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China Center Receives $30 Million Gift in Honor of Dr. Paul Tsai
Yale Law School has received a gift of $30 million in honor of its distinguished alumnus, the late Dr. Paul C. Tsai, LL.M ’54, J.S.D. ’57, to support the continuing work of the Law School’s China Center.
China Center Holds Workshops on Food Safety Law Implementation and Transparency Issues
In March 2016, the China Center teamed up with partners in Beijing and Shenzhen, China, to hold to a series of workshops and meetings on food safety law and regulatory implementation mechanisms, with a special focus on information disclosure and transparency issues.
China Center Hosts Judicial Reform Delegation from China
In December 2015, The China Center was pleased to collaborate with a visiting delegation of nine senior judges and officials from the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) of China, led by Senior Judge Huiling Jiang, the President of the SPC’s China Institute of Applied Jurisprudence.
Professor Huang Delivers Talk on China’s Healthcare Challenges
Professor Yanzhong Huang delivered a lecture on “China’s Healthcare Challenges” at Yale Law School on March 7, 2016. The event was organized by the China Center and co-sponsored by the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy.
Jerome Cohen: “Law and Power: China’s Ongoing Struggle"
On February 3, 2016, The China Center hosted Professor Jerome A. Cohen ’55, who gave a lecture to a packed Yale Law School classroom on “Law and Power: China’s Ongoing Struggle.”
Jerome Cohen ’55 to Speak on China’s Law and Power
Jerome A. Cohen ’55 will give a lecture titled “Law and Power: China’s Ongoing Struggle” on February 3, 2016, at 12:10 p.m. in Room 122. Cohen, Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, is the leading public intellectual on Chinese law and human rights outside of China and the founder and director of NYU’s U.S.-Asia Law Institute. “He is truly a ‘one of a kind’ Yale Law School graduate,” said Professor Paul Gewirtz ’70, director of The China Center, about Cohen. “He is a pioneer and legend in the American study of China, Chinese law, and human rights, a visionary and a tenaciously...
YCW Conversation - Legal Reform in China
Jeremy Daum is a Senior Fellow of The China Law Center, currently based in Beijing, and an American attorney with experience in civil rights and employment discrimination litigation. Mr. Daum recently contributed to a second installment of the Young China Watchers’ Conversation series. The discussion focused on the outcomes of China’s 18th Party Congress Fourth Plenum meeting on the Rule of Law, including the future state of judicial independence. Read it here.
Brookings - Women, sexuality, and social change in China
Jamie Horsley speaks on protecting the legal rights of women and LGBTQ populations in China at the Brookings on April 3, 2015.
Professor Gewirtz Named to Foreign Policy Magazine’s Pacific Power Index
Paul Gewirtz, Potter Stewart Professor of Constitutional Law and Director of The China Center at Yale Law School, has been named to Foreign Policy magazine’s Pacific Power Index, a list of “50 people shaping the future of the U.S.-China relationship.”
“China’s Leaders Endorse Disclosure as the ‘Norm’ - Jamie P. Horsley
Jamie P. Horsley is a Senior Research Scholar and Executive Director of The China Law Center.