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2007 - Legal Education in Asia: Professor Malcolm DH Smith, In Memoriam

The Asian Law Centre at the University of Melbourne hosted a one-day Symposium at the University of Melbourne in honour of the late Professor Malcolm DH Smith.

Professor Smith was the Founding Director of the Asian Law Centre at the University of Melbourne and an important figure in Asian legal studies. In 2004 he was appointed as a full-time professor at the Chuo Law School, Japan. The Memorial Symposium will celebrate Professor Smith's contribution to legal education in Asia and to the study of Asian legal systems in general, an area in which he was passionately interested throughout his career.

The Memorial Symposium was an opportunity for scholars from the Asia-Pacific region to discuss the now rapidly-changing face of legal education in Asia. There is currently great interest in this subject matter, particularly due to the many reforms occurring throughout the region. Jurisdictions including Japan, Korea and Taiwan have either already moved to the graduate law school system, or are considering legal education reforms.

The Asian Law Centre secured the participation of a number of high-profile academics at the Symposium. Selected works from the Memorial Symposium will be published as a commemorative monograph edited by Stacey Steele and Kathryn Taylor.

Symposium Dinner
A dinner in honour of Professor Smith was held on the evening of Sunday 8 July, 2007. 

Other Japan-related Conferences
A number of Japan-related conferences were held prior to the ALC Symposium:

Japanese Studies Association of Australia (JSAA)
Date: 1-4 July 2007
Topic: Japan 2007: Adjusting to Change; Respecting the Past
Location: Canberra (Australian National University)

Australian Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL)
Date: 5-6 July 2007
Topic: Japanese Law after Recession and Reform: Once was Lost, Now is Found
Location: Canberra (Australian National University)

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