Venue : Global Hall (Meiji University Global Front, 1st Floor) Time: 13:00 – 17:00, 11 March 2017
PROGRAM Moderator: Masayuki Murayama (Meiji University)
13:05 – 14:35 Part I: Roles of Lawyers for the Restoration from Natural Disasters
John Jopling (Mississippi Center for Justice, Biloxi Office Manager) “Roles of Lawyers for the Restoration from Hurricane Katrina”
Takayuki Ii (Senshu University) “Legal Activities and Litigation by Public Interest Law Offices after East Japan Disaster”
Nobuhiro Yoshie (Kawakami Yoshie Law Office) “Roles of Lawyers after a Disaster”
Questions and Answers
14:35 – 14:45 Intermission
14:45 – 16:25 Part II: Roles of Lawyers for the Restoration from the Nuclear Disasters
Masayuki Murayama, “Introductory Comparison between Japan and the U.S.”
Reilly Morse (Mississippi Center for Justice, President and CEO) “Roles of Lawyers in Seeking Damages for the BP Oil Spill Accident”
Toshihiko Watanabe (Hamadori Law Office) “Roles of Private Attorneys in Claiming Damages”
Ken Kimura (Iwatsuki Sogo Law Office) “Roles of Public Interest Lawyers in Claiming Damages”
16:30 – 17:00 Discussion
