Hokkaido University Law School and Graduate School of Law Center for Advanced Legal Education and Research will hold the 2024 Advanced Seminar "The 2023 Amendments to the Sexual Penal Code" on November 9, 2024.

In today's rapidly changing society, new problems arise in various legal fields, and even existing legal problems are constantly changing on various themes and at various levels, such as changes in responses due to legal reforms, new precedents, changes in the trends of lower court precedents, and the accompanying changes in legal practice. Therefore, Hokkaido University Law School will select themes that meet the needs of the time and hold advanced seminars, with the aim of training legal professionals and legal affairs personnel who can respond to changing social needs and play an active role at the cutting edge. The seminars will be offered as advanced recurrent education to respond to cutting-edge practice in a wide range of legal fields for local practicing legal professionals and legal affairs personnel, as well as graduates and current students of this law school.

In fiscal year 2024, the theme will be "The 2023 Revision of the Sexual Penalties Law," and we will explain the background to the enactment of the new law and its implementation since its implementation, while also explaining the interpretation of each element of the law.

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