Business law essay

1 BUSL377 Japanese Trade Law Week 7 – Essay Writing Workshop K AY - WA H C H A N D E PA R T M E N T O F A C C O U N T I N G & C O R P O R AT E G O V E R N A N C E F A C U LT Y O F B U S I N E S S & E C O N O M I C S M A C Q U A R I E U N I V E R S I T Y ( 2 0 1 7 ) Essay Marking Rubric: 1. Contents – 24 marks 2. Structure and presentation – 10 marks 3. Referencing – 6 marks Referencing Australian Guide to Legal Citation (3 rd Edition) - no in-text referencing - footnotes - plus Bibliography (at end of the Essay) Referencing Australian Guide to Legal Citation (3 rd Edition) http://law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pd f_file/0007/1586203/FinalOnlinePDF- 2012Reprint.pdf 2 Structure and Presentation How to improve the structure, flow of arguments and consistence? Class Activity Arrange the following points/issues in a sequence that will have a smooth and coherent flow of arguments (presentation after group discussion): Rapid expansion of foreign law firms in Japan Increase in number of registered foreign lawyers ( gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi ) (GJB) since 1999 Expansion of office spaces by some foreign law firms Foreign law firms actively recruit Japan- qualified lawyers Change of law (effective in 2005) permitting GJB to partner with or employ Japan-qualified lawyers Threat of competition on local law firms Local major firms expand in size Emergence of large-sized local law firms Big firm size helps in competition and in fending off takeover Competition for talented lawyers Threat of takeover on local law firms Merger between local major and medium-sized law firms Local major firms take in many new lawyers annually Many newly qualified lawyers wanted to join large law firms Small number of National Legal Examination passers at that time High starting salary in local major firms Major firms mainly recruited elite universities’ graduates Elitism Many foreign firms in Japan are branches of global mega-sized firms