Yuping Lin is from China. She is a Tutor-in-Law and a doctoral candidate at Yale Law School (J.S.D. program) and Peking University Law School (Ph.D. in Law). She obtained her LL.M. degree in 2022 and started her J.S.D. in 2023. Also, she is a resident fellow at the Information Society Project and used to be a resident fellow at the Paul Tsai China Center, both intellectual centers at Yale Law School. She used to work as an Article Editor at the Yale Journal of Law & Technology.
Yuping is interested in information state and data governance. She uses a comparative perspective to explore different features of the information state in various political systems. Her J.S.D. dissertation focuses on the development of the Chinese Information State, and how government, market and platform mutually influence each other in this process. She also researches the Chinese Social Credit System and tries to understand how it presents the unique path and dynamic of the Chinese Information State. In addition, she used to work on projects promoting government transparency and accountability and published articles in this field.
Doctoral Committee
Professors Nicholas R. Parrillo, Taisu Zhang, Jack M. Balkin
Education
J.S.D., Candidate, Yale Law School
Ph.D. in Law, Candidate, Peking University Law School
LL.M., Yale Law School, 2022
LL.M., Peking University Law School, 2020
L.L.B., Peking University Law School, 2017
Contact
yuping.lin@yale.edu