Faculty Profile

Robert Goff

Adjunct Professor

robert.goff@kyotoiu.ac.jp

Professional Biography

Robert Goff is a Professor of Business Law at Kyoto International University (KIU). In addition to teaching at KIU, Goff also teaches a non-profit law course at Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, California, and Business Law at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, California.

Academic Degrees

J.D.        San Diego University, Law 

B.S.        San Diego State University, Business Administration

Courses Taught

BUSI 301 - Business Law 

Industry Involvement

Goff is experienced in non-profit law, business law, and human rights law and is a managing partner in Goff & DeWalt, a Washington based law firm specializing in construction defect law.  He is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Restore International (www.restoreinternational.org), a non-profit organization established to address human rights violations and injustices committed against children. As part of Restore International, Bob Goff founded the Restore Leadership Academy in Uganda.  This educational initiative, which started with 16 children has now grown to 230 enrolled students.  The academy not only provides a quality education based on Christian leadership principles but also houses, clothes and feeds many of the students.  He is also the Honorary Consul for the Republic of Uganda.

Service / Interests

Bob has served extensively in the field of human rights, providing legal assistance to those without resources. Restore International currently runs a school called the Restore Leadership Academy in Northern Uganda to help educate and encourage the future leaders of Uganda. Bob has many interests, including traveling, flying, spending time with his family and writing. He has written “Finding Karishma: Modern Day Slavery and the New Abolition Movement” and is currently working on his second book.