Graduate School of Law
WOLFF LEON THOMAS
Affiliation
/ Position
Graduate School of Law / Professor
Faculty of Law / Professor
Name WOLFF LEON THOMAS
Homepage
E-Mail
E-mail address with the domain ad.hit-u.ac.jp is not the researcher's individual address.

Education

Education
University of Sydney
Faculty of Education
Masters of Education (Higher Education) (MEd)
Year : 2006
Griffith University
Faculty of Education
Graduate Certificate in Flexible Learning
Year : 2001
College of Law (NSW)
Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
Year : 1996
University of Washington
Law School
Master of Laws (Asian and Comparative Law) (LLM) (Fulbright Scholarship)
Year : 1996
University of Queensland
Faculty of Law
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (Hons I and University Medal)
Year : 1994
University of Queensland
Faculty of Arts (Department of Japanese Studies)
Master of Arts in Japanese Interpreting and Translation (MAJIT) (Australia-Japan Foundation Scholarship)
Year : 1992
University of Queensland
Faculty of Arts
Bachelor of Arts (BA) (Hons I and University Medal)
Year : 1991
Hokkaido University
Department of Japanese Language and Culture
Certificate in Japanese Language and Culture (Monbusho Scholarship)
Year : 1990

Research Areas

Research Areas
Keywords : Comparative Corporate Governance, Japanese Law and Society, Comparative Labour and Employment Law, Law and Emotion, Higher Education ‐Teaching and Learning, Interpreting and Translation Studies
Research Areas : Humanities & Social Sciences / Civil law (Comparative Labour and Employment Law; Comparative Corporate Governance), Humanities & Social Sciences / Legal theory and history (Japanese law and society; Law and emotion; Litigiousness and rights consciousness), Humanities & Social Sciences / Linguistics (Interpreting and Translation Studies), Humanities & Social Sciences / Tertiary education (Teaching and learning)

Research History

1998 - 2000 Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Australian National University
2000 - 2002 Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales
2002 - 2007 Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales
2008 - 2009 Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales
2008.7 - 2008.12 Visiting Researcher (Japan Foundation Fellow), Law School, Ritsumeikan University
2009.1 - 2009.3 Visiting Researcher (Japan Foundation Fellow), Graduate School of Law, Sophia University
2009.4 - 2009.12 Visiting Research Fellow (Endeavour Foundation), International Centre for Comparative Law and Politics, Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo
2010 - 2015 Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University
2015 - 2021 Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology
2015.5 - 2015.7 Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Institute of Academic Inititatives, Osaka University
2021 - ANJeL (Australian Network for Japanese Law) Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney
2023.4 - Professor, Department of Business Law, Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University

Academic Society Affiliations

No. Institute Name
1. Asian Law and Society Association
2. European Association for Japanese Studies
3. Australian Network for Japanese Law
4. Australasian Law Teachers Association
5. Japanese Studies Association of Australia

Committee Memberships

No. Committee Group Year
1. Advisory Board Australian Network for Japanese Law 2021 -
2. Web Committee Asian Law and Society Association 2019 - 2022
3. Committee Japanese Studies Association of Australia 2019 - 2021
4. Board of Trustees Asian Law and Society Association 2016 - 2021
5. Director Australian Network for Japanese Law 2001 - 2021