When three law schools—NTU, Waseda, and Cornell—came together in Tokyo and Taipei in 2025, the result was more than a workshop. It was an intellectual meeting ground where diverse legal traditions and research methods adjusted their frequencies to find resonance, opening new possibilities for comparative and interdisciplinary study.
Topics ranged from explainability in AI and the future of jury and lay judge systems, to patent exhaustion, constitutional text analysis, and comparative approaches to trust law. What distinguished the workshop was not only the variety of subjects but the interplay of perspectives: natural language processing alongside constitutional theory, complex systems analysis beside comparative law. Each presentation gained new depth through cross-institutional dialogue, showing how legal scholarship can tune itself to broader academic and societal concerns.
For students, the workshop was an immersive cross-cultural experience. In Tokyo, they encountered Japan’s deep engagement with legal tradition; in Taipei, they explored Taiwan’s journey through transitional justice, democratic reform, and technology-driven governance. Moving between these contexts, students came to see law not as a static set of rules but as a network of conversations shaped by history and culture.
For NTU Law, this trilateral collaboration marks more than a moment of exchange. It represents a step toward building a long-term partnership among sister institutions and demonstrates how law can resonate across borders and cultures. In doing so, the College affirms its role at the heart of a global network dedicated to co-creating the future of legal education.
Participants from NTU, Waseda, and Cornell gather in Taipei for the 2025 trilateral workshop on interdisciplinary legal studies.
Faculty and students from the three institutions engage in cross-disciplinary presentations and discussion during the NTU–Waseda–Cornell workshop.