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.
Coerced Confessions and Wrongful Convictions in the PRC: Ira Belkin
Ira Belkin, program officer for law and rights at the Ford Foundation in Beijing will discuss recent developments in China's criminal justice system at the NYU School of Law.
When:
April 13, 2011 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Where
The National Committee on United States-China Relations will co-host a program with the New York University School of Law featuring Ira Belkin, program officer for law and rights at the Ford Foundation in Beijing. Mr. Belkin will discuss recent developments in China’s criminal justice system. The program will be moderated by National Committee President Stephen Orlins and NYU School of Law Professor Jerome Cohen.
Ira Belkin has been with the Ford Foundation since August 2007. He focuses on reform of the civil and criminal justice systems. Before joining the Ford Foundation, Ira combined a career as a lawyer and federal prosecutor with a deep interest in China, and spent the previous seven years in various capacities promoting the rule of law in China, including two tours at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and a year as a fellow at the Yale Law School China Law Center. He received his J.D. from the New York University School of Law and M.A. in Chinese Studies from Seton Hall University.
Phone Number:
(212) 645-9677
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