Spring 2011 Events
April 25
"Cults, Underground Churches, and Religious (Non-)Freedom in China: A Critical Examination of the Law and Policy"
Zhu Guobin, Associate Professor, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong
March 30
“Snakeheads, Trafficked Youth, and Immigration Law”
Lauren Burke, Skadden Fellow, The Door
March 23
“Public Interest Work in China: Opportunities in China's Burgeoning Civil Society”
Thomas Kellogg, Program Officer, Open Society Institute and Adjunct Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law
March 23
A Discussion with Steven L. Toronto ’91, General Counsel, NBA Sports and Culture Development (Beijing) Co. Ltd.
March 8
“The Future Financial Center of Asia”
Rebecca Blumenstein, Deputy Managing Editor of International and former China Bureau Chief, The Wall Street Journal
Christopher J. LaFleur, Vice Chairman, JPMorgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd., and Former U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia
Ramesh Parameswar, Managing Director, Moon Capital Management, LLC
Owen D. Nee, Jr., Of Counsel, Jones Day, and Lecturer-in-Law, Columbia Law School
Moderated by Merit E. Janow, Professor in the Practice of International Trade and Public Affairs and Director, Program in International Finance and Economic Policy, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
March 7
“Civil Society in China: Fighting HIV and Hepatitis B Discrimination Under the Eyes of the State”
Xu Haibo, Director, Korekata AIDS Law Center
Yu Fangqiang, Chief Coordinator, Beijing Yirenping Center
March 2
“The Law of the Sea and China's Territorial Claims”
Peter Dutton, Professor and Director, Strategic Researcher, China Maritime Studies Institute, U.S. Naval War College
Captain Stacy A. Pedrozo, JAGC, USN, Military Fellow, U.S. Navy, Council on Foreign Relations
March 1
“Practicing in China”
Howard Zhang, Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Beijing
Antony Dapiran, Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Hong Kong
February 24
“The Warriors of Qiugang”
Film Screening
February 8
“China's Intellectual Property Rights Protection Regime”
Liu Fengming, Associate General Counsel and Vice President, Microsoft (China) Co., Ltd.
February 1
An Informal Discussion on Law Practice in China
Anthony Root and Naomi Ishikawa ’97
Partners, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
January 27
“China and Intellectual Property Protection”
James J. Zhu ’99, Partner, Jun He Law Offices PC
Fall 2010 Events
November 11
“Legal Practice in China: Thinking About Your Career”
Yvonne Y.F. Chan, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Qi (Adam) Li, LL.M. ’99, J.D. ’03, Partner, Jun He Law Offices
Richard Nie, Partner, King & Wood
James Ma, Senior Associate, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Filip Moerman’87, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Introduction by: Alex Yong Hao, Senior Associate, Vinson & Elkins LLP ; Founding Director, Chinese Business Lawyers Association, Inc.
November 1
“China's Open-Door Journey Since 1978: An Overview of the Legal Changes Behind China's Rise”
Jack J.T. Huang, Partner-in-Charge, Taipei, Jones Day
October 27
“China's Recent Anti-Monopoly Law: How Does Antitrust Fit in a State-Planned Economy?”
Owen D. Nee, Jr., Of Counsel, Jones Day, and Lecturer-in-Law, Columbia Law School
October 18
"Internet, Censorship, and Political Participation
in China"
A panel discussion, featuring
Xiaobo Lü, Professor of Political Science, Barnard College
Xiao Qiang, Founder, China Digital Times; Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Journalism, University of California, Berkeley
Guobin Yang, Associate Professor of Sociology, Barnard College
Moderated by:
Howard French, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University
Followed by a live webcast from:
Jon Huntsman, United States Ambassador to China.
In addition to the Center for Chinese Legal Studies, co-sponsors for this event include The Weatherhead East Asian Institute, The National Committee on US-China Relations, APEC Study Center, and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
October 13
“War, Cultural Heritage, and the Law: Christie's Auction of the Looted Chinese Imperial Relics”
Patty Gerstenblith, Distinguished Research Professor of Law, DePaul University College of Law
Joanna Waley-Cohen, Professor of History, New York University
Moderated by Jane A. Levine, Lecturer-in-Law, Columbia Law School, and Senior Vice President and Worldwide Director of Compliance for Sotheby’s
October 6
“The Development and Practice of Securities Law in China”
Shen Linping, Senior Partner, Dacheng Law Offices
October 5
“1L Summer Opportunities in China”
2Ls and 3Ls Discuss Internship Opportunities
Friday, September 24
Timothy P. Stratford, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
"Managing U.S.-China Economic Relations"
During his tenure at USTR, Mr. Stratford was responsible for developing and implementing U.S. trade policy toward Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and Mongolia. Prior to his work at USTR, Mr. Stratford worked professionally in China for more than 25 years, including as General Counsel for General Motors’ China operations, where he was a member of its senior management team in China and oversaw the company’s legal and trade policy work in the region. Mr. Stratford also served previously as Minister-Counselor for Commercial Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, and as Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China.
Wednesday, September 15
"The Formation and Function of Disclosure Rules in China."
Jane Fu, Senior Lecturer in Law, School of Law, Deakin University
Spring 2010 Events
Colloquium: Chinese Law and Society
This colloquium was co-sponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute.
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January 26
Jonathan K. Ocko, Professor of History and Department Head, NCSU
Concepts of Justice in Late Imperial China
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February 2
Klaus Mühlhahn, Professor of History, University of Indiana, Bloomington
Intelligence Wars: Security, Sovereignty, and Information in China, Ca. 1940
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February 9
Wang Zhiqiang, Professor of Law and Legal History, Fudan University Law School
The Case Precedents in Qing China
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February 16
Lily L. Tsai, Associate Professor,Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
When Being Fair Means Breaking the Rules: Citizen Criteria for Procedural Justice and State Legitimacy
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February 23
Martin K. Dimitrov, Assistant Professor of Government, Dartmouth
Citizen Complaints and Popular Accountability under Authoritarianism: Evidence from Pre-1989 Eastern Europe and Post-1978 China
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March 2
Nicholas C. Howson, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Speaking Law to Political-Economic Power: China's Derivative Lawsuit Mechanism and the Limits of Private Law
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March 9
Robert Hegel, Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature, Washington University, St. Louis
The Opacity of Texts: Reading Qing Judicial Narratives
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March 23
Chen Xi, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Place and Petitioning in China: From the Qing Dynasty to the Reform Era
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March 29, 2010
"The Challenges and Solutions of Environmental Law Enforcement in China"
WJW 101, 12:10-1:20 p.m.
Feng Jia
Ph.D. Candidate, China University of Political Science and Law
Mr. Feng's area of specialization is environmental law. His research topic while at Columbia is the impact of the Integrated Ecosystem Management (IEM) on the Enforcement of Environmental Laws. In residence Fall 2009-Spring 2010.
This event is separate from the Chinese Law and Society Colloquium series.
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March 30
Daniela Stockmann, Assistant Professor, Leiden University
Corporate Social Responsibility with Chinese Characteristics: Advertising as a Means of Campaigning on Chinese Television
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April 6
Eugenia Y. Lean, Associate Professor of History, Columbia University
The Slippery Matter of Trademarks: Copycat Soap Companies, the Question of Authenticity, and Sino-British Diplomacy in 1930s China
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April 13
Margaret K. Lewis, Associate Professor of Law, Seton Hall University
The Exclusionary Rule in a State of Flux: China, Taiwan, and the United States
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April 16, Friday
Lecture
12:10-1:10
William and June Warren Hall, Room 101
Mary E. Gallagher, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan
Who has the Right to Make “Law” in China? Populism, Professionalism, and Fragmentation in China’s Legal Realms
This event is co-sponsored with the Society for Chinese Law. This event is not part of the Chinese Colloquium series.
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Fall 2009 Events
September 30
12:15 p.m. in JG, Case Lounge, 7th floor
Reconstructing the Moral Foundation of Human Rights: A Chinese Cultural Perspective
Lecture
Hu Shuijun
Associate Professor, Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Professor Hu's areas of specialization include jurisprudence, human rights theory, law and social theory. Professor Hu's research topic while at Columbia is the function of human rights in liberal political philosophy: Domestic versus international. Professor Hu is a Ford Fellow who is in residence at Columbia Law School Spring 2009-Fall 2009.
Saturday, October 3
Mid-Autumn Festival
7-9 p.m., JG Annex
Co-sponsored by the Society for Chinese Law.
Tuesday, October 6
12:15 p.m., in JG 940
An Insider’s Look at the Conviction of Taiwan’s Former President
Lecture
Jaw-Perng Wang
Professor of Law and Associate Dean, College of Law, National Taiwan University
Professor Wang has published more than 70 articles and has written seven books on the criminal justice system. A graduate of National Taiwan University in 1985, he received his first LL.M. degree from Columbia Law School in 1992 and his second in 1993 from the University of Chicago, which in 1995 also granted him an S.J.D. He is a member of the Taiwan and New York bars and practiced law in Taiwan for three years before becoming an academic.
Wednesday, October 7
12:10, William and June Warren Hall, Room L107
(This is located in the BASEMENT.)
Summer Internships
The 2Ls and 3Ls speak about summer internship opportunities in China. Co-sponsored by Society for Chinese Law and Career Services.
Friday, October 9
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Jerome Greene Hall, Room 104
New Media and Global Transformation
An International Conference
The conference brings distinguished scholars and specialists from around the world to address media and visual culture. The panels will explore the reciprocal relationship between media and society. The panelists will address how media technologies have historically provided the means of cultural representation and social and political participation and how new media are constitutive of new personal, social, and political identities and allegiances. Scholars from diverse academic disciplines (literature, visual culture, history, communication, sociology, political science, architecture, etc) will engage in cross-disciplinary dialogues about issues of theory and methods, as well as substantive concerns. Co-sponsored by the Culture Forum of the Shanghai Jiefang News Group and the Weatherhead East Asian Institute of Columbia University.
October 16
12:15, JG 105
The Evolution of International Firm Practice in China: An Outlook On The Future
Lecture
Robert Chu
Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP
Co-sponsored by Society for Chinese Law and Career Services.
October 21
12:15 p.m. in JG, Case Lounge, 7th Floor
Regulatory Reform in China: Focusing on the Administrative Licensing Act
Lecture
Li Honglei
Associate Professor, Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Professor Li's area of specialization is constitutional and administrative law. His research topic while at Columbia is local government law in the United States. Professor Li is an Edwards Fellow, who is in residence during Fall 2009.
October 28
12:15 p.m. in JG, Case Lounge, 7th Floor
A Failure of Capitalism? A Chinese Perspective on the Economic Crisis and Conservatism
Lecture
Shen Ming
Assistant Professor, School of Law, Beijing Normal University
Professor Shen's area of specialization is jurisprudence, philosophy of law, sociology of law, intellectual property law, and emergency law. His research topic while at Columbia is emergency law and crisis handling. Professor Shen is an Edwards Fellow who is in residence at the Law School during Fall 2009-Spring 2010.
November 18
12:15 p.m. in JG, Case Lounge, 7th Floor
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Potential for Promotion of Labour Standards in China?
Lecture
Karin Buhmann
Associate Professor, Unit of Law, Section for Consumption, Health and Ethics, Institute of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen
SPRING 2009
January 21,
Good Faith and the Legal System of the World Trade Organization
Lecture
Liu Jingdong
Associate Research Fellow, Center for International Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Mr. Liu’s areas of specialization include international economic law and WTO law. His research topic while at Columbia was an overview of the trade remedy system in WTO law, including rules of anti-dumping, and countervailing and safeguarding measures. Liu Jingdong was a visiting scholar at Columbia Law School. In residence Fall 2008-Spring 2009.
February 11
Constitutionalism by other Means? The Rebuilding of the Legislative Leviathan in China
Lecture
Tian Lei
Ph.D Candidate, Department of Government and Public Administration, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Mr. Tian’s areas of specialization include constitutional theory, the history of American constitutional law, comparative constitutional engineering, and the dynamics of the central-local relationship in the People’s Republic of China. His research topic while at Columbia was American constitutional theory and its influence on Chinese legal academia. Tian Lei was an Edwards Fellow at Columbia Law School. In residence Fall 2008-Spring 2009.
February 16
Private Participation in Public Administration: Chinese Practice and American Theory
Lecture
Jin Zining
Associate Professor, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University
Professor Jin's areas of specialization include general administrative law and the public/private law distinction. Her research topic while at Columbia was the distinction between public and private law, especially how public law and private law cooperate with each other in the process of Chinese social transformation. Jin Zining was an Edwards Fellow. In residence Fall 2008-Spring 2009.
March 4
Development of Legal Aid in China
Lecture
Chen Dong
Director, Urumqi Legal Aid Center
Mr. Chen has served in the Urumqi Department of Justice. He also volunteers in several legal and social services organizations, including as a council member of the All China Lawyers’ Association, the standing director of the Urumqi Lawyers’ Association, the commissioner of the Urumqi Youth Committee, and a counselor for the Urumqi Consumer Protection Council. His project while in residence concerned strengthening the legal aid system in China. Chen Dong was a PILI Fellow.
March 9
China's Regional Ethnic Autonomy Law: Can It Protect Minority Rights?
Lecture
Katherine Palmer Kaup
Associate Professor of Political Science, Chair of Asian Studies Department, Furman University
Dr. Kaup specializes in Chinese ethnic policy and the Regional Ethnic Autonomy Law. She is the author of Creating the Zhuang: Ethnic Politics in China and several articles on the impact of state policy and administrative divisions on ethnic identity and mobilization in China’s southwest and in Xinjiang. In 2005, she served as special advisor for minority nationalities affairs at the Congressional-Executive Commission on China and is currently a National Committee on United States-China Relations Public Intellectuals Fellow.
March 11
How to Reform the Death Penalty System in China
Lecture
Ye Xiaoqin
Lecturer, Wuhan University School of Law; Executive Head, Women’s Rights Department, Center for Protection of the Rights of Disadvantaged Citizens, Wuhan University
Professor Ye holds a Ph.D. in law. Her research focuses on criminal law and women’s rights law and theory. She also works part-time as a practicing attorney at a local law firm and is the secretary general of the Ma Ke-chang Jurisprudence Foundation. Her project while in residence concerned the protection of human rights through public interest litigation and the criminal justice system. Professor Ye was a PILI Fellow.
March 23
Securities Regulations in China
Lecture
Yu Ying
Vice Dean, Jilin University Law School
Dean Yu’s areas of specialization are corporate law, securities law, and the law of negotiable instruments. Her research topic while at Columbia was corporate social responsibility. Dean Yu was a Center for Chinese Legal Studies Fellow at Columbia Law School. In residence Fall 2008-Spring 2009.
March 25
The Current State of the Chinese Commercial Arbitration System: Problems and Suggestions for Improvement
Lecture
Chi Manjiao
Assistant Professor of Law, Xiamen University Law School
Professor Chi’s areas of specialization include international arbitration and international economic law. His research topic while at Columbia was “Moving toward a depoliticized arbitration system: Problems and prospects in China.” Chi Manjiao was an Edwards Fellow. In residence Spring 2009.
April 6
Xinfang's Pressure: The Impact of Petitioning on Litigation and China's Courts
Lecture
Wang Ying
Ph.D. Candidate, Tsinghua University
Mr. Wang's areas of specialization include civil procedure law, dispute resolution, and judicial reform in China. His research topic while at Columbia was "Xinfang and justice: An Empirical Study of Shesu Xinfang." Mr. Wang was a visiting scholar at Columbia Law School. In residence Fall 2008-Spring 2009.
FALL 2008
September 14, Sunday
Mid-Autumn Festival
Tea & mooncakes. Cosponsored by Society for Chinese Law.
September 24
Cadre Responsibility Systems: Legalist Core of Chinese Governance
Lecture
Carl F. Minzner
Associate Professor of Law, Washington University School of Law
Professor Minzner has served as senior counsel on the Congressional-Executive Commission on China and was an International Affairs Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He received a joint degree from Columbia Law School and School of International and Public Affairs, and a B.A. in international relations from Stanford University. He has published articles on citizen petitioning institutions in China and reforms to the regulations governing Chinese civil society organizations.
October 8
My Work Place: The Supreme Court
Lecture
Huang Yih-Feng
Justice of the Supreme Court, Taipei, Taiwan
Judge Huang has served as Supreme Court justice in Taipei, Taiwan, since 2002, the culmination of a long career in the judicial system, which began in 1979 at the Taiwan Penghu District Court. He received degrees from Loyola University School of Law, Tulane University School of Law, National Taiwan University, and National Chengchi University.
October 15
Criminal Negotiated Justice in China
Lecture
Wei Xiaona
Lecturer, Renmin University Law School
At Columbia Law School as an Edwards Fellow, Professor Wei researched why negotiated criminal justice has emerged, when it takes place, its interaction with due process, American and European perspectives and practices, and public perception. She has noted the irony of this "post-modern" approach arising in China which is still "completing the task of modernization."
October 27
Observations on the Development of a Wall Street Firm's China Practice, 1993-2008
Lecture
Robert Chu
Partner, Sullivan and Cromwell
This event was co-sponsored by Career Services and the Society for Chinese Law.
November 19
Environmental Law Enforcement in China: A Dynamic View on Changes between 2000 and 2006
Lecture
Benjamin van Rooij
Senior Lecturer, The Van Vollenhoven Institute of Law, Governance and Development, Faculty of Law, and the Department of Chinese Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University
Professor van Rooij received multiple degrees with distinction in law and Chinese studies at Leiden University. After practicing law, he joined the Van Vollenhoven Institute of Law in June 2000. Among other topics, he has studied national resource protection legislation in Southwestern China and currently researches political law enforcement campaigns in China, pollution regulation in developing countries, developmental lawmaking, and recent trends in law and development.
November 20
Internship Panel
The 2Ls and 3Ls speak about summer internship opportunities in China. Co-sponsored by Society for Chinese Law and Career Services
SPRING 2008
February 7
Chinese New Year Celebration
(Co-sponsored by the Society for Chinese Law and APALSA)
February 20
People’s Mediation Committees in China: A Review of a Unique Grassroots Organization
Lecture
Peng Xihua, Associate Professor, Law School, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China
February 26
The Impact of Basel Capital Accord II on China's Banking Supervision
Lecture
Zhou Xiaohong
Assistant Professor and Vice Director of International Law, Law School of Jilin University
March 3
The Status of International Arbitration in China and Japan
Lecture
David A. Livdahl ('77)
Partner, Corporate Department, Paul Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, Beijing, China
March 11
Human Rights Without Protection: Pre-trial Treatment of Criminal Defendants in China
Lecture
Wang Tiancheng
Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of Human Rights
March 25
The Dawn of the Due Process Principle in China
Lecture
He Haibo, Associate Professor, Tsinghua University Law School
April 2
The Legislation of Tort Law in China
Lecture
Yu Fei, Associate Professor, School of Civil and Commercial Law, China University of Political Science and Law
April 8
Constitutionalism with Chinese Characteristics? Constitutional Development and Civil Litigation in China
Lecture
Thomas E. Kellogg, Senior Fellow at the Yale Law School China Law Center and Lecturer-in-Law at Yale Law School
April 15
The Company Law of China and its Role in the Reform of State-owned Enterprises
Lecture
Ding Ding, Professor, Associate Dean, University of International Business and Economics
April 22
Private and Public Property Rights: What China Does Differently About IPR, And Why We Should be Concerned
Panel Discussion
Mark A. Cohen, Senior Intellectual Property Attaché, U.S. Embassy, Beijing. with Timothy Wu, professor of law, Columbia Law School, Benjamin Liebman, professor of law, Columbia Law School, and R. Randle Edwards, Walter Gellhorn Professor Emeritus of Law, Columbia Law School.
April 25
Fourth Annual China Symposium: "Defining Chinese Modernity: Information, Economy, and Environment"
Keynote Speaker: The Honorable C.H. Tung, former chief executive of Hong Kong SAR and vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Committee (CPPCC). (Center for Chinese Legal Studies is a cosponsor with the Weatherhad East Asian Institute.)
FALL 2007
September 10, Monday
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights and HIV/AIDS Advocacy in China
Lecture
Wan Yanhai, Director of Beijing Aizhixing Institute
Septemberr 19, Wednesday
The Rule of Law in China: The Past Ten Years and Its Future
中国依法治国十年回顾与展望
Lecture (in Mandarin Chinese)
Li Lin, Director of the Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
September 19, Wednesday
Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival
(Co-sponsored with the Society for Chinese Law)
September 24
Hong Kong's Role in China's Modernization
Lecture
Alan Leong
Hong Kong Legislative Councilor and once Chief Executive Candidate
(Weatherhead East Asian Institute lecture co-sponsored with Center for Chinese Legal Studies)
October 3
The Changes and Implications of the New Labor Contract Law in China: Progress and Challenges
Lecture
Xie Zengyi
Assistant Professor of Law, Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
October 9
Legal Exchanges between China and US--A Personal Review
Lecture
Xue Hanqin
Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
October 24
Regulatory Hurdles to Private Equity Investments in China
Lecture
Marcia Ellis
Partner, Morrison & Foerster
(Co-sponsored by Career Services and The Society for Chinese Law)
October 31
Summer Internship Opportunities in China
Benjamin Liebman, professor and director of the Center for Chinese Legal Studies, Columbia Law School, and the 2Ls and 3Ls of the law school.
November 7
U.S. Corporate Compliance Meets Chinese Corporate Governance: Lessons in Applied Comparative Law
Lecture
Preston M. Torbert, Principal, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Chicago
December 5
China Modernizes: Threat to the West or Model for the Rest?
Lecture
Randall Peerenboom, Oxford University Center for Socio-Legal Studies
December 7
A Discussion with Pu Zhiqiang
Pu Zhiqiang, Partner, Beijing Huayi Law Firm
FALL 2006
Monday, September 18
Legal History Series Lecture
Law during the Qing dynasty by R. Randle Edwards, Walter Gellhorn Professor Emeritus of Law, Columbia Law School and Kentaro Matsubara, University of Tokyo
October 4
Mid-Autumn Festival
(Sponsored by the Society for Chinese Law.)
October 9
Social Unrest and China's Coercive Use of Police Power
Pamela N. Phan, senior counsel, Congressional-Executive Commission on China
(in Chinese).
October 16
Lawyering in China, Past, Present, and Future
Jerome A. Cohen, professor, NYU Law School
October 25
Summer Internship Opportunities in China
Benjamin Liebman, associate professor of Law, Columbia Law School, and director of the Center for Chinese Legal Studies, and the 2Ls and 3Ls of CCLS.
October 30
Judicial Reform in China: Successes and Failures
Zhu Suli, dean, Peking University Law School
November 3
Breakfast with Roger Peng, Hogan & Hartson LLP
November 6
How to Respond to Emerging Bullying among Children in Chinese Schools
Zhang Wenjuan (Wendy), public interest lawyer, Beijing Children's Legal Aid and Research Center
November 13
Rule of Law or Rule by Law: China’s Drive towards a
‘Fazhi (法治)’ State
Gao Xiqing, vice chairman of the National Social Security Fund Administration (NSSF) of China
(Co-sponsored with the Center for Japanese Legal Studies.)
November 20
So Who Got Rich First? Property Law in China
Eva Pils, visiting assistant professor of law, Cornell University
Spring 2007
January 26
Economic Rights as Human Rights
Yang Chunfu, professor of law, Vice Dean, Nanjing University
February 13
The Influence of the U.S. Criminal Justice System on the Acculturation of Recently Arrived Ethnic Groups in the United States
William D. Oldham III, consultant and author
March 28
Recent Revision of the Chinese Securities Law and Its Implications
Liao Fan, assistant professor, Center for International Law Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
April 5
China and the Environment at a Turning Point?
Prospects for Reform and the Role of Law, Lawyers and Courts: A Panel Discussion
Wang Canfa, director, Center for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims (CLAPV); professor, China University of Political Science and Law
Xu Kezhu, deputy director, CLAPV; professor, China University of Political Science and Law
Chang Jiwen, professor, Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Alex L. Wang, Natural Resources Defense Council, attorney and director, China Environmental Law Project
Moderator: Benjamin L. Liebman, associate professor of law, director of the Center for Chinese Legal Studies.
Co-sponsored by the Center for Chinese Legal Studies and the Environmental Law Society
April 11
Weiquan (Rights Protection) Lawyering in an Authoritarian State: The China Case
Fu Hualing, associate professor, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong
April 18
Religious Law and Policy in China
Zhang Shoudong, associate professor of law, China University of Political Science and Law (CUPSL)
April 26
The Current Situation in China's Countryside: A Discussion with the Authors of An Investigation into China's Peasants (中国农民调查）
In Chinese with translation, with Chen Guidi and Wu Chuntao, moderated by Benjamin Liebman.
Fall 2005
Wednesday September 21
Open House
Center for Chinese Legal Studies and Chinese Law Society
Wednesday September 28
Legal Education in China and the U.S.: Comparative Observations
Zhang Lan, Nanjing University Law School
Thursday October 6th
Fighting AIDS with Law in China
Jia Ping, Aizhixing Institute of Health Education, and Meg Davis, author of the Human Rights Watch reports entitled, Restrictions on Chinese AIDS Activists and Locked Doors: The Human Rights of People Living with HIV/AIDS in China.
Monday October 17th
Legislative and Implementation Problems in China's Criminal Law
Mo Shaoping, Chinese attorney and leading civil rights defense advocate
Wednesday October 19th
The Future of Public Interest Lawyering in China
(co-sponsored by the Public Interest Law Initiative)
Zhang Jingjing, Center for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims, China University of Political Science and Law, and Yan Xiang, Center for Protection of the Rights of Disadvantaged Citizens, Wuhan University School of Law
Wednesday October 26
Summer Opportunities in China
Benjamin Liebman, Associate Professor of Law, Columbia Law School, and Director of the Center for Chinese Legal Studies (CCLS) and the 2Ls and 3Ls of CCLS
Friday October 28
China in the WTO: A Four Year Assessment
David Weller, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative for China Affairs
Monday October 31
Xinfang: An Alternative to the Formal Chinese Legal System
Carl Minzner, Congressional Executive Commission on China
Wednesday November 9th
Business Models and Government Control of the Internet Industry in China
Dou Lijun, partner, Beijing East IP Law Firm and the former general legal counsel of TOM.com
Spring 2006
Thursday January 12
China's Expert Evaluation System and Expert's Conclusion (in Chinese)
LI Xuejun (June Li), associate professor, Renmin University of China School of Law
Friday January 20
Breakfast with Lee Edwards, partner in the Beijing Office of Shearman and Sterling. (Co-sponsored by the Society for Chinese Law and Career Services)
Tuesday January 24
The Routes to Establishing a Chinese Precedent System: A Tentative Study in Intellectual Property
DU Ying, Associate Professor, Central Party School, Beijing
Thursday January 26
Law: A Combination of Rights and Power (in Chinese, translated into English by Zhang Lan)
Sun Guohua, professor of law, Renmin University
Thursday January 26
Spring Festival Party
Sponsored by the Society for Chinese Law.
Wednesday February 1
An Economic and Legal Analysis on Eviction Cases in Urban Areas of China: The Game Among the Power, Right and Interest
Feng Yujun
Associate Professor, Renmin University of China School of Law
Friday February 10
Sullivan & Cromwell Luncheon
Sponsored by Career Services.
Monday February 13
Chinese Lantern Festival Celebration
Monday February 20
U.S.-China Lawyers Association Program and Reception
Co-sponsored by the Society for Chinese Law and Career Services.
Thursday March 2
Comparative Introduction to Mergers and Acquisitions
in China's Antimonopoly Law and U.S. Antitrust Law
Huang Jin, lecturer, Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Wednesday March 1
The Challenge of China: Reviving the Culture of Entrepreneurship
Reed Hunt, former FCC chairman and senior advisor, McKinsey & Co.
Wednesday March 8
Lunch with Simon Luk, partner, Heller Ehrman, Hong Kong
Co-sponsored by the Society for Chinese Law and Career Services.
Wednesday March 23
Review of the Revision of the Chinese Securities Law
Ren Zili, associate professor, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics School of Law
Wednesday April 5
New Development of Chinese Competition Law
Wang Xiaoye
Professor of Law at the Institute of Law , Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Wednesday April 12
The Law Library of Congress: Introduction and Recruitment
Bryan S. Bachner, assistant director for legal research for international, comparative and foreign law, Library of Congress
Harry Yee, director of work force development, Law Library of Congress
Monday April 24
The Reform of Civil Adjudication in China
Zhang Wusheng, professor of law, Fudan University Law School and expert counselor at Shanghai Municipal Court and Procuratorate
Fall 2004
Wednesday October 7
Court Reform in China: Achievements and Future Prospects
Wang Liming, professor of law and vice dean, School of Law, Renmin University of China
Wednesday October 13
The Southern Metropolis News Case and Freedom of Speech in China
Xu Zhiyong, professor, Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications
Thursday October 14
China's Civil Rights Movement: A Practical Way to Constitutionalism for Citizen Participants
Xu Zhiyong, professor of law, Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications
Wednesday October 20
Summer Opportunities in China
Benjamin Liebman, associate professor of law, Columbia Law School, and director of the Center for Chinese Legal Studies (CCLS) and the 2Ls and 3Ls of CCLS
Wednesday October 27
Chinese Practice on the Conclusion of Treaties
Jin Qian, Department of Treaties, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Wednesday November 10
China's Criminal Procedure Law: Prospects for Further Reform
Professor Chen and Xu Yongjun
November 17
China's Constitutional Amendments: The Recent Developments and the Next Steps
Tong Zhiwei, professor of law and director of The Institute of Constitutional and Administrative Law, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Spring 2005
Wednesday Februrary 2
Reforming the Reeducation through Labor System (in English)
Liu Renwen, professor, Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social SciencesWednesday Februrary 16
AIDS, Law and Human Rights in China
Sara (Meg) Davis, Human Rights Watch
Wednesday March 2
Chinese Law and Labor Rights in China (in Chinese)
Li Qiang, executive director, China Labor Watch
Wednesday March 30
The Changing Receptivity of Foreign Issuers to U.S. Capital Markets: Implications for Cross-Border Practice
Robert DeLaMater (CLS '84), partner, Sullivan & Cromwell, (co-sponsored by Career Services)
Tuesday April 5
Defamation Law and Media Freedom in China (in Chinese)
Pu Zhiqiang
Thursday April 14
The Future of Chinese Legal Reform: A Panel Discussion in Honor of Stanley Lubman
Cai Dingjian, China University of Law & Politics; He Weifang, Peking University School of Law; Wang Chenguang, Tsinghua University School of Law; Wang Xixin, Peking University School of Law; Stanley Lubman, Boalt Hall School of Law; moderated by Benjamin Liebman, Columbia Law School (in Chinese)
Wednesday April 20
Importing Code, and Exporting Corruption: Corporate Governance of Chinese Listed Companies
Leng Jing, University of Toronto Law School
Fall 2003
Wednesday October 1
The Media Oversight of the Justice System in China (in Chinese)
Li Yayun, Chinese Central Party School
Wednesday October 15
Judicial Reform in China (in Chinese)
Zuo Weimin, dean and professor of law, Sichuan University School of Law
Wednesday October 22
Significance of the Codification of Chinese Civil Law for Modern Society
Xiao Houguo, professor of law, Southwest University School of Law
Wednesday October 29
Hong Kong's Constitutional Challenge to Beijing
Zheng Ge, professor of law, Peking University
Wednesday November 6
Legal Reform in Asia
Panel Discussion
Wednesday November 12
Land Use Property Rights, and Constitutional Revision of Taking Clause in China
Cheng Jie, professor of law, Columbia Law School
Wednesday November 19
Thomas Hall, Columbia Law School, J.D. 2004
Spring 2004
Monday January 26
Chinese Legal Studies Then and Now: An Informal Discussion with Professor R. Randle Edwards
R. Randle Edwards, Walter Gellhorn Professor Emeritus of Law, Columbia Law School
Monday February 2
Recent Trends in China's Court Reforms (in Chinese)
Zhang Gangcheng, judge, Haidian District Court, Beijing; Judge Guo Hong, Beijing Second Intermediate Court; Judge Zhang Gong, Beijing First Intermediate Court
Wednesday February 11
Environmental Crimes in China (in English)
Wang Xiumei
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