FAQ for Current Students

Law School students will be issued student ID cards by the Law School Office. We will take digital ID photos at New Student Orientation. The processing of ID cards typically takes one week. If you are unable to attend New Student Orientation, please email law@tuj.ac.jp to schedule an appointment to have an ID card made.

Students wishing to use their personal laptops at school and access our wireless internet connection must register with TUJ Computer Services. Access Request Forms are available at the Computer Services (Azabu Hall Room 501) or at the Law School Office. You must have your laptop inspected by the Computer Center to get access to the wireless network. The Computer Center staff will be available during New Student Orientation to inspect laptops. If you are unable to attend New Student Orientation, please email support@tuj.ac.jp to schedule an appointment.

Computer Lab hours are:

• Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
• Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

To use the library, you will need to submit a Library Registration Form available at the Law School Office and have your student ID card validated at the library (Azabu Hall, 4th Floor).

Library hours are:

• Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
• Saturday, 11:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

The TUportal website provides a streamlined method for accessing various Temple computer resources. These resources include your: TUmail e-mail account, Blackboard function (used for class assignments and online participation), and OWLnet account (used to view your transcripts and grades).

In your first semester, your account is automatically created through the TUJ Computer Services. Your ID and Password will be sent to you by e-mail with instructions. If you do not have your account ready by 3rd week of semester, please contact the Law Program office immediately.

Grades are posted on the bulletin board in the Law Office after all grades are reported. You may also check your grades using OWLnet. It usually takes about one month for data to be uploaded by the registrar on Main Campus.

We expect that students will attend classes and participate in class discussion Temple Law School requires that students attend at least 80% of classes. Students with excessive absences will not be allowed to take the final exam.

With permission from the Director, you may withdraw from a course until the end of the 10th week of classes in the Fall and Spring, and until the end of the 7th week of classes in the Summer. No tuition credit will be given for withdrawals after the second week of classes, and permission to withdraw is made on a case-by-case basis. If permission to withdraw is granted, a notation of "W" will appears on the student's transcript.

If a student does not take a final exam, that student will receive an "F": or failing grade of the course unless they have received prior permission to withdraw from the course.

Unofficial transcript
Please contact the Law Program office at law@tuj.ac.jp with the number of unofficial transcripts required and the address to which they should be sent.

Official transcript
An official transcript is issued at Main Campus in Philadelphia.
Please allow two weeks for processing - Transcripts are provided free of charge to current students and alumni. If you request more than five transcripts, a charge of $6.00 will be assessed. To release your transcript, your signature is required. In requesting an official transcript, please provide your social security number (if applicable), your student status (class/year, if currently enrolled, or graduation date), your student number, and your telephone number or e-mail address in case we need to contact you. You may request that we release the transcript to you (unofficial) or to a third party (official).

Please include your full name, social security number (if applicable), year of graduation, your signature and the address to which you would like the transcript sent.

Please request to:

• Mail:
  Office of the Registrar
  Temple University Beasley School of Law
  Barrack Hall, Suite 103
  1719 North Broad Street
  Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
• E-mail:
  Please send the Request Form (PDF: 18KB) to:
  Registrar, Ms. Barbara Bennett Yates at lawregis@temple.edu

The General LL.M. Program (a.k.a. LL.M. for International Lawyers) has one required course: Legal Research and Writing. In addition, students must complete a thesis project, which may be done as an independent study or in the context of a writing seminar. Legal Research and Writing is offered at least once a year in Japan (generally the fall semester).

The survey course in International Law (3 credits) is a pre-requisite for the degree. If a student has not already taken this course, it should be taken early in the LL.M. program. In addition to International Law, students must take 24 credits of international or comparative law electives, including a thesis project. The thesis project may be done as a guided research or in the context of a writing seminar. If students did not complete their first degree in law in Japan, they may complete the entire degree at our Tokyo campus.

Yes, both LL.M. programs require that you write a scholarly paper in English. This is usually done as part of a writing seminar course or an independent study research project supervised by a faculty member.