Columbia Law School and Peking University Law School Establish Faculty Exchange Program

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Columbia Law School and Peking University Law School Establish Faculty Exchange Program

  

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New York, Dec. 20, 2011—Columbia Law School and Peking University Law School announced a new program designed to expand an ongoing exchange of ideas between faculty members of the two institutions. 
The program is modeled on the student exchange program that has linked the two schools since 2006. Visiting faculty are invited to co-teach a course with a colleague at the host institution, lecture on a topic of interest, and/or conduct research. They are also encouraged to participate in the academic life of the host school and to take advantage of campus resources and events.
Columbia Law School is a longstanding leader in Chinese legal studies and is the only school among its peers with a full-time faculty member specializing in Chinese law since the 1960s.
Shortly after diplomatic relations between the U.S. and China were restored in 1979, the Law School began regular exchanges with Chinese academics and practitioners. Over the years, scholars have traveled to China to participate in conferences, advise on developing tort law, and help formulate international policy. The Law School has hosted hundreds of scholars from China since the early 1980s, many of whom have gone on to play prominent roles at leading Chinese law schools.
“This exciting new faculty exchange program allows closer and formalized collaboration between Columbia scholars and their peers in China,” said David M. Schizer, Dean and the Lucy G. Moses Professor of Law at Columbia Law School.
Peking University Law School is located in Beijing, the capital of the People’s Republic of China. It is among the world’s great law schools in terms of faculty and student talent, academic research, and efforts to reform China’s legal system. Its scholars regularly partner with the Chinese government, with law firms, and with the business community to develop cutting-edge legal, social, and commercial policy.

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