Co-ordinator: Assistant Dean, Students (978-4908)
This program is of interest to those seriously interested in Japan and the possibilities of a legal career involving the Pacific Rim. A limited number of students may be offered a one year internship, generally run from August to July, to spend a year as an intern at a law firm, corporation or financial institution in Japan. Some of our program partners express a preference for students between their 2nd and 3rd year of study, however, students in their 3rd year may apply. Students may undertake language training prior to their departure. There is no academic credit for the language training or the work program.
Applications will be reviewed by the Assistant Dean, Students. Students will be selected based on academic performance and overall suitability to the placement. Two to three students will be selected. As a high level of fluency is necessary to participate in this program, a limited budget is provided for each student to obtain Japanese language training just prior to departure. It is important to note that neither selection into the program nor completion of the language training guarantee a work placement in Japan.
Selected students will be offered the opportunity to interview, for a one-year internship in Japan, with one of the employers with which the law school has developed a relationship. If you are a 3rd year student and accepted to participate in the program, it is your responsibility to make inquiries, from the law society of the province where you intend to be called to the Bar, to determine the effect, if any, of delaying your admission to the bar.
Applications will be called for early in the New Year.
