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Course Syllabus
Course Name Document Drafting (Minutes)
Category Expert Competence
Year Taken Second Year
Offered Major/ Type of Course Major 4 / Elective
Number of Classes 16
No. of Credit 2
Professor Fumi Fujinaga

Professor Profile:
Graduated from Meiji University Literature Department Japanese Literature Major(1980). Worked at International Department of Jusco (Currently Eaon, the second largest retail supermarket in Japan). Involved in joint ventures with overseas companies(1980-1989). Worked at Okeda Law Firm and currently Kitahara Partners as a paralegal. Lectured at Babel translation classroom since 1996. Involved in writing teaching materials of Babel University Professional School of Translation since 1999. Since 2009 worked as a professor of International Paralegal and Legal Translation Major of Babel University Professional School of Translation.
Course Summary Drafting internal documents in English such as company assembly minutes and board of directors’ meeting minutes.
How this course was developed Since it is extremely important job as international paralegals and legal translators to make of the articles of incorporation, the minutes and other law related essential documents for the board of directors, the general meeting of stockholders, the Babel University Professional School of Translation established this course and asked Professor Yoshiharu Ishida the development of the course when the International Paralegal and Legal Translation Major founded in 2003. Professor Yoshiharu Ishida developed the course in respond to the request, and this lecture course was registered in 2003. Along the revision of the Japanese company law, the Babel Corporation asked Professor Fumi Fujinaga to do full-scale revision of the teaching course materials. Professor Fumi Fujinaga revised the teaching materials overall, and the revised lecture course was registered in 2007.
Course Objective Have students obtain an ability and skill for drafting corporate documents including the minutes of shareholders meeting and the minutes of board of directors meeting in English. This course is not a course for translation, but a course for drafting corporate documents.
Learning Outcome  Students who have successfully completed this course will be able to draft formal corporate documents in English. 
Course Progression 1. Study the core course material and learn the basics in drafting minutes and other legal documents.
2. Following the instructions in the course guide, work on the exercises and practice writing a minute to submit as assignment.
3. Listen to audio lecture and use the Q&A for any queries.
Deliverables
(Course Text etc.)		 Basic textbook
  1. "BABEL Legal Drafting Techniques: Legal Drafting Rulebook 1& 2"
  2. "BABEL Legal Translation Grammar (Japanese to English): Japanese - English Contracts and Legal Translation Rulebook 1& 2"
  3. "Rulebook of Japanese Expression in Legal Documents"
Exercise Workbook
Contains several types of legal documents with Japanese translation and course guide for each lecture. Practice questions are set from basic to advanced level allowing students to understand the content in Japanese first and then in English.
• Authored originally by Professor for this course. Copyrighted by Babel University Professional School of Translation.
* Revised in November 2012
Course Outline 16 lectures training for drafting English minutes and other company legal documents.
Using the course guide, read on the purpose of the lecture, description of course material, and how to study for the course. Listen to audio lecture. The English contracts are also available in English audio format. Students will be trained in legal drafting techniques by reading the core material and working on the practice exercises.
Lecture 1 Articles of Incorporation for Limited Liability Companies
Lecture 2 Initial Articles of Incorporation for Company Promotion
Lecture 3 Initial Articles and Necessary Documents for Company Recruitment
Lecture 4 Necessary Documents for Company Promotion
Lecture 5 Necessary Documents for Company Recruitment
Lecture 6 Necessary Documents for Limited Liability Company Promotion & Necessary Documents for Foreign Company Promotion
Lecture 7 Necessary Documents for Foreign Company Promotion 2
Lecture 8 Necessary Documents for Foreign Company Promotion 3
Lecture 9 Minutes for Employee Regular General Meeting of Limited Liability Company and Stockholder General Meeting of Incorporated Company (Type a)
Lecture 10 Minutes for Stockholder General Meeting of Incorporated Company (Type b)
Lecture 11 Minutes for Stockholder General Meeting of Incorporated Company (Type c)
Lecture 12 Convocation Notice and Reference Material for Incorporated Company Stockholder General Meeting
Lecture 13 Minutes （Change to Articles of Incorporation）
Lecture 14 Minutes （Stock Transfer and New Share Issue）
Lecture 15 Minutes （Business Transfer, Amalgamation, and Corporate Divestment)
Lecture 16 Minutes （Liquidation and Entity Conversion）
Grade Evaluation and Course Requirement 1. Assignments (All assignments must be submitted)
2. Final Exam (Minimum Course Requirement: B or above)
Grade Score
A 85 - 100
B 70 - 84
C 60 - 69
D 50 - 59
F 49 and under
Submission papers will be returned with the evaluation sheet, which states evaluation marking and comments as well as corrections with rubrics.
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Revised in January 2014