Leveraging volunteer opportunities to sustain your legal career with Marose Pereira

Marose comes from a family of inspirational women and she will definitely inspire you with her outlook on life and how she has made the most of opportunities that have presented themselves to her. Marose shares with us how her outside activities are actually a way to improve her knowledge and network in her chosen area of arbitration.
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In this episode you’ll hear:

How Marose was first inspired by her own mother studying law and running for office
Why Marose chose Japan to do postgraduate study
How she was able to help orchestrate an internship at the law firm she would then work at
Improving yourself outside of legal study, taking part in volunteer activities as a way to learn
Her favourite podcast and other fun facts

About Marose
Marose is a Counsel at Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners and is a registered foreign lawyer licensed in both the Philippines and the State of New York.

Marose joined Oh-Ebashi in 2008 after briefly working at the Graduate School of Law of Kyushu University, where she completed her LL.M. in International Economic and Business Law in 2007. Prior to studying at Kyushu University, for almost six years until 2006, she worked at Picazo Buyco Tan Fider & Santos Law Offices, one of the top corporate firms in the Philippines.
Marose serves as a Volunteer Public Relations Officer of the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA), which is the leading commercial arbitral institution in Japan.
She is also the co-Founder and Vice-Chair on the Executive Committee of Energy Related Arbitration Practitioners (ENERAP) - Japan Chapter (since 2021) and is Vice-Chair, Technology, Media and Telecommunications Committee of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association.
Marose also lectures at Kyushu University, and in 2023 will teach a course at Temple University in Tokyo. She has also published several articles about Philippine legal updates and the rules of the JCAA.
Connect with Marose
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marose-pereira-02394aab/
Links
Rose Bakery: https://www.rose-bakery.jp/
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