Ying Zhu
Ying Zhu is a J.S.D. candidate at Yale Law School, where she earned her LL.M. degree in 2014. Prior to coming to Yale in 2013, she earned her Bachelor of Laws Degree, summa cum laude, from China University of Political Science and Law.
Ying has published several articles on the subjects of international investment law, international trade law, environmental law and corporate social responsibility. Her work has been presented at international academic conferences in the U.S., U.K. and Denmark. She was a lead instructor at the Yale Young Global Scholars (YYGS) Program, where she taught seminar sessions on the topics of international investment law, international trade law, international environmental law and the law of the sea. She was a Research Assistant for Professor W. Michael Reisman at Yale Law School, and served on the organizing committee of the 5th Annual Doctoral Scholarship Conference hosted by Yale Law School.
Ying's J.S.D. dissertation addresses the increasing tension between investment protection and environmental protection under international law. Based on an examination of international investment arbitration jurisprudence since the 1990s, the dissertation analyzes the inconsistent approaches adopted by tribunals in assessing host states' environmental measures in international investment arbitration. It proposes an integral methodology to distinguish between non-compensable legitimate environmental regulation by host states and violations of international investment obligations that require compensation paid by host states to foreign investors.
Doctoral Committee
W. Michael Reisman (chair), Daniel C. Esty (reader), David Singh Grewal (reader) and Mirjan R. Damaška (reader)
Education
LL.M., Yale Law School, 2014
Bachelor of Laws, China University of Political Science and Law, 2013
Contact Information
y.zhu@yale.edu