Every March, Waseda University in Toyko hosts its Transnational Program, an intensive comparative law workshop focusing each year on a new and timely topic.
The Penn Carey Law delegates are provided with international airfare to Tokyo, as well as accommodations for the duration of the program.
Kabat would recommend the Waseda TNP to anybody: “I learned so much more than I expected over the week.”
“The program pushed us to find solutions in an area of law historically applicable to states alone, rather than private entities like corporations,” said Wiersema.
Khan enjoyed learning from professors from across the world in a dynamic and exciting environment. “Then, outside of class, I had the opportunity to explore Tokyo and all it has to offer.”
Kabat agreed. “There was plenty of time to go out and see Tokyo with the other students,” she said. “I experienced so many great moments, from visiting a giant Buddha statue at a Buddhist temple and exploring a Japanese garden, to enjoying the nightlife of Tokyo from a record bar and wearing a yukata with a Japanese friend from the program.”
It was an experience that Johnson described as both gratifying and invigorating. “I vividly remember walking through a garden with students from Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and Germany, discussing not only the intricacies of business and human rights or private international law in their respective countries, but deeply immersing myself into the lives and stories of these beautiful people,” he recounted. He was impressed by the other students’ “motivation for this conference’s topic, their genuine interest in [one another], and their desire to return and serve their countries through the rule of law.”
