Chinese Law Prof Blog

Funding available for Chinese law projects

I have received the following announcement. The fund in question operates under the auspices of the US-China Business Council. This is a pretty good grant program - they try to minimize the formalities that often go with grant applications.

The U.S.-China Legal Cooperation Fund invites proposals seeking grants to fund projects fostering rule of law in China, to be carried out jointly by American and Chinese not-for-profit participants.

The Fund's objective is to promote respected and equitable legal processes and institutions in China through U.S.-China bilateral projects.

The Spring 2009 deadline for submission of proposals is April 1, 2009.

Further information is available at www.uschinalegalcoop.org.

Public interest law fellowships available for Chinese candidates

Here's a synopsis of what it's all about, quoting from the announcement I received (the complete announcement is here). Application deadline is March 31, 2009.

The Public Interest Law Institute (PILI) is pleased to invite applications for its Public Interest Law Fellows Program for 2009–2010. PILI will select lawyers from China and Nepal for ten months of study and practical experience in New York and Budapest, Hungary.  The program targets future leaders in various fields of public interest advocacy.  Criteria for selection include:

•    Applicants must have a minimum of two years of relevant work experience with the nominating organization;
•    Potential to contribute to the development of public interest law advocacy in his or her country;
•    Track record of the nominating organization in promoting public interest advocacy; and
•    The quality of the Fellowship Project proposal and its potential for promoting public interest law and human rights.

PILI Fellows will join other public interest lawyers from around the world. They will reside a total of eight months in the U.S., consisting of one semester of study at Columbia University and additional public interest advocacy training. The Fellows also participate in a three-month internship in a New York area public interest law organization. Following their experience in New York, Fellows participate in a two-month study visit, based in Europe out of PILI’s Budapest office.  Fellows return to their home countries after the Fellowship, with the aim to implement the project developed during the Fellowship. 

PILI will cover the cost of a round-trip coach airfare to the U.S. and Budapest, housing in New York and Budapest, a monthly stipend, a textbook allowance and accident insurance. Selected candidates for the fellowship are required to sign an agreement to the terms of the fellowship, stating that they will complete it in full.

Lund University research fellowship

I have received the following announcement:

Research Fellowship

The Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies at Lund University hereby invites applications for one Research Fellowship commencing 1 February, 2009 and ending on 31 January, 2013.

In this call for applications, the position will be awarded for research focusing on contemporary China or contemporary Japan, in the fields of the social sciences, economics or law.

This call for applications is open to qualified candidates worldwide.

Candidates must have already received their doctoral grade. Only candidates who have received their doctoral grade within the last five years, prior to the date of commencement of the research fellowship, will be considered. In other words, applications from candidates who were awarded their doctoral grade prior to 1 February 2004 will not be considered.

The deadline for applications is 28 November 2008.

More information can be found here: http://www.ace.lu.se/research/research-fellowship

Funding available for US-China rule-of-law projects

Here's an announcement from the US-China Business Council:

The U.S.-China Legal Cooperation Fund invites proposals seeking grants to fund projects fostering rule of law in China, to be carried out jointly by American and Chinese not-for-profit participants.

The Fund's objective is to promote respected, transparent, impartial and equitable legal processes and institutions through U.S.-China bilateral cooperation.

The Fall 2008 deadline for submission of proposals is October 1, 2008.

Further information is available at www.uschinalegalcoop.org.

Revised document on Chinese LLM degrees for foreigners

Last week I posted here on Chinese LLM degrees for foreigners. As some useful comments have come in response to that, I'm posting a revised document; please use this one (Version 2) instead.

Chinese LLM degrees for foreigners

Some time ago, a discussion on the Chinalaw list about LLMs for foreigners (typically English-language) offered by Chinese institutions prompted me to ask for those with views on the subject to write to me so I could assemble a document that would answer questions that often came up.

Here's the result; hope it's useful to all.

MAY 26 UPDATE: I have posted a revised document here.

Fellowship opportunity: Pennoyer Fellow on China, Human Rights First

Human Rights First is looking for candidates to be its Pennoyer Fellow on China. The position is for two years. The application deadline is May 16th. More information here.

Remember, you don't have to human-rights oriented to post a position here. As long as it's related to Chinese law, I'll be happy to post job opportunities regardless of ideological affiliation or commercial orientation. Well, almost regardless; I suppose if the KKK were looking for a Chinese law specialist I might not be willing to help out.

Yale-China Association Law Fellows Program - Call for applications

I have been asked to post the following:

Yale-China Association Law Fellows Program
Call for Applications

The Yale-China Association is pleased to invite applications for its 2008-2009 Law Fellows Program.  The program places young U.S.-trained attorneys at Chinese universities as visiting professors.  Fellows spend one academic year in residence at a Chinese law school, teaching classes in areas of their own expertise and contributing to clinical education programs at the host institution.  During the 2008-09 academic year, Yale-China will send two Law Fellows to China. One will be placed at the Hunan University School of Law in Changsha, Hunan, and will have the opportunity to help develop the school's new clinical legal education program. The other Fellow will be placed at a top law school in the Pearl River Delta region of China.

Anyone with a J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school and two years experience in legal practice is eligible to apply.  Preference will be given to those candidates who speak Chinese, are familiar with China, and have teaching and/or clinical law experience. Fellows will receive intensive Chinese-language instruction during the summer 2008 in Beijing and continued Chinese-language instruction during their residency. Round-trip airfare to China, on-campus housing, health insurance, and a stipend are provided as part of the package.

Application Deadline: March 20, 2008.

For more information, please visit:  http://www.yalechina.org/dynamicpage.php?Id=10&SubId=

____________________________________
Ingrid Jensen
Associate Director
Yale-China Association
Box 208223
New Haven, CT 06520-8223
U.S.A.
Tel:  (203) 432-0850
Fax: (203) 432-7246
Email: ingrid.jensen@yale.edu
www.yalechina.org

Grants available for China-related rule-of-law projects

Here's an announcement from the US-China Legal Cooperation Fund:

The U.S.-China Legal Cooperation Fund invites proposals seeking grants to fund projects promoting rule-of-law in China conducted jointly by American and Chinese institutional participants.

The Fund's objective is to support U.S.-China cooperation in strengthening China's legal processes and institutions.

The Spring 2008 deadline for submission of proposals is April 1, 2008.

Further information is available at www.uschinalegalcoop.org.

Fellowship(s) for Chinese law studies in Italy

The Centre of Advanced Studies on Contemporary China, a research foundation based in Torino, Italy, is offering fellowships for the study of modern China. Here's some information extracted from the announcement:

The CASCC is offering THREE research fellowships to graduates in Economics or Finance, Law, and Chinese Language (degree level required enabling admission to a Ph.D. program), financed by the Compagnia di San Paolo (www.compagnia.torino.it ). Each fellowship will cover two years, on a full-time basis, starting in April 2008.

The aim of the China Fellowships is to support the growth of interdisciplinary competencies in the area of Chinese studies, with a particular emphasis on cultural, legal, social and economical aspects of contemporary China.

Candidates who master Chinese language will be required to undergo a training in either Law or Economics, while candidates who do not master Chinese language should be willing to undergo a training in Mandarin.

Candidates are requested to spend 6 months at the CASCC in Torino and at least 12 months in China, where they will develop a research project. A mid-term report is due at the completion of the first year.

Candidates must be fluent in English. Knowledge of Chinese Mandarin is not required.
The annual amount of each fellowship is 20,400 Euros (gross).

Full announcement here.