This information is for Hitotsubashi students enrolled in the Department of Business Law, Graduate School of Law (法学研研究科ビジネスロー専攻). (If you are an overseas student seeking to come to Hitotsubashi Business Law on exchange, please visit the page for international students. ) 

The Hitotsubashi Business Law ("HBL") program is a graduate law program for working professionals. HBL acknowledges that semester-long exchange is largely impossible for HBL students.

Therefore, HBL has negotiated the following short-term exchange experiences with our existing exchange partners: 

• Melbourne University (Australia) -> students may enrol in a a week-long LLM (Master of Laws) course offered by the Melbourne Law School (see the available courses here) (tuition is free but there is a cap of two students per year); 

• National University of Singapore (Singapore) -> students may attend a three-week intensive or a one-week super-intensive as part of NUS's Auditing Program for legal professionals, either during the August-September summer or January-February winter  (see available courses here) (tuition is free but there is a cap of two students per year). 

• Goethe University (Germany) -> students may attend a three-day intensive course as part of Goethe University's International Campus Program, although this is only available every two to three years (tuition is free and there are no caps on student enrolments). 

• University of Washington (USA) -> although not a partner institution, the University of Washington offers a one-week program (both face-to-face and online) on the American legal system and method in early September (tuition is an affordable USD 1,800 and there are no caps on student enrolments). 

HBL also anticipates entering into new exchange agreements with the following overseas partners which will also offer short-term learning experiences: 

• National Taiwan University (Taiwan) -> students may attend a three week program on Law and Data though the NTU Plus Academy in July (tuition is free but there is a cap of two students). 

• Vienna University of Business and Economics (Austria) -> students may attend a three-week summer school in June-July, although details are still under negotiation. 

• University of Milano (Italy) -> students may attend a summer school on EU business law (the summer school concept is still being developed, but tuition is expected to be free with a cap of two students). 

Students, however, must demonstrate their English proficiency as follows:

• the student is a native speaker of English; 

• the student has been successfully admitted into the GBL program; 

• the students has studied in English for at least one year at an overseas university or at least two years at an overseas junior or senior high school; 

• in the last five years, the student has achieved the following scores in an English proficiency test: 90 on TOEFL iBT; 600 on TOEFL PBT; 7 on IELTS; 英検１級; or 800 on TOEIC.; 

• the student passes an interview examination with Professor Leon Wolff. 

If the overseas partner has imposed caps on participation, students must attend a selection interview with Professor Leon Wolff, Chair of the Global Business Law ("GBL") Program, to explain their motivation for participating in the short-term exchange program and how it will support their masters research and future career development.  

Below are the deadlines for applying for each Short-Term Exchange Program on offer. 

To apply, contact the Business Law Administration Office (law-bl.g[at]ad.hit-u.ac.jp) or Professor Leon Wolff (leon.wolff[at]r.hit-u.ac.jp).