Wataru Murata
Special Counsel
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Background
Waseda University (B.A. in Economics, 1979)
Assistant Judge at Tokyo District Court (1984)
Assistant Judge at Ogura Branch of Fukuoka District/Family Court (1986)
Criminal Affairs Bureau of General Secretariat, Supreme Court (1989)
Assistant Judge at the Oita District/Family Court (1992)
Judge at Kyoto District Court (1995)
Judge at Tokyo District Court (1998)
Professor (in charge of civil trials) at Legal Training and Research Institute (2001)
Judge at Tokyo District Court (2005)
Presiding Judge at Tokyo District Court (2007)
Senior Professor (in charge of civil trials) at Legal Training and Research Institute (2011)
Senior Professor in First Division of Legal Training and Research Institute (2014)
President of Sendai District Court (2016)
Presiding Judge at Tokyo High Court (2017)
Retired upon reaching retirement age (2020)
Professor at Chuo Law School (2021~)
Major Activities
- Bar Examiner of National Bar Examination Commission (second-stage examination, Civil Code) (2002-2003)
- Bar Examiner of National Bar Examination Commission (second-stage examination, Code of Civil Procedure) (2003)
- Specialist Member of Central Council for Education (Subcommittee on Universities), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2012-2014)
- Member of Examination Board for Legal Apprentices and Secretaryof Legal Apprentices Training Committee (2011-2014)
- Specialist Member of Committee for Certified Evaluation and Accreditation of Law Schools, National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education (2013-2014)
- Member of Committee for Certified Evaluation and Accreditation of Law Schools, National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education (2014-2016)
- Member of Discipline Committee of Daini Tokyo Bar Association (2019-2020)
- Member of National Bar Examination Commission (2018-2020)
- Member of Examination Committee for Program for Review Reinforcement and Additional Public Support for Law Schools, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2017-2021)
- Specialist Member of Committee for Certified Evaluation and Accreditation of Law Schools, National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education (2022-)
- Member of Japan Association of the Law of Civil Procedure (2008-)
Qualifications & Affiliations
admitted in Japan, August 2022
Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association
Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association
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