The Columbia Law School Visiting Scholars & Research Fellows Program is
pleased to present its first Visiting Scholar & Research Fellows Forum of
this Academic Year:
Chen Dong
Director, Urumqi Legal Aid Center
Fellow & Visiting Scholar, Columbia Law School's Public Interest Law
Institute
12:00 pm - 1pm
Monday, October 27, 2008
Room 600 William and June Warren Hall
Lunch will be served
(starting at 12pm; the talk will begin at 12:15pm)
As a former public servant in the Urumqi Department of Justice and then as
founder of the Urumqi Legal Aid Center in 1998 Chen Dong has long been
directly involved in enhancing the legal aid system of his adopted city.
His presentation will focus on contextualizing China's government-sponsored
legal aid system by looking at its historical origins, its subsequent
development and its current status.