Christopher Rathbone, attorney-at-law (MA, U.S.A.), translator, & legal translation teacher
Date: Saturday, May 11, 2013
Time: 15:00-17:00
Place: Tokyo Chamber of Commerce, Room 401
Address: 3-2-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005
Map: http://www.tokyo-cci.or.jp/english/Location.html
Phone: 03-3283-7500
Cost: JAT members free, Non-members 1,000 yen
(Advance registration appreciated but not necessary)
Networking evening: from 17:30 (Further details to come)
Inquiries: [email protected]
About the seminar:
The talk will try to address a number of general questions, including: What is the legal profession? How does the legal profession define itself? How do people from non-law fields define the legal profession? What is the role of lawyers in society?
More specifically, the talk will try to answer these two questions: What are the differences between Japan and the US in regard to the role of lawyers? How do those differences lead to quarrels between Japanese and US lawyers?
About the speaker:
Chris initially studied at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada (B.A. and J.D.). He traveled to Japan as a Coordinator of International Relations with the JET program and was later awarded a Monbusho scholarship. Chris completed a Master's degree in law (LL.M.) at Hokkaido University in 2000, his thesis dealing with the trade dispute surrounding the Japanese Foreign Lawyers Law. Since then he has worked in Tokyo as a legal translator and been able to observe US and Japanese lawyers in a variety of settings. Chris is admitted as an attorney at law in Massachusetts and teaches at Temple University.
This seminar will take place in English, but the speaker can take questions in either language.