In 2009, Professor Matthew J. Wilson was appointed to the University of Wyoming College of Law faculty as an associate professor of law. From 2003-2009, Professor Wilson served as an associate professor of law for Temple University Beasley School of Law. During this period, he was based in Japan where he taught E-commerce law, international business transactions, international dispute resolution, Japanese law, international law, and civil procedure. Professor Wilson also concurrently served as Senior Associate Dean and General Counsel of Temple University's 3,000 student campus in Tokyo, Japan. In these capacities, Professor Wilson oversaw academic, administrative, and legal matters related to all undergraduate, graduate, professional, and non-degree programs.
In teaching University of Wyoming students, Professor Wilson draws upon 20 years of international experience in legal, business, and educational matters in the United States, Japan, the Philippines, and the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Before joining Temple University, Professor Wilson practiced law at Akerman Senterfitt P.A., a major Florida-based law firm, and as former general counsel for a telecommunications/Internet firm. As legal counsel to domestic and multinational corporations, Professor Wilson's legal activities have encompassed complex commercial litigation, intellectual property litigation and transactions, cyberspace law, employment law, as well as general corporate matters. He also has extensive business experience working in Japan with a large electronics manufacturer, hydrological and meteorological instruments maker, and a multinational medical devices company.
Professor Wilson speaks frequently in the United States and Japan on transnational and domestic U.S. legal matters, and has appeared on primetime network television in Asia as a legal expert on several occasions. He has also guest lectured about the practice of international law at over ninety U.S. law schools. From 2004-2009, Professor Wilson also served as an active advisor to the Japan Federation of Bar Associations (Nichibenren) regarding proposed judicial reforms and the implementation of jury trials in Japan in 2009.
Matthew J. Wilson
Associate Professor of Law
