フィリピン大学法学部副学部長が訪問
本学とも1988年に学術交流協定が締結されているフィリピン大学にて法学部副学部長を務めておられるアンドレ・C・パラシオス教授が、2024年6月26日に、法科大学院を訪問されました。フィリピン大学法学部と本学法科大学院との今後の関係構築の可能性を探るべく、今般の訪問の運びとなりました。
教授と本学専任教員及び法科大学院学生の代表との懇談会が行われ、パラシオス教授よりフィリピン大学のJD及びLLMプログラムの紹介がなされた後、同教授及び田村研究科長の間で、両法科大学院の教員や学生の交流をはじめとした今後の相互の国際的パートナーシップ構築への取り組みを進めていくことが確認されました。また、学生より日本人法曹のフィリピンにおけるキャリア構築の可能性に関する質問等がされたほか、かつて1998年に本学法学部の教員代表がフィリピン大学を訪問した際の出来事が話題に上るなど、懇談会は活発なものとなりました。
教授は、本部棟5階の記念展示や1階の模擬法廷教室、法科大学院図書館等も見学されました。記念展示では、創立者が1991年にフィリピン大学より名誉法学博士号が授与された当時の式典の映像や、1996年井ホセ・リサール協会より贈呈されたリサール像の展示に強い関心を示しておられ、本学とフィリピン大学の浅からぬ縁を感じていただきました。
Visit by the Associate Dean of the University of the Philippines College of Law
On June 26, 2024, Professor Andre C. Palacios, Associate Dean of the University of the Philippines College of Law, paid a visit to our law school. The University of the Philippines is the most prominent national university in the Philippines and concluded an academic exchange agreement with Soka University in 1988. Professor Palacios paid a visit to our law school to explore a possible future relationship between the University of the Philippines College of Law and our law school.
A round-table discussion was held between him and faculty and student representatives of the law school. In addition, he introduced the JD and LLM programs of the University of the Philippines. He and Dean Tamura confirmed that they will continue efforts to build an international partnership between the two law schools in the future, including exchanges of faculty members and students. During the discussion, students asked questions about the career opportunities for Japanese legal professionals in the Philippines. The discussion also focused on a visit to the University of the Philippines in 1998 by representatives of the faculty of law of Soka University. The round-table discussion was a lively one.
Professor Palacios also toured the memorial exhibit on the 5th floor of our main building (Honbu- toh), the moot court on the 1st floor, and the law school library. At the exhibit, Professor Palacios was keenly interested in the video recording of the 1991 ceremony where our founder, Daisaku Ikeda, was conferred the honorary Doctor of Laws degree, the highest honor conferred by the University of the Philippines. Professor Palacios was also very interested in the statue of Dr. José Rizal that was presented by the Order of the Knights of Rizal to commemorate the conferral of the Knight Grand Cross of Rizal upon Daisaku Ikeda in 1996. We believe that his visit to the exhibit gave him a sense of the deep connection between the University of the Philippines and Soka University.
