Peking University School of Transnational Law The Peking University School of Transnational Law (“STL”) is the first of China’s more than 600 law schools to prepare its students to receive a Juris Doctor (“J.D.”) degree (in Chinese， they will receive a Fa Liu Shuo Shi)， using a curriculum that was designed by reference to the curriculum used in American law schools. http://www.stl.szpku.edu.cn/en/ zh-cn stl@szpku.edu.cn STL Students Gained Great Success in 2010 Jessup (China) International Law Moot Court Competition http://www.stl.szpku.edu.cn/en/article.asp?articleid=174 The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, which is also known as the Jessup, was held in the Renmin University of China. After four days’ intense competition, Students from Peking University School of Transnational Law (“STL”) gained great success. Li Jiangfeng and Tang Weiqi, both from the Year 2008 Class, were rewarded “the 2nd Best Oralist Prize” and “the 14th Best Oralist Prize”. (This competition resulted in 15 Best Oralists out of more than 200 participants).
 
 
The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, with more than 50 years of history, is the world's largest moot court competition, with participants from over 900 law schools in more than 100 countries. The competition is a simulation of a fictional dispute between countries before the International Court of Justice, the judicial organ of the United Nations. One team is allowed to participate from every eligible school. Teams prepare oral and written pleadings arguing both the applicant and respondent positions of the case. The Jessup Competition is an excellent training ground for law students from around the world. It not only provides a challenging intellectual experience but also a cultural one that transcends national boundaries.
 
The 8th Chinese Jessup competition was held in Renmin University of China. More than 200 students from 34 Universities of China participated in this competition, such as those from Peking University, Renmin University, Fudan University. More than 30 well-known international-law scholars, experts or judges from all over the world were invited to be judges for each round of the competition.
 
 
Five STL students, (including Li Jiangfeng, Tang Weiqi, Zhouquan, Luo Shenghua, Zhangyin), had intense competition with participants from China Youth University for Political Sciences, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, University of International Relations and Jilin University. In each Round, STL students had very impressive performance, and finally got into top 10 of all the teams. All judges were impressed by the outstanding performance of each STL student, and many judges said that they were looking forward to seeing that more and more STL students have excellent performance in the future.
…… [点击标题查看详细] ]]> Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:45:00 GMT Francis Snyder: China and the European Union in the WTO Dispute Settlement System http://www.stl.szpku.edu.cn/en/article.asp?articleid=173 Law Professor Francis Snyder visits STL this week and delivered a speech titled “China and the European Union in the WTO Dispute Settlement System” on Tuesday.
 
In the speech, Professor Snyder indicated that, in the history of relationship between China & EU under the scope of WTO, there were two periods.  Before 2005/2006 the relationship was bilateral more than multilateral, and reversed after that certain time.  Based on elaborated statistics, Professor Snyder explained the reasons of the above phenomenon.  Professor Snyder pointed out that, during the process of entering in WTO, the burden China met was extremely heavy.  Also he gave the link between “plus obligation” and non-market economy country.  After answered the student’s questions, Professor Snyder emphasized that although more and more litigations had been occurred in WTO, bright future is his prediction.
 
 
Prof. Snyder holds a B.A. from Yale University, was a Fulbright Scholar at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, received the J.D. from Harvard Law School, and holds a Doctorate de Spécialité from the Université de Paris I. He is a U.S. Attorney. He was previously Professor of European Law at University College London. He has held visiting appointments at many universities in Europe, North America and Asia. He served on the Working Group based at the EUI ion Florence that prepared a 'Basic Treaty of the European Union' for the European Commission prior to the Nice IGC. He also served on a similar group during the drafting of the Amsterdam Treaty. He is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the European Law Journal. His many publications include Law of the Common Agricultural Policy (1985, French trans. 1987, Ital. Trans. 1990); International Trade and Customs Law of the European Union (1998); and The Europeanization of Law: The Legal Effects of European Integration (editor, 2000).
 
…… [点击标题查看详细] ]]> Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:00:00 GMT Rethinking Pleading - Professor Ray Campbell Delivers a speech at STL http://www.stl.szpku.edu.cn/en/article.asp?articleid=172 Professor Ray Campbell visits STL this week and delivered a speech about pleading on Monday, March 8, 2010.
 
 
Prof. Campbell is Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law and Visiting Assistant Professor at the Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law.  He studied at Yale College, and he holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia.  He has served as Law Clerk to the Chief Justice of the United States, Warren Burger, as a partner in the transnational law firms of Kirkland & Ellis, and Jenner & Block, and as Chairman and CEO of HarmonyCentral.com, Inc.  He is a scholar of civil procedure and professional responsibility.
 
 
…… [点击标题查看详细] ]]> Tue, 9 Mar 2010 08:06:00 GMT Looking for Administrative Assistant http://www.stl.szpku.edu.cn/en/article.asp?articleid=171 Recruitment Notice
 
The Peking University School of Transnational Law (STL) is the first of China’s more than 600 law schools to prepare its students to receive a Juris Doctor degree, using a curriculum that was designed by reference to the curriculum used in American law schools. STL is seeking for one full-time assistant in our Administrative Office.
 
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Primary responsibility for student affairs and publicizing our school as well as other daily work in the administrative office.
 
REQUIREMENTS:
-- B.A. degree or higher, master and abroad experience preferred.
-- Fluency in English
 
BENEFITS:
This position is eligible for the state benefits package and Shenzhen registered residence (only for Chinese applicants).
 
 
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Applicants shall send their CV to STL’s Administrative Office by email. Please see the contacts as follows. Record of English skills and one-inch photo are required with the Email. Each applicant shall mark the position to be applied for when applying. Application is available till March 30, 2010.
 
CONTACTS:
 Contact Person: Ms. Ruan
 Email Address: stl@szpku.edu.cn
 
We make a commitment hereby that applicants’ personal information will be kept confidential in recruitment process.
 
…… [点击标题查看详细] ]]> Tue, 9 Mar 2010 02:35:00 GMT Harvard Law Professor David B. Wilkins Visits STL http://www.stl.szpku.edu.cn/en/article.asp?articleid=170

 “If lawyers are to be something more than just another tool of globalization, they must define a new professionalism that is both responsive to changing markets and true to the profession’s highest ideals – both domestically and globally.”

                                                                                                                            -------- David B. Wilkins

 
Harvard Law Professor David B. Wilkins Visited Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School this Monday, March 1, 2010 and delivered a speech titled “Making Global Lawyers: Legal Practice and Legal Education in the Twenty First Century” at School of Transnational Law.
 
Professor Wilkins is the Lester Kissel Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Program on the Legal Profession and the Center on Lawyers and the Professional Services Industry at Harvard Law School. He is also a Senior Research Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a Faculty Associate of the Harvard University Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics.
 
 
            
 
At the beginning of the speech, Professor Wilkins said there are more than 1,000 people working for legal affairs in Huawei, which greatly encouraged STL students, the first people who will get J.D. degrees as well as J.M. degrees in China. Professor Wilkins pointed out that the growing competition demands global skills and fluency. “There is no single global law- let alone language or culture”, he said.
…… [点击标题查看详细] ]]> Wed, 3 Mar 2010 02:28:00 GMT C.V. Starr Teaching Fellows of STL http://www.stl.szpku.edu.cn/en/article.asp?articleid=153 Andrew Knepley is one of our CV Starr Teaching Fellows this year.  Mr. Knepley graduated from the University of Michigan School of Literature Science and the Arts in 2002 where he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree with Distinction and a concentration in the History of Art.  After college, he headed west as a part of the Teach for America program to teach special education to middle school students in the Watts neighborhood of South Los Angeles.  Following this service commitment, he returned to the University of Michigan and earned his Juris Doctorate degree in 2008.  He also served as the law school student body Vice-President in his third year.  Following graduation, he passed the New York bar and began his practice in New York City focusing on banking regulatory matters and international arbitration.  Mr. Knepley is approaching fluency in the Spanish language and has been working on his Chinese since he arrived in Shenzhen. 
 
 
Alexis Paddock joined the Peking University School of Transnational Law as a C.V. Starr Teaching Fellow in 2009.  Ms. Paddock received a J.D. from Georgetown University, where she was involved in teaching the first-year Legal Research and Writing program as a Law Fellow.  Her international experience includes a semester at the Center for Transnational Legal Studies in London, a unique partnership that brings together faculty and students to study transnational legal issues. She completed her undergraduate study at the University of California, San Diego, where she received a B.A. in Political Science and History.  Her academic interests include international and comparative law.
 
 
Paul DePasquale is a C.V. Starr Teaching Fellow for the 2009-2010 academic year. Prior to joining STL, Mr. DePasquale worked in the New York office of a global law firm.  He has provided tax and structuring analysis for a wide variety of international financial and business transactions, including investment funds, private equity investments, carried interest arrangements, corporate acquisitions, domestic (U.S.) and cross-border real estate transactions, and joint ventures.  Mr. DePasquale received his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor, Michigan and completed his undergraduate studies at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.  His professional and academic interests include international taxation, tax treaties, and the taxation of financial instruments. 
 
Ann Chernicoff  is a C.V. Starr Teaching Fellow for the 2009-2010 academic year. She earned her A.B. cum laude in American Government from Harvard College and her J.D magna cum laude from Boston University Law School. While at Boston University, Ms. Chernicoff served as an Articles Editor for the Public Interest Law Journal and worked as a summer associate for Nixon Peabody, LLP. Prior to studying law, she worked in the Division of United States Studies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, as an affordable housing consultant to the US Government, and as the Speakers Program Director for the Junior Statesmen Foundation. Ms. Chernicoff is interested in public policy, methods of alternative dispute resolution, and civics education.
 
 
Sammy Mansour is a C.V. Starr Teaching Fellow at Peking University School of Transnational Law. Prior to joining STL, Mr. Mansour served as Law Clerk to the Hon. Jennifer M. Anderson on the District of Columbia Superior Court.  His professional interests include litigation, alternate dispute resolution, and international law. Mr. Mansour has worked and studied in several countries, and is fluent in Arabic and Hebrew. He received a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Yale University.
 
Jason P. Potter holds a Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law (2006) and a B.F.A. from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (2000). At NYU Law, Jason was the Editor-in-Chief of the NYU Review of Law & Social Change and recipient of the Flora S. and Jacob L. Newman graduation prize. Following summer associateships in New York City at the American Civil Liberties Union and Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Jason was an associate in the Los Angeles office of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. He is a member of the State Bar of California and is interested in legal education, First Amendment, and equal protection law.
…… [点击标题查看详细] ]]> Mon, 1 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT Administration and Faculty of STL http://www.stl.szpku.edu.cn/en/article.asp?articleid=23  

Peking University School of Transnational Law

Senior Administration and Teaching Faculty, 2008-2011
 
Senior Administration
 
HAI Wen is Vice President of Peking University with responsibility for the Shenzhen Campus; Professor of Economics; and Deputy Director of the China Center for Economics Research.  He studied at Peking University and he holds a Ph.D. from the University of California at Davis.  He has also taught at the California State University, the University of California at Davis, the Colorado State University, and the Australian National University.  He is a scholar of international economics and development economics, and he is the author of International Trade – Theory, Policy, and Empirical Issues.  He is responsible for, several years ago, creating on the Shenzhen campus an innovative, English-language program of graduate business education.  He conceived the idea of having Peking University launch China’s first true J.D. program, and he recruited Professor Lehman to lead it.
 
Jeffrey LEHMAN is Chancellor and Founding Dean of the Peking University School of Transnational Law; Professor of Law and Former President of Cornell University; and President of the Institute for China-U.S. Law & Policy Studies.  He studied at Cornell University and the University of Michigan Institute of Public Policy Studies, and he holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Michigan Law School.  He has served as Dean of the University of Michigan Law School, Law Clerk to Chief Judge Frank Coffin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, and President of the American Law Deans Association.  He has also taught at the Yale Law School, l’Université de Paris II, and Tsinghua University.  He is a scholar of tax law and public benefits law, and he is the author of An Optimistic Heart, and Corporate Income Taxation.
 
Stephen YANDLE is Associate Dean of the Peking University School of Transnational Law.  He holds a bachelors degree and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia.  He has served as Assistant Dean at the University of Virginia, as Associate Dean at the Northwestern University Law School, as Associate Dean of the Yale Law School, as Deputy Consultant on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar of the American Bar Association, and as Vice President for Global Law School Programs at LexisNexis.  He has also served as Chairperson of the Section on Administration of Law Schools of the Association of American Law Schools (“AALS”), President of the National Association for Law Placement, and member of the AALS Committee on Legal Education Exchange with China.  At the Yale Law School he taught about diversity in higher education.
 
Liya RONG is Professor of Law and Assistant Dean at the Peking University School of Transnational Law.  She studied at the China University of Political Sciences and Law, the Harvard Law School, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government, and she holds an S.J.D. degree from the University of Michigan Law School.  She has served as Publisher of the Harvard China Review.  She has also taught courses at the University of Michigan Law School, Peking University, the Beijing National Accounting Institute, and Tsinghua University.  She is a scholar of corporate tax law and international tax law, and she is the author of Tax Competition in Developed and Developing Countries: The Case of China.
 
XU Hua is Chief of Staff at the Peking University School of Transnational Law.  She studied at the China University of Geosciences, and holds a Juris Master degree from the Peking University Law School.
 


Research-Teaching Faculty
 
Kif AUGUSTINE-ADAMS is Visiting Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law (in 2009-10), and Charles E. Jones Professor of Law and Associate Dean of the J. Reuben Clark Law School of Brigham Young University.  She studied at Brigham Young University, and she holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Harvard Law School.  She is a scholar of citizenship, immigration, and gender, and she is the author of “Constructing Mexico.”
 
Yifat BITTON is Visiting Associate Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law (in 2009-10), and Associate Professor at Shaarey Mishpat College of Law.  She holds three law degrees, including a Ph.D., from Hebrew University, and an LL.M. degree from the Yale Law School.  She has taught at Hebrew University, Tel Aviv University, Haifa University, and the Interdisciplinary Center School of Law, and she has been a visiting researcher at the Harvard Law School.  She is a scholar of torts, law and gender, and antidiscrimination law, and she is a co-editor of Readings in Law, Gender and Feminism.
 
David H. BLANKFEIN-TABACHNICK is Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law.  He is a 2008 graduate of the Yale Law School and holds a Ph.D. in legal and political philosophy from the University of Virginia.  He has been a Visiting Scholar at the Yale Law School where he studied with Hon. Guido Calabresi of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and has been honored by the University of Virginia for the quality of his teaching.  In 2006, he hosted the Virginia Law Review symposium Contemporary Political Theory and the Private Law.  A scholar of private ordering, legal and political theory, and tax policy, his work has appeared in the Virginia Law Review, the George Washington Law Review, The Cambridge University Press journal, Social Philosophy and Policy.
 
Howard BROMBERG is Visiting Professor of Law and Director of the Legal Practice Program at the Peking University School of Transnational Law, and Clinical Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School.  He studied at Harvard College and Stanford Law School, and he holds a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.  Professor Bromberg has served as Associate Director of the First-Year Lawyering Program at Harvard Law School and as Assistant Dean of Clinical and Professional Skills Programs at the Ave Maria School of Law.  He has also taught at the University of Chicago Law School and the Stanford Law School.  He is a scholar of property law and American legal history.
 
Anne BURR is Visiting Assistant Professor of Law in the Legal Practice Program at the Peking University School of Transnational Law, and Director of Legal Writing at the Wayne State University School of Law.  She studied at the Oakland University and the Wayne State University graduate school, and she holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Wayne State University School of Law.  She has served as a Law Clerk in the Federal District Court, the Federal Bankruptcy Court, and the Michigan Court of Appeals.  An expert in dispute resolution and corporate law, she has been a partner in the law firm of Dykema Gossett, LLC, senior counsel to Allied Domecq, PLC, and she has taught research, writing, and advocacy at the Detroit College of Law and the Ave Maria School of Law.
 
Kenneth DAU-SCHMIDT is Visiting Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law (in 2009-10), and Willard and Margaret Carr Professor of Labor and Employment Law at the Maurer School of Law, at Indiana University.  He studied at the University of Wisconsin, and he holds both a Juris Doctor degree and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.  He has won many awards for his teaching, and he has taught at Christian-Albrechts-Universität and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität in Germany, and at Université de Paris Panthéon-Assas (Paris II) in France.  He is a scholar of labor and employment law, and the economic analysis of legal problems, and he is the author of Labor Law in the Contemporary Workplace.
 
Kathryn DAY is Visiting Assistant Professor of Law in the Legal Practice Program at the Peking University School of Transnational Law, and Lecturer in Legal Writing at the Wayne State University School of Law.  She studied at the University of Michigan, and she holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Northwestern University School of Law.  She has served as a Law Clerk in Appellate Courts of the State of Illinois, has served as the president of Lawquest, Inc., and has taught research, writing, and advocacy at the Ave Maria School of Law.
 
Linda ELLIOTT is Visiting Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law (in 2009-10).  She studied at Kalamazoo College, and she holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Michigan Law School and an LL.M. in Advocacy from the Georgetown University Law Center.  She has served as a Law Clerk in the Federal District Court for the Western District of Michigan and in the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, as an attorney in the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, and as Deputy Circuit Executive and as Special Counsel to the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.  She has taught at Georgetown University and New York University.  She is a scholar of appellate decisionmaking and is the co-author of Federal Courts -- Standards of Review.
 
Jason EYSTER is Visiting Assistant Professor of Law in the Legal Practice Program at the Peking University School of Transnational Law.  He studied at Princeton University and he holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Fordham Law School, where he served as Assistant Editor of the Journal Art and the Law.   An expert in immigration law and arts law, he has worked for Actor’s Equity Association and for Ars Musica, served as Senior Editor of the Immigration and Nationality Law Handbook, served as Executive Director of the Princeton in Asia Foundation and for the University of Michigan’s Southeast Asia Business Program. He has also been a partner in an immigration law firm, and he has taught legal research and writing and clinical law at the Ave Maria School of Law.
 
Mary FAN is Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law (in 2010-11), and Assistant Professor of Law at the American University Washington College of Law.  She studied at the University of Arizona and the University of Cambridge, and she holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Yale Law School.  She has served as Law Clerk to Judge John Noonan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California, and Associate Legal Officer to Judge O-Gon Kwon of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. She is a scholar of American and international criminal law, and she is the co-author of International Criminal Law:  Cases and Commentary.
 
Jack GOLDSMITH is Visiting Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law (2010-11), and Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School.   He studied at Washington and Lee University and Oxford University and holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Yale Law School.  He has served as Law Clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, and as Assistant Attorney General of the United States (Office of Legal Counsel).  He has also taught at the University of Virginia and the University of Chicago.  He is a scholar of international law, and he is the author of The Terror Presidency.
 
Whitmore GRAY is Visiting Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan Law School.   He studied at Principia College and holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Michigan Law School and an LLD from Adrian College.  He has served as a consultant on law reform in Indonesia, Cambodia, and Argentina and has been a visiting scholar at Tokyo University.  He has also taught at Fordham University, Jilin University and the Academy Summer Program.  He is a scholar of contract law, commercial law, and comparative legal systems, and he translated into English the Russian Civil Code and the Chinese Civil Law Principles Civil Code.
 
Thomas KAUPER is Visiting Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law (in 2008-09), and Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan Law School.   He holds a bachelors degree and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Michigan Law School.  He has served as Law Clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, and as Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the United States, and as Assistant Attorney General of the United States (Antitrust Division).  He has also taught at the Harvard Law School.  He is a scholar of property and antitrust law, and he is the author of Property: An Introduction to the Concept and the Institution.
 
Michael KLAUSNER is Visiting Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law (in 2010-11), and Nancy and Charles Munger Professor of Business and Professor of Law at Stanford University.   He studied at the University of Pennsylvania and the Yale University Graduate School and holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Yale Law School.  He has served as Law Clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, a White House Fellow, and as an attorney with the transnational law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  He has also taught at New York University Law School.  He is a scholar of corporate law and corporate governance, and he is the author of “Outside Director Liability,” and “Corporations, Corporate Law, and Networks of Contracts.”
 
Kevin KORDANA is Visiting Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law (in 2009-10), and Professor of Law at the University of Virginia Law School.   He studied at Yale College and holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Yale Law School.  He has served as Law Clerk to Chief Judge Richard Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.  He has also taught at the University of Southern California and the George Washington University Law School. He is a scholar of contracts, corporations, nonprofit organizations, and bankruptcy law, and he is the author of “Distributive Justice and Contractual Associations.”
 
Peter MALANCZUK is C.V. Starr Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law.  He studied at the University of Göttingen, the University of München, and the University of Heidelberg, and he holds a Doctor of Law from the University of Gliessen.  Professor Malanczuk has served as the Dean of the City University of Hong Kong School of Law and as the Department Head of International Law at the University of Amsterdam and the Erasmus University.  He has also taught at the University of Michigan, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Addis Ababa, Peking University, Tsinghua University, and the University of Hong Kong.  He is a scholar of international law and arbitration law, and he is the author of Akehurst’s Modern Introduction to International Law.
 
Charles OGLETREE is Visiting Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law (in 2009-10) and is the Jesse Climenko Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where he is also the Executive Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice.  He has earned degrees from Stanford University and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.  He served as Deputy Director of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service, Trustee of Stanford University, and Chairman of the Board of the University of the District of Columbia.  He has received many national honors and awards, including the Living Legends Award and the National Spirit Award, and holds eight honorary doctorates.   He is a scholar of comparative criminal justice systems, public defender systems, and race and criminal justice, and is the author of several important books including All Deliberate Speed, When Law Fails, and the soon to be released, The Road to Abolition?
 
Randall PEERENBOOM is Visiting Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law (in 2008-09), Professor of Law at La Trobe University in Australia, Associate Fellow at the Oxford University Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, and Director of the Oxford Foundation for Law, Justice and Society China Rule of Law Programme.  He studied at the University of Wisconsin and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii and a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia University.  He has served as an advisor to the Asia Development Bank and the Ford Foundation.  He has also taught at the UCLA Law School.  He is a scholar of legal theory, comparative law, law and development, and international business transactions.  He is the author of China Modernizes and China's Long March toward Rule of Law.
 
Katharina PISTOR is Visiting Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law (2010-11), and Michael I. Sovern Professor of Law at the Columbia Law School.   She studied at the University of Freiburg, the University of London, and Harvard University and holds a Doctorate of Jurisprudence from the University of Munich.  She has served on the editorial board of European Business Organization Law, and she has taught at the John F. Kennedy School of Public Policy at Harvard University.  She is a scholar of comparative law, corporate law and governance, and European law, and she is the co-author of Law and Capitalism.
 
Milton REGAN is Visiting Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law (in 2010-11), and Professor of Law at Georgetown University, where he is Co-Director of the Center for the Study of the Legal Profession.   He studied at the University of Houston and the University of California Los Angeles and holds a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University.  He has served as Law Clerk to Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and to U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, and as an attorney with the transnational law firm of Davis, Polk & Wardwell.  He is a scholar of legal ethics, corporations, and the legal profession, and he is the author of Legal Ethics and Corporate Practice.
 
Mark ROSENBAUM is Visiting Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law (in 2009-10), and Legal Director of the ACLU of Southern California.  He studied at the University of Michigan and holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Harvard Law School.  He has taught at Duke, Harvard, Loyola, UCLA, the University of Michigan, and the University of Southern California.  He has argued three times before the United States Supreme Court, and he has appeared frequently before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the California Supreme Court.  His areas of expertise include race, gender, poverty and homelessness, education, voting rights, workers' rights, immigrants' rights, the First Amendment and criminal trials. He has received numerous awards and commendations, is regularly selected as one of the most influential lawyers in California, and recently was named California Attorney of the Year in the area of civil rights.
 
Barry SLUTSKY is C.V. Starr Distinguished Professor in Residence at the Peking University School of Transnational Law (in 2009-10).  He holds bachelor’s degrees in law and in economics, as well as a Ph.D. in law, from the University of British Columbia, and he also studied at the London School of Ecnomoics and Politics.  Professor Slutsky has been a member of the faculty at the University of British Columbia, and he received the William Paul McClure Kennedy Memorial Award as Outstanding Law Teacher in Canada. He has also taught at the University of New South Wales, the City University of Hong Kong.  He is a scholar of company law and tort law, and he is the editor of Company Law in Hong Kong:  Practice and Procedure.
 
Paul STEPHAN is Visiting Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law (in 2010-11), and John C. Jeffries, Jr., Distinguished Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law.   He holds two degrees from Yale University and he holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia.  He has served as Law Clerk to Judge Levin Campbell of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell.  He has also taught at l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, Melbourne University, Sydney University, l’Universite de Lausanne, Universität Wien, and l’Université de Paris I et II.   He is a scholar of international law, international business transactions, tax law, and post-Soviet law, and he is the author of The Limits of Leviathan:  Contract Theory and the Enforcement of International Law.
 
Matthew STEPHENSON is Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law (in 2009-10) and Assistant Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School.  He holds a bachelors degree, a Ph.D. in political science, and a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard University.  He has served as Law Clerk to Senior Judge Stephen Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, as a consultant to the World Bank, and as Special Rapporteur for the Commission on the Legal Empowerment of the Poor.  He is a scholar of he application of positive political theory to public law, particularly in the areas of administrative procedure, judicial institutions, and separation of powers, and he is the author of “Statutory Interpretation by Administrative Agencies.”
 
Frank WU is Visiting Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law, and Professor of Law at the Howard University School of Law.  He studied at the Johns Hopkins University, and he holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Michigan.  He has served as the Dean of the Wayne State University School of Law, a law clerk in the Federal District Court, and as a trustee of Gallaudet University, and he is a member of the Committee of 100.  He has also taught at the University of Maryland, the University of Michigan, and Columbia University.  He is a scholar of professional responsibility and discrimination law, and he is the author of Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White.
 
Thomas WEIDENBACH is Visiting Lecturer in the Legal Practice Program at the Peking University School of Transnational Law (in 2008-09).  He studied at the University of Chicago and at Oxford University, and he holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.   He has practiced law in California, and he has served as an advisor to several private law firms and one state-owned enterprise in China.  He has also taught at the Washtenaw Community College, the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and the China University of Politics and Law.

Ray CAMPBELL is Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law and Visiting Assistant Professor at the Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law.  He studied at Yale College, and he holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia.  He has served as Law Clerk to the Chief Justice of the United States, Warren Burger, as a partner in the transnational law firms of Kirkland & Ellis, and Jenner & Block, and as Chairman and CEO of HarmonyCentral.com, Inc.  He is a scholar of civil procedure and professional responsibility.


 

Adjunct Faculty
 
Gary BORN is Adjunct Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law (in 2010-11), and a partner in the transnational law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP.  He studied at Haverford College, and he holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.  He has served as Law Clerk to U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Henry Friendly and U.S. Supreme Court Justice William H. Rehnquist, and as member of the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law.   He has also taught law at the St. Gallen University, Stanford University, University College London, University of Arizona, Georgetown University, and the University of Virginia.  He is widely regarded as one of the world's pre-eminent authorities and practitioners in the fields of international arbitration and international litigation, and he is the author of several leading treatises, including International Commercial Arbitration (3rd ed. Kluwer) and International Civil Litigation in United States Courts (4th ed. Aspen).
 
Luca DELL’ANESE is Adjunct Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law (in 2009-10) and an associate with the transnational law firm of Ropes & Gray.  He studied at the Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi and Harvard University, and he holds a J.D. degree from the Università degli Studi di Milano–Bicocca and an S.J.D. degree from the University of Michigan.  He has served as manager of the European Center of Tax Studies and Electronic Commerce in Milan, Italy.  His areas of expertise include tax law, international tax law, cross-border transactions, and financial products.
 
Harry EDWARDS is C.V. Starr Distinguished Jurist in Residence at the Peking University School of Transnational Law (in 2009-10) and Senior Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.  He studied at Cornell University and he holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Michigan Law School.  He has served on the D.C. Circuit since 1980, and as Chief Judge from 1994 to 2001.  He has held tenured positions at Harvard University and the University of Michigan, and he has also taught at Duke University, Georgetown University, New York University, and the University of Pennsylvania.  He is a scholar of labor law, legal education, and appellate decisionmaking and is the co-author of Federal Courts -- Standards of Review and four other books.
 
Steven KARGMAN is Adjunct Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law (in 2009-10), and President of Kargman Associates, an international restructuring advisory firm.   He studied at Swarthmore College and holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Yale Law School.  He has served as a Law Clerk for Judge Gilbert Merritt of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, as Lead Attorney for the Export-Import Bank of the United States, as General Counsel of the New York State Financial Control Board, and as an attorney with the transnational law firm of Debevoise and Plimpton.  He has served as a member of the U.S. Delegation to the UNCITRAL Working Group on Insolvency Law, and he has also taught at the Washington College of Law of American University.  He is an expert on international debt restructuring and international insolvency, and he is the author of “Solving the Insolvency Puzzle” concerning China’s new insolvency law.
 
David PLANT is Adjunct Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law (in 2009-10).  He holds a bachelors degree and a Juris Doctor degree from Cornell University.  He has served as Managing Partner of the transnational law firm of Fish & Neave, as a Special Master in United States district courts, and as a mediator or arbitrator in more than 325 domestic and international disputes.  He has also taught at the Cornell Law School, the Franklin Pierce Law Center, the University of Melbourne, and Hong Kong University.   He is an expert on negotiation, mediation, and alternative dispute resolution.

 
Michael ROSS is Adjunct Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law (in 2009-10).  He holds a bachelors degree and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia.  He has served as a partner in the transnational law firm of Latham & Watkins and as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of the Safeway Corporation.  He has taught for many years at the University of California Berkeley Law School and at the University of Virginia Law School.   His areas of expertise include mergers and acquisitions, and legal ethics.
 
James Hagy is Adjunct Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law (in 2009-10). He writes and speaks to business audiences on corporate real estate strategies and international business. During a 28 year career with Jones Day, he formed and led the firm's Corporate Real Estate Services practice worldwide. He has advised a broad range of Fortune 500 companies in major national and international transactions. His honors include appointment to the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and listing as one of the World's Leading Real Estate Lawyers (Euromoney).  He is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University where he obtained his Juris Doctor and his bachelor’s degree. He has been a magician for more than 40 years and writes and speaks regularly on the history and theory of performance magic, including a recent keynote lecture at The British Library (London). 
 
 …… [点击标题查看详细] ]]> Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:01:00 GMT Twenty Two Juniors Engages in “Winter Honors Program” http://www.stl.szpku.edu.cn/en/article.asp?articleid=169 Twenty two outstanding junior college students from the top universities of China participated in STL “Winter Honors Program” this winter vocation. The Program lasted for nine days, from January 25 to February 2.
 
The “Winter Honors Program”, held by Peking University School of Transnational Law, targets students who are potential to exempt from postgraduate qualifying examination. By the program, STL devotes to communicate and get early touch with the top students we value and will recruit those who meet our requirements as exam-exempted students.
 
 
The program started with STL Chancellor Dean Jeffrey Lehman’s lecture about “what is law” and “what is legal rule”. Through his interpretation, the students got a general idea about law so that to have better preparation for the following study. Stephen Yandle, Associate Dean of STL, shared his self legal career with the students. He recalled his life in Yale University as the Associate Dean of the Yale Law School as well as remarked American teaching method and STL Socratic pedagogy. Besides, Prof. David Blankfein-Tabachnick gave two sample classes of Property and Prof. Barry Slutsky delivered some moot court debate skills. Two of the teaching fellows Ann Chernicoff and Andrew Knepley also practiced the real counterargument to the students.
 
Hai Wen, Vice President of Peking University responsible for Shenzhen Graduate School, also talked with the students and gave a brief introduction about the campus.
 
In addition to course study, we also scheduled two days in Hong Kong and led the students to visit Hong Kong International Arbitration Center, Legal Aid Department and Hong Kong Independent Commission against Corruption (ICAC).
 
The climax of the program should be the moot court debate. All the students are required to attend the moot court and debate as different sides in the first two rounds. And finally, Ling Rundong and Bian Sai from Peking University, Wu Xiaolong from Beijing Foreign Studies University, and Chen Minyu from Shanghai International Studies University, stood out to debate in the final moot court. Their excellent performance impressed our deans and professors.
 
Most of the participants performed very well during the “Winter Honors Program” and finally got the admission letter with the premise that they could get the postgraduate exam-exempted qualification. We expect that more top students will attend our “Summer Honors Program” during this August.
…… [点击标题查看详细] ]]> Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:18:00 GMT The Road of Being a Lawyer http://www.stl.szpku.edu.cn/en/article.asp?articleid=168
 
Hong Kong X.J.WANG & Co. Law Firm Senior Partner Wang Xiaojun visited STL last Thursday and delivered a speech titled “the Road of Being a Lawyer”.
 
Mr Wang has the licensees to practice law in Hong Kong as well as the mainland of China and Britain. He has rich experience in transnational legal practice.
…… [点击标题查看详细] ]]> Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:14:00 GMT Christmas Cocktail Party to Enhance Students’ Social Skills http://www.stl.szpku.edu.cn/en/article.asp?articleid=167 A Christmas Cocktail Party was hosted in Crowne Plaze Shenzhen by STL this Monday, December 21, with the purpose of improving students’ social skills and providing an exchange platform between STL and the legal profession.
 
Peking University Vice President Hai Wen, Shenzhen Lawyers Association Chairman Li Chun and Deputy Chairman Cui Jun, leaders from CIETAC South China Sub-Commission, principals from the fundamental departments of the Graduate School and many distinguished lawyers from local attended this party.
 
At the beginning of the party, on behalf of STL, Dean Lehman toasted and expressed welcome to the guests. He showed our thanks to their support for STL during the past year and expected them to continue standing with us in the future. Vice President Hai congratulated for the quick development of STL in the first year and expressed his great hope for us.
 
At the party, STL students exchanged business cards with the guests and had a lively discussion with them. In the middle of the party, STL glee club led all the participants to sing Christmas song Edelweis and Jingle bells, which brought the party to a climax. After song, some of them began to dance to the music.
 
With the slides of the pictures of STL students and activities shifting on the platfond up the pool, people talked or danced to the music, attendants holding red wine and soft drink came and went in the crowds. It’s a wonderful night for the students to meet and communicate with different people.
 
 
 
 Vice President Hai Wen toasted

Dean Lehman toasted

From left to right: Dean Jeffrey Lehman, Vice President Hai Wen and Shenzhen Lawyers Association Chairman Li Chun 
 
 
Dean Leman and the guests from CIETAC South China Sub-Commission
 
 
STL Deans, Faculty and Teaching Fellows
 
 
 
Christmas Chorus
…… [点击标题查看详细] ]]> Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:29:00 GMT Columbia Law Professor Katharina Pistor Delivers a Speech at STL http://www.stl.szpku.edu.cn/en/article.asp?articleid=166 Columbia Michael I Sovern Professor of Law Katharina Pistor delivered a speech about China’s finance governing at STL on December 17.
 
She analyzed that notwithstanding important legal, regulatory, and ownership changes over the past decade the dominant form of governance in China is a network of financial cadres that is maintained and supervised by the Communist Party. She also remarked the important role of China as a member of WTO and after the global financial crisis. After speech, Professor Pistor exchanged ideas with the students with regards to the relevant issues.
 
Katharina Pistor is the Michael I. Sovern Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. She serves as a member of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University. Her research focuses on comparative law and institutional development with special emphasis on corporate governance and financial market development. Professor Pistor will be a visiting professor of STL from 2010 to 2011.
 

 

Pistor NBER.pdf

…… [点击标题查看详细] ]]> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:18:00 GMT U.S. Consulate General Visits Peking University School of Transnational Law http://www.stl.szpku.edu.cn/en/article.asp?articleid=164

Consul General Brian Goldbeck from the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou visited Peking University, Shenzhen Graduate School of Transnational Law for the first time to watch a live streaming of President Barrack Obama's address at the Shanghai Town Hall on Monday 16th of November 2009.

The event began with Mr. Dean Yandle's warm welcome and introduction of Consul General Goldbeck, relaying that the day is a delight not only because we can watch together the "skilled and outstanding speaker" President Obama deliver his first presidential speech on China's soil, but also because our aspiring Transnational Law Students have an opportunity to encourage mutual understanding with American Consul General Goldbeck.
 
Consul General Goldbeck expressed his pleasure visiting Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School and gaining a better understanding of the School of Transnational Law. For the first time in China's history Peking University is leading the way for both Chinese citizens and International students to be able to study for their J.D. here at the Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School.
 
President Obama wants strong cooperation, collaboration and leadership with China to tackle pressing world affairs and that is a "major commitment for our country and Governance" mentioned Consul General Brian Goldbeck.
 
He also added: "China is an important place for our future."

After watching President Obama's live speech, PKU Transnational Law students had an opportunity to share with Consul General Goldbeck their understanding and questions inspired by President Obama's speech.
 
On numerous occasions, Consul General Brian Goldbeck said "Your going to be that bridge!", "so when that time comes, you can be the collaboration for future understanding" between China and America.
 
Consul General Goldbeck expressed his true interest in hearing PKU Transnational Law student's opinions and questions, and he said he was impressed with student's intelligence, patience, and willingness to hear new ideas and engage in dialogue. He agreed with President Obama's statement for the need to increase and encourage more American students to study abroad in China.
 
The event ended with hospitality when our Vice Chancellor, Mr Zhang and Consul General Brian Goldbeck exchanged gifts creating a positive foundation for future relations between Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School and the U.S. Consulate.

 
Consul General Goldbeck was accompanied with his wife Mrs. Naraa Shirendev, Vice Consul Anjalina Sen and also a staff from the Consulate General Public Affairs Office.  (News written by Farnoosh Famouri-Lee)
 
 

From the left to the right: STL Dean Yandle, US Vice Consul  Anjalina Sen, PKUSZ Vice Chancellor Zhang Yonghong, US Consul General Brian L. Goldbeck and His Wife Naraa Shirendev

 

…… [点击标题查看详细] ]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:20:00 GMT Ghosts, Enchanters and Fairies Gathering Together on Halloween http://www.stl.szpku.edu.cn/en/article.asp?articleid=163 STL students, faculty and staff gathered together in Moot Court on the night of October 31, to celebrate Halloween, one of the most important festivals in western countries.
 
All the people at the party were dressed up. In the decorative room full of human skeletons, stumps and spiders, there were ghosts, enchanters, fairies and angel. They spent a happy night together, singing, dancing and playing games.
 

…… [点击标题查看详细] ]]> Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:16:00 GMT STL First Presidential Committee of Student Union Comes into Being http://www.stl.szpku.edu.cn/en/article.asp?articleid=162 STL held the campaign for the first presidential committee of student union in C303 on the evening of October 30. Three second year students, Zhou Quan, Gu Dai and Liu Dingmin, were finally elected as the members of the committee.

There were in all ten candidates from the both classes running for the positions. After the campaign speech one by one, the students voted their supported candidate by ballot. And finally, three of the second year students, Zhou Quan, Gu Dai and Liu Dingmin, won the campaign. They will take the role of leading and organizing the first term of STL student union.

 

…… [点击标题查看详细] ]]> Mon, 2 Nov 2009 06:30:00 GMT Exchanging Meeting Improves Mutual Understanding of Students http://www.stl.szpku.edu.cn/en/article.asp?articleid=161 An exchanging meeting was held between STL first and second year students in Da Xue Lun Yu cafeteria on the afternoon of October 24.
 
The whole class of 2009 and several outstanding students from 2008 class attended this meeting. They exchanged ideas on the issue of study, living, career, going abroad for further study and so on.
 
The meeting improved the mutual understanding between the first and second year students, and also enhanced their sense of belonging to the school.
 

 
 
…… [点击标题查看详细] ]]> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:50:00 GMT Recruitment Notice http://www.stl.szpku.edu.cn/en/article.asp?articleid=160 Recruitment Notice
 
The Peking University School of Transnational Law(STL) is the first of China’s more than 600 law schools to prepare its students to receive a Juris Doctor degree,using a curriculum that was designed by reference to the curriculum used in American law schools.STL expects to have openings fo law professor position beginning in the 2010-11 academic year.
 
 
I.Openings and Requirements 
 
Assistant Professor of Law
 
Requirements
-- JD degree and/or PhD degree in allied discipline
-- Record of superior academic performance
-- Fluency in English
 
Highly desirable qualities
-- Graduation from a "top tier" law school
-- Record of publication in "top tier" scholarly journals
-- Experience as a practicing attorney with a "top tier" transnational law firm and/or as a judicial clerk
 
 
Professor of Law
 
Requirements
-- Tenured professor at another law school
-- Record of distinction in teaching and legal research
-- Fluency in English
Highly desirable qualities
-- Extensive experience with JD system of education
 
 
II. Recruitment procedures
 
Applicants shall send their resumes to STL’s Administration Office for first by email or by mail.Please see the contacts as follows. Each applicant shall mark the position to be applied for when applying.Application is available til December 31st,2009.
 
 
III.Contacts
 
Postal Address:Room 103,Bld.B
                        Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School,
                        University Town,Nanshan District,
                        Shenzhen,Guangdong,
                        P.R.CHINA,518055
 
Contact Person:Ms.Jasmine Xu
 
Email Address:xuhua@szpku.edu.cn
 
 
We make a commitment hereby that applicants’ personal information will be kept confidential in recruitment process.
…… [点击标题查看详细] ]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:34:00 GMT Dean Alex Aleinikoff of Georgetown University Visits STL http://www.stl.szpku.edu.cn/en/article.asp?articleid=159 Prof. Alex Aleinikoff, Dean of the Law Center in Georgetown University, visited STL on October 12th. Dean Alex Aleinikoff talked with Dean Yandle in detail about the exchange program between STL and Georgetown Research Center, University of London. He also delivered a speech titled “Legal Education and Legal Pluralism” to STL 2008 and 2009 students.
 
Georgetown University was founded in 1789 and enjoys the best reputation among the comprehensive private universities in Washington D.C.
 

 

…… [点击标题查看详细] ]]> Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:23:00 GMT Dean Lehman Attends Foreign Experts Reception http://www.stl.szpku.edu.cn/en/article.asp?articleid=158 On September 27th, Dean Lehman was invited to attend the reception held by China State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The reception was held in the Great Hall of the People, mainly for delivering Chinese government’s appreciation to the foreign experts who have contributed a lot to China’s development in the past 60 years. Li Keqiang, Vice Premier of PRC, addressed the reception. Li said China will welcome more foreign experts to participate in the country’s economic and social development.

…… [点击标题查看详细] ]]> Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:38:00 GMT First Stop of Road Show— Peking University http://www.stl.szpku.edu.cn/en/article.asp?articleid=157 STL has started the national road show of fall semester last week, with the purpose of recruiting new students for 2010 class and promoting the “Winter Honors Program”.
 
The first stop of the show was in Peking University (Beijing). STL Dean Lehman and Chief Director Xu Hua delivered a speech in Peking University on September 13, after Vice President Hai Wen gave an introduction about Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School. They talked about the J.D. program as well as study and life in STL, and then exchanged further information with the students.
 
The second stop of the road show will be at Zhejiang University on September 20.
 

 
 

…… [点击标题查看详细] ]]> Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:26:00 GMT Notice on 2010 Admission for International Students http://www.stl.szpku.edu.cn/en/article.asp?articleid=156 Notice on 2010 Admission for International Students

Application Deadline will be December 19th,2009 ,instead of February 15th,2010, according to the Peking University Graduate School 's policy towards admission for International Students.

…… [点击标题查看详细] ]]> Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:45:00 GMT