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2023.01.04

LAUNCHING YOUR OWN FIRM IN JAPAN TREATING CLIENTS AS YOUR TEAM MATES WITH AKIKO ARAKI

Akiko Araki talked about her career path as an attorney with Catherine O’Connell at her podcast “Lawyer On Air”.

  • Akiko’s inspiration for becoming a lawyer when she was young 

  • How she learned to be an associate who practices effective rather than perfect work

  • Finding her niche in the area of IP law and deciding to register her own law firm name early on

  • What it’s really like to run your own law firm 

  • Her favourite book and other fun fact

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