Mika Suzuki

Corporate Law

Duties and Responsibilities of Directors

Based on my experience as a lawyer engaged in corporate legal affairs and litigation, I would like to provide an opportunity for students to think about the law and legal issues from a practical perspective in this seminar. I would like to consider case precedents related to civil law and corporate law (commercial law) and events (news) occurring in society as topics.

We would like to focus on case law research based on themes that allow you to learn about the similarities and differences between the fields of civil law and corporate law (commercial law), but we will also incorporate other themes as appropriate depending on your interests and wishes.

I would like to study together with those who are aiming to go on Law School and those who want to study hard.

Corporate Law, Financial Instruments and Exchange Law, Civil Law Seminar I & II, GLP Seminar, etc.

Civil and Commercial Law (Company Law) and Business

• Graduated Faculty of Law, Soka University in 1986
• Passed the (old) bar exam in 1987
• 1990: Graduated from the Supreme Court Legal Training and Research Institute
• 1990: Registered as an attorney (Tokyo Bar Association)
• 1998: Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Indiana University Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law)
• Passed the New York State Bar Exam in 1998
• 1999: Admitted to the New York Bar
• 2010: Professor at Soka University Law School
• 2016: Professor, Faculty of Law Soka University
• 2020: Vice Dean Faculty of Law Soka University
• 2022, Dean Faculty of Law, Soka University
• 2024, Vice President of Soka University
• 2025, President

"Defamation and Privacy" (co-authored with Gyosei), "Intellectual Property Tax Strategy" (co-authored with Tax Accounting Association), "Legal Q&A for Rental Housing, 5th Edition" (co-authored with Jyutaku Shinposha), "Recent Cases on the Liability of De Facto Directors to Third Parties" (Soka Law Journal, Vol. 8, Seibundo), "Duty of Care Owed by Directors to the Company in the Implementing of MBO" (Soka Law Journal, Vol. 9, Seibundo)

I believe that how you spend your time as a student will greatly affect your career path and life after graduation. During my time as a student at Soka University, I was able to make many happy memories with my friends, but more than anything, the hard work and dedication I put into studying for the bar exam has become the foundation of my life so far, and I believe that passing the bar exam has allowed me to pursue a rewarding career as a lawyer.

Although your time at university may seem long, it goes by in the blink of an eye. While thinking about how you want to live your life in the future and what you want to aim for, please work hard on the tasks at hand and challenge yourself even in areas you are not good at. The stage on which Soka University students excel is expanding to all fields and the entire world. For the sake of your future, please steadily build up your strengths during your time at university, grow greatly, and soar with high aspirations.