Workshop on Chinese Legal Reform

The Workshop on Chinese Legal Reform provides students and faculty an opportunity to learn about the Chinese legal system through discussions of papers on law and policy reform topics presented by Center staff, Fellows, visiting Chinese scholars, and distinguished guest speakers (both Chinese and American). The Workshop has come to serve as a focal point within Yale Law School – and increasingly within Yale University as a whole – for faculty and students with an interest in China and in exploring issues related to Chinese law and policy reform.
The Workshop will be offered as a one-unit credit/fail course in the Spring 2010 term. Unless otherwise noted, the class will meet on Tuesdays, from 4:10 PM-6:00 PM in room 124, Sterling Law Building.

February 16
No Session--Special Event To Be Announced Later in the Term

February 23
Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series with Professor Jerome A. Cohen '55
Part III: Participating in the Growth of China's Legal System: Scholarly, Pro Bono and Journalistic Efforts
(Class will meet in Faculty Lounge)

March 2
Benjamin Heineman, Harvard Law School (former General Counsel and Senior Vice President, General Electric)
"Doing Business in China: Legal and Ethical Issues"

March 9
Sida Liu, University of Wisconsin
"Politics in Everyday Work: Motivations and Coping Strategies of Chinese Criminal Defense Lawyers"

March 16
No Session--Spring Recess

March 23
Nicholas Bequelin, Human Rights Watch
"Lawyers and Human Rights in China: Pioneers, Agents and Victims"

March 30
Rangita de Silva-de Alwis, Wellesley College
"New Developments in Gender-Based Legal Reform: Exciting Opportunities and Emerging Challenges, 15 Years after the Beijing Conference"

April 6
J. Stapleton Roy, Director, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (former U.S. Ambassador to China)

April 13
Jeffrey Bader, Asia Director, National Security Council, White House

April 20
To Be Announced

April 27
Wang Xixin, Peking University Law School

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