The Changing Face of Legal Education in China

Mon 05/03/2012

Time: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Speaker:

Jeffrey Lehman

Description:

2012 Sir George Turner Lecture

In the more than three decades since the anarchy of the Cultural Revolution drew to a close, China has worked to develop a modern system of legal rules and legal institutions, consistent with Chinese culture and suited to a deeply interconnected world.  One aspect of that development is legal education.  The post-reform system initially resembled that of continental Europe - more oriented towards teaching students about law than to prepare them for professional careers.  In the past 15 years, however, China has also been experimenting with other models.  One of the more remarkable efforts is the Peking University School of Transnational Law.  Opened in 2008, "STL" offers an American-style J.D. program in combination with a Chinese "Juris Master" program.  Jeffrey Lehman, STL's Founding Dean, will discuss some of the unique questions the School has confronted, and the responses to those questions it has ventured so far.

About Jeffrey Lehman
Jeffrey Sean Lehman is chancellor and founding dean of the Peking University School of Transnational Law, on leave from his position on the faculty of Cornell University.  He has previously been president of Cornell University, dean of the University of Michigan Law School, a tenured professor of law and public policy, a practicing tax lawyer, a law clerk to Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, and a law clerk to Chief Judge Frank M. Coffin.

Lehman currently serves as an independent director of Infosys Technologies (NASDAQ:INFY), chairman of the board of Infosys Public Services, a trustee of Internet2, a trustee of New York University – Shanghai, and a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.  He previously served as president of the American Law Deans Association. 

Lehman’s honors include China’s “Friendship Award” (the highest award given to foreign experts by the Chinese government), an honorary doctorate from Peking University, honorary professorships at several other universities, and the National Equal Justice Award from the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.  He earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Cornell University and advanced degrees in law and public policy from the University of Michigan.

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Melbourne Law School, Theatre G08

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Joanna Trethowan

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joanna.trethowan@unimelb.edu.au



     

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