Japan
In December 2017, Japan In-House Lawyers Association (JILA) held a party to celebrate the number of in-house lawyers in Japan exceeding 2,000 in the autumn of last year.
JILA was founded in 2001 and is composed of practising and former in-house lawyers. It is the latest corporate counsel association to partner up with Asia Business Law Journal.
While carrying out research on the current situation of in-house lawyers working in Japan, JILA says it also conducts a variety of activities to promote familiarization with in-house lawyers, and by so doing contributing to social justice and benefiting society as a whole, as well as promoting friendship between the JILA members.
