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Profiles of Lecturers (2019: For Reference)

1) Name of Lecture, (2) Job Title, (3) Areas of Specialization, (4) Academic Degrees/Career

Akiko EJIMA (1) Constitutional Law (2) Professor, School of Law, Meiji University (3) Constitutional law and International Human Rights Law (4) LL.M. & Doctor of Law degree (Meiji University), former Visiting Scholar at King’s College, University of London, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, Hughes Hall, University of Oxford and former Visiting Fellow at Harvard Law School
David GRIFFITHS (1) Constitutional Law and Human Rights (2) Lecturer, teaching at Meiji University (3) Human rights and international law (4) Qualified Lawyer in New Zealand; LLB Victoria University of Wellington (1991); PhD Auckland University, New Zealand (2011). Postdoctoral scholar at AUT University, Auckland (2011). Guest lecturer at Auckland University Law Faculty (2004-2011)
Syugo HOTTA (1) Law and Linguistics (2) Professor, teaching at Meiji University Law School (3) Law and Linguistics (4) LL.M. (York University Osgoode Hall Law School), Ph.D. in Linguistics (the University of Chicago Department of Linguistics)
Kyoko ISHIDA (1) Civil Justice (2) Associate Professor, teaching at Waseda Law School (3) Professional Responsibility/ Law & Society (4) LL.M. & Ph.D. in Law (University of Washington), Researcher, Washington University Asian Law Center
Ryuji KAGARI (1) Constitutional Law (2) Secretary, Legislative Bureau of the House of Representatives, National Diet of Japan (3) Legislation, Legislative drafting, Constitutional Law (4) LL.B. (University of Tokyo), Master of Public Policy(University of Edinburgh)
Teruhisa KOMURO (1) Judicial System (2) Associate Professor, teaching at Meiji University (3) European Legal History (4) LL.B. &LL.M. (Tohoku University), Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, and Leopold-Wenger Institut für Rechtsgeschichte, Universität München
Toru MARUHASHI (1) Law and Information Technology (2) Professor, teaching at Meiji University (3) Information Law (4) LL.M. ,Cornell Law School(1994); Attorney at Law, New York
Heinrich MENKHAUS (1) Corporate Law (2) Professor, teaching at Meiji University (3) German Law (4) Qualified Lawyer in Germany, Dr. jur. (Universität Münster), Professor of Japanese Law at Philipps-Universität Marburg, Visiting Professor (Japanese Law) at Bond University
Shuhei MIZUTA (1) International Law　 (2) Senior Assistant Professor, teaching at Meiji University (3) International Law (4) LL.B&LL.M (Sophia University, Tokyo), Visiting Research Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS), University of Utrecht
Yasutomo MORIGIWA (1) Philosophy of Law, Professional Responsibility (2) Professor, teaching at Meiji University (3) Legal and Political Theory, Clinical Ethics of the Lawyer and the Doctor (4) LL.B & LL.M. (University of Tokyo), Professor Emeritus (Nagoya University), Academic Visitor at University of Oxford, Visiting Professor at Richardson School of Law (University f Hawaii), Renmin University of China, Hong Kong City University, Resident at Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, Honorary Doctor of Law (National University of Mongolia)
Masayuki MURAYAMA (1) Family Law/Prison in Japan (2) Professor Emeritus and Project Director at Meiji, teaching at Tokyo Metropolitan University. (3) Sociology of Law (4) Ph.D. in Law (University of Tokyo), LL.M. (University of California, Berkeley), Visiting Research Fellow at University of Oxford, CNRS Centre de sociologie des organisations à Paris and Freie Universität Berlin, Visiting Scholar at Columbia Law School in New York City
Maxime RENAUDIE (1) Comparative Law in Legal Education (2) Researcher (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law) (3) Comparative Law (4) Doctor-in-law, University of Cergy-Pontoise, France (2014). Former JSPS scholar at University of Tokyo (2017). Former visiting researcher at Columbia University (2014), and Harvard University (2011)
Yuki SAWADA (1) Intellectual Property Law (2) Visiting Researcher at Meiji University, teaching at Gakushuin University (3) Intellectual Property Law (4) LL.B. (University of Tokyo), Master of Music (Tokyo University of the Arts), LL.M.(Harvard Law School), Research Fellow at Harvard Law School, University of Tokyo, and Meiji University Organization for the Strategic Coordination of Research and Intellectual Properties
Iwakazu TAKAHASHI (1) Competition Law (2) Professor Emeritus at Meiji University (3) Competition Law (4) Ph.D. in Law (Waseda University), Gastprofessor at Institut für Handels- und Wirtschaftsrecht of Albert- Ludwigs- Universität Freiburg and Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn.
Yuichiro TSUJI (1)Institutional and Administrative Law (2) Assistant Professor, teaching at Meiji University (3) administrative law, environmental law, constitutional law (4) LLM at Kyoto University, LLM&JSD(Doctor of the Science of Jurisprudence) at UC Berkeley Law School. Yuichiro Tsuji has taught constitutional law, environmental law, cyber law, and law and development in English. His papers have been published in Brazil, US, Romania, Czeh, Thailand, Korea, Taiwan and Japan. Available in Lexis advance, Hein Online, and SSRN, https://ssrn.com/author=979824
Eiji YANAGAWA (1) Legal Profession (2) Senior Assistant Professor, teaching at Meiji University (3) Civil Procedure (4) LL.M. (Georgetown University Law Center), LL.B. (Meiji University), Bar Admission (Japan, 2001)
Shinichi YOSHIYA (1) Global Financial Regulations (2) Executive Director, Legal & Compliance Division, Morgan Stanley (3) Financial Regulations, Banking and Securities Law (4) LL.B. (Sophia University), M.B.A (Aoyama Gakuin University), LL.M. (Duke University School of Law), Bar Admission (New York State Bar), Attorney at Law (Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP), Visiting Professor at Duke University School of Law