Chinese Law Prof Blog

Yale China Law Center seeking Beijing fellow

I have been asked to post the following job announcement:

The China Law Center at Yale Law School is seeking applications from American-qualified lawyers for an open position of Fellow or Senior Fellow in the Center’s Beijing office.  This position requires working with senior Center staff to identify, design, and carry out research, academic exchange and collaborative projects involving U.S., Chinese, and other legal experts on topics relevant to Chinese law and policy reform. For details, please see this job posting.

 

Postdoc positions at Australian National University

I have received the following announcement. Note that one of the postdocs is on the theme of "China Justice". (Whatever happened to "Chinese" as an adjective?) A summary is below; full text here.

The Australian Centre on China in the World (Centre) is a major new initiative at the ANU that has been funded by the Australian government.

It enhances the ANU's existing capabilities to create an integrated, world-leading institution for Chinese Studies and the understanding of China on a global scale.
The Centre wishes to appoint a number of post-doctoral fellows to do research in one of the five research themes - "China Time", "China Urban", "China Justice", "China Texts" and "China Everyday". Outlines of these themes are available on our website, http://ciw.anu.edu.au or by request.

The appointees will have submitted a PhD in some area of Chinese Studies, know Chinese, English and, preferably, at least one other language (not just another dialect of Chinese), and have cogent and achievable research and publication plans for the period of the fellowship.

The fellowships may be offered for one or two years (research intensive), three years (research intensive), or four years (half-time research/half-time project administration for the first two years, research intensive for the second two years). Candidates should indicate in their application which type of appointments they would be interested in.

For more information, please contact Prof Geremie Barmé
T: +61 (0)2 6125 6500 E: [email protected]

Jerome A. Cohen Prize Essay in International Law and East Asia

In honor of Professor Jerome A. Cohen, who turned 80 on July 1, the New York University Journal of International Law and Politics is seeking papers addressing the interaction between the international legal system and Chinese and East Asian law and legal thought. The deadline is Sept. 24, 2010.

Here's the announcement.

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: [email protected]
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.

Postdoctoral fellowships at Lund University

Lund University in Sweden is offering postdoctoral fellowships for research concerning contemporary East and South-East Asia, principally from social sciences, economics, and humanities perspectives. This would of course include Chinese law. For more information, see the application information here.

Grants for China rule-of-law projects

I have received the following announcement:

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

This Fund is a program of the China Business Forum, the education and research arm of the U.S.-China Business Council.  The Fund's objective is to support U.S.-China cooperation in strengthening China's legal processes and institutions.

Full information is available at www.uschinalegalcoop.org.  The Fall 2007 period for submission of proposals closes September 30, 2007.

Edgar Snow JD Scholarship, UMKC School of Law

The following announcement comes from Prof. Patrick Randolph:

2007 Edgar Snow J.D. Scholarship
UMKC School of Law

The University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Law (UMKC) is pleased
to announce this year's competition for the Edgar Snow Scholarship.
This scholarship and an associated fellowship package  will provide  an
allowance sufficient to cover most of the expenses of pursuing a three
year J.D. program at the  School of Law. including tuition, living
expenses and books.

Interviews for the scholarship will be conducted in China from March 19
- 26.  Interested candidates should apply for an appointment by
contacting program assistant Nancy Kunkel at [email protected]  Location
of the interviews will be arranged with individual applicants, but it is
possible that applicants will have to travel to a major Chinese city to
have the interview.

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NBR Next Generation fellowships: last call

The application deadline for NBR's Next Generation fellowships is January 15, 2007. A brief description is below; if you're interested, more information is available at their Web site.

The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) is pleased to announce “The Next Generation: Leadership in Asian Affairs” fellowship for 2007-2008, a post-master's degree program that is cultivating a new generation of Asia affairs specialists committed to and capable of bridging the gap between the best scholarly research and the pressing needs of American foreign policy toward a rapidly changing Asia.

NBR invites recent master's and professional degree holders (e.g., MA, MBA, LLM, JD, etc.) to apply for a year-long fellowship at NBR’s headquarters in Seattle to collaborate with leading scholars to publish research, and to participate in the briefing of research findings to the policymaking community in Washington, D.C.

This one-year fellowship is designed to further the professional development of Asia specialists in the year just after the completion of their master's degree. Successful applicants will gain further knowledge of Asia and an understanding of the U.S. foreign policymaking process through the following: conducting research under the guidance of an NBR program director; collaborating with senior scholars on academic publications; and traveling to Washington, D.C. to participate in the briefing of research findings to relevant constituents within the policy community.

Scholarships for Chinese LLMs at UMKC

The following announcement may be of interest to Chinese students:

Interviews for International LL.M. Scholarship at UMKC School of Law

The University of Missouri at Kansas City (UMKC) School of Law has a long established relationship with China and Chinese Law Schools, and has been inviting Chinese students to study law in Kansas City for more than a decade.  We are bringing Chinese students here to broaden the perspective of our American students and faculty, and to bring about better preparation for the future worldwide marketplace, in which American and Chinese lawyers must cooperate.  We are not interested in making a lot of money from Chinese student tuition.

Therefore, UMKC Law School offers a Generous Scholarship Program for LLM students.  We will offer as many as fifteen partial scholarships, to reduce the already low cost of our general law LLM program.

One hundred percent of the LLM graduates from UMKC who have taken the New York Bar have passed. 

The statement set forth at http://www1.law.umkc.edu/academic/china/llm/overview.htm 
will give you complete information about the LL.M. program at UMKC School of Law.  At that website, you can watch an interview (in Chinese) with two of our current LLM candidates concerning their experiences studying in America and their experience at UMKC. 

An interview is required to qualify for admission and scholarship. Interviews will occur [in China - ed.] in late November and December of 2006, and, if positions remain open, additional interviews may occur in March of 2007.

Professor Patrick Randolph, director of the Chinese programs at UMKC School of Law, and director of the Peking University Center for Real Estate Law, will conduct interviews for the programs. Please contact Nancy Kunkel, Program Coordinator, via email at [email protected] to arrange an appointment. Mrs. Kunkel’s telephone number is (816) 235-1647 and her fax number is (816) 235-5276.

National Bureau of Asian Research "Next Generation" fellowships

Although not directly related to Chinese law, the following may be of interest to some readers:

FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
"The Next Generation: Leadership in Asian Affairs"
The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)

The National Bureau of Asian Research is pleased to announce "The Next Generation: Leadership in Asian Affairs" fellowship for 2007–2008. Recent master's degree recipients are encouraged to apply for this year-long fellowship that focuses on bridging the gap between scholarship and policymaking. The fellowship will be based at NBR's headquarters in Seattle. Fellows will collaborate with leading scholars to publish research and share their findings with the policymaking community in Washington, D.C.

The Next Generation Leadership program is breaking new ground by mentoring and immersing young Asia specialists from a wide variety of fields and interests in the skills and the practice of bridging the gap between scholarship and policy. Each fellow will receive a fellowship award, as well as travel and research-related expenses.

Application deadline is January 15, 2007. Fellowships begin June 4, 2007. For further information and application materials please visit http://www.nbr.org/NextGeneration. A poster version of this announcement is available at http://files.nbr.org/NBRFellowshipPoster.pdf.

ACLS/CCK Foundation grant program for "New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society"

The above program is announced at the ACLS Web site here. Part of the text is reproduced below. The deadline for applications is August 15, 2006.

The Program will award funds in support of planning meetings, workshops, and/or conferences leading to publication of scholarly volumes. This program is intended to support projects in the humanities and related social sciences that bridge disciplinary or geographic boundaries, engage new kinds of information, develop fresh approaches to traditional materials and issues, or otherwise bring innovative perspectives to the study of Chinese culture and society. Proposals are expected to be empirically grounded, theoretically informed, and methodologically explicit. The Program especially encourages proposals concerning pre-modern China.

The program will support collaborative work of three types:

Conferences
Grants up to $25,000 will be offered to support formal research conferences intended to produce significant new research published in a conference volume.

Workshops/Seminars
Grants up to $15,000 will be offered for support of workshops or seminars, designed to less formally facilitate new research on newly available or inadequately researched problems, data, or texts.

Planning Meetings
Grants of up to $6,000 will be offered for planning meetings to organizers of the above-described types of projects.