Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Leading Developments in Chinese Law Conference at UCLA
The UCLA China Law Association presents a one day conference on leading developments in Chinese law and their implications for U.S.-China relations.
When:
March 5, 2010 11:00am to 7:30pm
MCLE Credit available.
UCLA SChool of Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider.
The China Law Association at UCLA would like to invite you to this conference on leading developments in Chinese law and their implications for U.S.-China relations. We have an exciting linup of speakers presenting on civil society, environmental law, commercial arbitration, and legal reform generally in China. We look forward to your participation as we discuss these topics in sunny Los Angeles!
Tentative Schedule:
11am-12:15pm: Registration
12:15-1:45pm: Chinese Legal Reform Keynote Lunch
Stanley Lubman is Lecturer in Residence at University of California - Berkeley School of Law and has specialized on China as a scholar and as a practicing lawyer for more than 40 years.
1:45-3:00pm: Civil Society Panel
Lu Jun is Chief Coordinator of the Beijing Yirenping Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to fighting health-related discrimination in China, and is currently a visiting scholar at the Yale China Law Center.
Carl Minzner is Associate Professor of Law at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law and has published articles on citizen petitioning institutions in China and reforms to the regulations governing Chinese civil society organizations.
Karla Simon is Professor of Law at the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University and Co-Director of the Center for International Social Development at Catholic University. She has published numerous articles on civil society law in China.
3:15-4:30pm: Commercial Arbitration Panel
Frances Kao is Partner at Skadden in Chicago and has a U.S. and international dispute resolution practice involving commercial litigation and arbitration in oil and gas, franchise and licensing law.
Adam Schorr serves as Adjunct Faculty at the UCLA School of Law and is a Partner at Margolis and Tisman in Los Angeles where he specializes in advising U.S. companies on doing business and investing in China.
Jingzhou Tao is Partner at jones Day in Beijing and has more than 25 years of experience in advising Fortune 500 companies on China-related matters. His areas of practice include international mergers and acquisitions, arbitration, and corporate work.
4:45-6:00pm: Environmental Law Plenary
Barbara Finamore is Senior Attorney and Director of the China Program for the Natural Resources Defense Council, and President of the China-U.S. Energy Efficiency Alliance.
6:00-7:30pm: Cocktail Hour
Cost:
$30 for students and faculty; $80 for practioners and others. Lunch, cocktail hour, and materials are provided.
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