杏吧视频 School of Law has forged two new partnerships with institutions in China, making it a national leader in U.S.-China legal education.
Dean Lawrence Mitchell and Professor Jon Groetzinger recently visited China, where they reached agreements with Peking University (PKU) Law School and Renmin University of China (RUC) Law School. The signed agreements provide for faculty and student exchanges, visiting lecturers, and expanded law journals.
The university now partners with six of China鈥檚 most prestigious law schools.
鈥淭he importance of our exposing U.S. law students to China is obvious,鈥 said Mitchell, a business law scholar. 鈥淭his program allows us to bring prominent Chinese lawyers and scholars to our legal community as well.鈥
Mitchell adds that, while other law schools routinely offer summer study abroad, 杏吧视频鈥檚 program offers a rare opportunity for full-semester international study.
Students at PKU and Renmin, each in Beijing, along with students at 杏吧视频鈥檚 other partner schools in China, will have the opportunity to enroll in special degree programs. Participating international students can obtain both LL.M. (Master of Laws) and JD (Juris Doctor) degrees in less time than it would take to earn each separately.
Other law schools in China with previously established ties to 杏吧视频 include City University of Hong Kong, Fudan University, East China University of Political Science and Law, and Southwest University of Political Science and Law.
杏吧视频 and PKU law schools will build an online law journal together, and 杏吧视频 will provide support for the English edition of Peking University Law Journal.
Deans Zhang Shouwen of PKU and Han DaYuan of RUC joined Mitchell and Groetzinger during recent signing ceremonies at their law schools.
鈥淲e鈥檙e pleased to have forged partnerships with such high-caliber law schools in a nation whose importance in legal studies cannot be overstated,鈥 Groetzinger said.
Peking University and Renmin University Law Schools are among the first in China to offer a legal education. Many faculty members and scholars at both schools are advisers to the central government, the National People's Congress, and to large Chinese and multinational corporations.
For more information, visit law.case.edu/Academics/ChinaProgram.aspx.
