Chen Jinhua

Chen Jinhua is an official responsible for legal advice in the Inspection Division of the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration.  Ms. Chen earned her LLB and LLM from the East China University of Politics & Law, and is currently a PhD candidate in administrative law at the Shanghai Jiaotong University.  She has published articles, in Chinese, on the petition system, administrative discretion and the legislative power of local governments.  At Yale, Ms. Chen is carrying out research on information disclosure rules and practices relating to food and drug regulation and inspection, and the advisory committee system used by the Food and Drug Administration in the U.S. and other countries.

Li Cheng

Li Cheng is a PhD candidate in law at Shanghai Jiaotong University.  An active anti-discrimination lawyer and scholar, he has helped bring a number of lawsuits in fields such as gender, age and rural/urban discrimination.  He has published articles, in Chinese, on administrative law and constitutional law.  Mr. Li earned his LLB and LLM at Sichuan University.  While at Yale, he will research American antidiscrimination law, and the role of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and other administrative mechanisms for resolving discrimination disputes.

Min Chunlei

For the past twenty years, Professor Min Chunlei has taught criminal procedure at Jilin University, where she earned her bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees.  She is a leading criminal procedure scholar in China, and has recently published in the Peking University Law Journal and the Chinese Journal of Law.  Dr. Min has also consulted extensively with various courts and prosecutor’s offices in Jilin province.  During her visit, Dr. Min will conduct research on American sentencing procedure and proof standards for criminal convictions.

Wang Yifei

Wang Yifei is a PhD candidate at the Peking University School of Law, where he works on criminal procedure.  Mr. Wang received a bachelor’s degree in law, and another in English, from the Southwest University of Political Science and Law, where he also earned a master’s degree in criminal procedure law.  He has published articles on expert witnesses, criminal defense and the limits on prosecution power.  Mr. Wang is also currently involved on a pilot project involving criminal sentencing reform in various Chinese courts.  While at Yale, he is doing comparative research on the sentencing procedures of the United States, and various civil law countries.

Zhang Jingjing

Zhang Jingjing is one of China’s leading public interest lawyers.  She has litigated, and won, a number of landmark environmental cases throughout China, including a class action lawsuit with over 1,600 plaintiffs in Fujian province.  Ms. Zhang is the litigation director of the Center for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims (CLAPV), one of the leading environmental law organization in China.  Ms. Zhang earned her LLB from Wuhan University, and LLM from China University of Political Science and Law.  In Fall 2008, she was a World Fellow at Yale University.  While at the China Law Center, she will study American environmental law and litigation.

Zhao Deguan

Zhao Deguan is Chief of the Administrative Reconsideration Division of the Legislative Affairs Office of Shanghai Municipal People’s Government, where he is responsible for handling administrative appeals.  After earning his master's degree from Soochow University Law School, Mr. Zhao worked in the Nanjing Municipal Intermediate People’s Court and the Shanghai Administrative Law Institute.  He has published articles on public participation in urban management and on administrative litigation topics.  During his visit at Yale in April 2009, Mr. Zhao will conduct research on administrative adjudication and the use of mediation in administrative procedure, give a talk about the use of mediation in administrative adjudication in Shanghai and meet with government officials and administrative law judges who are involved with administrative adjudication in the United States.