legal education and will not be covering continuing legal education. Thus the training institutes for judges and prosecutors in some jurisdictions will not be covered so as not to dilute the focus of discussions.

Chair:
Prof. Charles R. Irish, University of Wisconsin Law School, US

Speakers:
Prof. Masako Kamiya, Gakushuuin University, Japan
Prof. Jan Winter, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

Discussant:
Prof. Cheryl Weston, University of Wisconsin Law School, US

Session III: Teaching Methods, Teaching Materials and Curriculum
Teaching methods and teaching materials are essential parts of the legal education in all jurisdictions. Participants will discuss the teaching methods generally used in their jurisdictions and those methods specially designed and used by professors for particular courses.

Chair:
Prof. Chang-fa Lo, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Speakers:
Prof. Ralph Cagle, University of Wisconsin Law School, US
Prof. Alexander Loke, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Discussant:
Prof. Stefan Korioth, Universitat Munchen, Germany

Session IV: Bar Examinations and Prep. Schools
The examination system has a very in-depth influence on the legal education itself. In some jurisdictions bar preparation schools or so-called cram-schools also play important role in the examination system. It is expected that participants from those jurisdictions where prep. schools have important influences will contribute more on this topic.

Chair:
Prof. Kyong-Whan Ahn, Seoul National University, Korea

Speakers:
Prof. Chang Rok Kim, Konkuk University, Korea
Mr. Takahiro Saitoh, Lawyer, Sapporo Bar Association, Japan
Prof. Heinrich Wolff, Universitat Munchen, Germany

Discussant:
Prof. Jan Winter, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

Round Table Discussion I
NTU would like to take advantage of this conference to discuss the specific issues occurred in and problems faced by Taiwan. A professor from NTU will present the current situations and difficult problems faced by Taiwan as the basic material to invite comments and discussions from the perspectives and experiences of speakers from other countries. 

Chair:
Prof. Charles R. Irish, University of Wisconsin Law School, US
Prof. Ko Hasegawa, School of Law, Hokkaido University, Japan
Prof. Chang-fa Lo, National Taiwan University, Taiwan