The entire staff of the China Law Center was greatly saddened to learn of the sudden death on April 16, 2008, of Professor Zhou Wei of Shanghai Jiaotong University's Law School. 
More... On April 7, 2008, the China Law Center worked with PBS’ WIDE ANGLE Series to host a screening and discussion of the documentary, The People’s Court, which looks at courtrooms and law schools in China and examines the development of China’s legal system. 
More... The first meeting of a new Works-in-Progress Series was held on April 3, 2008, at the China Law Center in New Haven.  More... On March 28 and 29, the China Law Center co-hosted a workshop on land dispute resolution with the Administrative Law Research Center of China’s National School of Administration (CNSA) and the Ministry of Land and Resources. More... Zhen Liu joined the China Law Center as a Fellow in New Haven on November 2.  Philip Chen moved to Beijing to work for the Center as a Senior Fellow on February 11.  Katherine Wilhelm joined the China Law Center as a Senior Fellow in Beijing on March 10.  More... On January 19 and 20, the China Law Center co-hosted a workshop on anti-discrimination law at Sichuan University Law School.
More... The China Law Center warmly welcomes two new visiting scholars from China for the Spring 2008 term.  More... The China Law Center co-hosted a workshop on anti-discrimination law with Sichuan University Law School on January 19 and 20, 2008, in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.  More... In an article published in the January 17 issue of China Brief, Senior Fellows Tom Kellogg and Keith Hand summarize key events in China’s recent constitutional development and assess prospects for the establishment of a transparent and concrete mechanism for constitutional review.  More... On January 12-13, 2008, the China Law Center co-hosted a workshop on anti-corruption law and policy with Peking University’s Administrative and Constitutional Law Research Center.  More... In an article published in the January 2008 issue of the Hong Kong Journal, Senior Fellow Thomas Kellogg examines the impact of Basic Law Article 158 in Hong Kong's constitutional development.  More... On November 15, the China Law Center organized a workshop on community corrections involving Dr. Wu Zongxian, Professor of Law at the College of Criminal Law Science at Beijing Normal University and a visiting scholar at the China Law Center, and Project MORE, a leading community corrections program in New Haven, Connecticut.  More... On Thursday, November 15, 2007, U.S. Ambassador to China Clark T. Randt, Jr. addressed students and faculty at Yale Law School's Workshop on Chinese Legal Reform on U.S. efforts to advance legal reform in China.  More... On October 19, the China Law Center hosted a workshop in New Haven with representatives of China's Ministry of Civil Affairs (MOCA) to discuss legal and policy issues related to the development of a charitable sector and the regulation of charitable organizations.  More... China Law Center Deputy Director Jamie Horsley and Yale Law School Professor John Simon visited Beijing in mid-September to help launch China's first Non-Profit Organizations Legal Clinic, being taught by Peking University Law School's Professor Jin Jinping.  More... The China Law Center warmly welcomes four new visiting scholars from China for the Fall 2007 term.  More... On July 27, the China Law Center was pleased to have the opportunity to organize a presentation and discussion on criminal sentencing guidelines by Dr. Kim Hunt, Executive Director of the Washington, D.C. Sentencing Commission, at the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) in Beijing.  More... On July 24, Ms. Zhou Min, Vice-Director of the State Law Department of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee Legal Affairs Commission, and Ms. Tan Yu, staff member of the Constitutional Law Department of the NPC LAC, arrived at Yale Law School for a five-week research visit.  More... The China Law Center co-hosted two workshops on administrative dispute resolution from July 23-25, 2007 in Beijing.  More... From July 19 to July 21, the China Law Center co-sponsored a workshop and training on the application of judicial precedent in Jiangsu Province with the Jiangsu Judicial Training Institute, the Jiangsu High People’s Court, and Renmin University Law School.  More... The China Law Center co-hosted a Workshop on Social Insurance Legislation with China’s State Council Office of Legislative Affairs on July 16 and 17, 2007 in Beijing.  More... Bryan Townsend, YLS ‘09, joined the China Law Center as a Summer Research Associate in Beijing on June 18.  Grace Hsieh, Yale College '07, joined the China Law Center as a Research Associate in Beijing on July 13.  More... On June 21, China Law Center Senior Fellow Keith Hand and Professor Zhu Wenqi of Renmin University Law School addressed a group of more than 30 U.S. law students and professors at the American Club in Beijing.  More... The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is donating $10 million to support The China Law Center of Yale Law School for five years. More... The China Law Center was honored to host Justice Sandra Day O’Connor for a series of events in Beijing on Women and the Law.  On May 28, 2007, the Center hosted a small group discussion on Women and the Law with Justice O’Connor and eleven of China’s brightest women legal activists, law professors, legal reporters, and law students.  More... The China Law Center and Peking University kicked off a new lecture series in Beijing on May 18, 2007, with a lecture by YLS Professor Robert Post.  His address, part of a day-long program, was the first in a new series on “Information and Expression in a Transforming Society.” More... China Law Center Director Paul Gewirtz, Associate Director Jeffrey Prescott, and Senior Fellow Keith Hand met with Yale students and professors at Peking University Law School today to discuss the Center’s activities, U.S.-China legal cooperation, and legal reform trends in China.  More... The China Law Center co-sponsored a Workshop on Small Claims Procedures with Tsinghua University School of Law on May 19 and 20, 2007.  More... The China Law Center and Peking University kicked off a new lecture series in Beijing on May 18, 2007, with a lecture by YLS Professor Robert Post.  His address, part of a day-long program, was the first in a new series on “Information and Expression in a Transforming Society.”  More... On May 17, China Law Center Director Paul Gewirtz, Associate Director Jeffrey Prescott, and Professor Wang Xixin of Peking University visited Changsha, Hunan Province for talks on administrative law with Governor Zhou Qiang and other Hunan legal officials.  More... In an article published in the May issue of the Far Eastern Economic Review, Senior Fellow Keith Hand examines three recent citizen legal claims — two involving mundane tax and compensation issues, and a third involving a well-known constitutional challenge to China’s Property Rights Law, and their implications for China’s constitutional development.   More... In an article published in the April issue of the Hong Kong Journal, Senior Fellow Thomas Kellogg examines Hong Kong’s new Surveillance Ordinance.  More... The China Law Center co-sponsored an “International Workshop on the Legalization of Central-Local Relations” with The Constitutional and Administrative Law Center at Peking University on January 6-7, 2007 in Beijing.  More... The China Law Center sponsored an “International Workshop on Water Conservation” with China’s State Council Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA) on October 24-25, 2006 in Beijing.  The event brought together a group of international experts and Chinese officials and scholars to discuss efforts to design a new water conservation policy in China.  More... The China Law Center’s Jamie Horsley was inaugural keynote speaker at a new Public Policy Forum at Beijing’s Peking University on October 19, 2006.  More... The Beijing-based workshop facilitated conversations about tort law reform between members of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the National People's Congress and U.S. tort law experts.  More... An interview with Jamie Horsley, deputy director of The China Law Center at Yale Law School.  More... The China Law Center hosted an "International Workshop on the Legislature, Budget Supervision, and Public Finance" in Beijing on May 13-14. More... The conference was called "Diversity, Equality and Harmony: International Workshop on Sexuality, Policy and Law," and was held in conjunction with Fudan University in Shanghai on January 7-8. More... A delegation led by Professor Paul Gewirtz discussed a draft revision to China's Food Hygiene Law. More... The China Law Center held a conference in Beijing on May 7-8, in conjunction with Peking University Law School, to bring together leading Chinese legal scholars and government officials to discuss "Constitutional Review and the Future of Chinese Constitutionalism." More... More...