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21 Law Japan 1 (1988)
Introduction to Symposium Proceedings

handle is hein.journals/lij21 and id is 13 raw text is: VOLUME 21:1, 1988 SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS Japan-America Society/ABA Seminar on American Lawyers in Japan, April 28, 1988 Introduction to Symposium Proceedings EVAN T. BLOOM When I was asked by the Japan-America Society in late 1987 to organize and moderate a seminar on the new Japanese law permitting foreign lawyers to practice in Japan,' I gladly undertook the task. I had been living in Tokyo and working as a legal trainee with a Japanese law firm when the law was passed, but before it had taken effect. I knew how much effort had gone into its passage-the extensive diplomatic wranglings and the unprecedented debate between and within the Japanese and American bars-and looked forward to having the opportunity to reflect on the law's impact a year after it had entered into force. In organizing the seminar, we were more fortunate than we expected. There was a great deal of interest in this topic, and it proved to be rather easy to attract as speakers some of the most knowledgeable people-senior Japanese and American lawyers, academics, and government officials, all individuals who have taken an extraordinary interest in Japanese legal practice for many years and who were intimately involved in the whirlwind of actions and reactions leading to the enactment of the new law. Among these participants, as we had hoped, were individuals known for holding widely differing views about the history of foreign legal practice in Japan and the merits of the new law. These speakers had a great deal to say but had not previously taken part in a public discussion of this sort. Not everyone felt that there was a need for a seminar of this nature, that it could only lead to renewed bickering. Indeed, there was concern voiced in some quarters as to whether some devious hidden agenda or objective motivated the sponsors of the event. It was clear that we were touching upon issues that remain controversial. Nevertheless, the willingness to participate of this caliber of people, and Note: Mr. Bloom is a member of the Bars of the District of Columbia and New York, practicing in Washington, D.C. with Arnold & Porter. He was a legal trainee with Nishimura & Sanada, Tokyo, 1985-86. @ 1989 Evan T. Bloom. 'Gaikoku bengoshi ni yoru h6ritsu jimu no toriatsukai ni kansuru tokubetsu sochi h6 (Special Measures Law Concerning the Handling of Legal Business by Foreign Lawyers), Law No. 66 of 1986.

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