October 18, 2025
The Center for East Asian Legal Studies welcomed Professor Ji Li to campus on Monday, October 13, for a discussion on how Chinese multinational companies navigate the U.S. legal system. Almost fifty in-person and online participants joined the session. Professor Li, the John S. and Marilyn Long…
October 14, 2025
This year’s Japanese Law Symposium will assess the rights of the Ainu people and examine broader issues of settler colonialism from a comparative perspective. The Ainu are an Indigenous people who live in Hokkaido and the northern part of Honshu, as well as in southern Sakhalin and the Kuril…
August 28, 2025
Catherine Hu, CEALS Student Fellow Catherine, originally from Taiwan, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Information Systems with a minor in Law and Society from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. At Cal Poly, she explored interests in Chinese political culture and technology…
August 27, 2025
Graduates of UC Law SF’s JD and LLM programs practicing in Japan met with administrators in Tokyo for a Fall 2024 luncheon, showcasing how the College’s programs and global partnerships prepare lawyers to navigate complex legal systems and succeed abroad. UC Law SF prepares students for global…
April 8, 2025
On April 2, Hiroshi Fukurai, Professor of Sociology and Legal Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz and former President of the Asian Law and Society Association, gave a presentation on Japan’s effort to outlaw racial inequality in international law at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. His talk explored the impact…
March 4, 2025
International arbitrator and mediator Sally Harpole presented at a two-day conference on “Alternative Dispute Resolution: Disseminating International Mediation in Asia and the Pacific Region” held in Tokyo in February. The conference was organized by the Asia Development Bank and supported by UNCITRAL and Japan’s Ministry of Justice. Her presentation…
February 20, 2025
At the Association of American f Law Schools Annual Meeting in San Francisco, members of the Section on East Asian Law and Society elected CEALS Director Keith Hand to serve as Executive Committee Secretary for 2025. He joins Margaret Lewis (Section Chair) and Trang…
February 18, 2025
The Center for East Asian Legal Studies at UC Law SF is honored to announce the appointment of Carrie Shu Shang, professor of business law at Cal Poly Pomona, as an Affiliated Scholar. Professor Shang is an accomplished international business scholar and practitioner with deep experience working on cross-border disputes, business compliance, and…
January 14, 2025
Congratulations to Center for East Asian Legal Studies Affiliated Scholar David Makman (Law Offices of David A. Makman) for his recent victory in a trademark infringement case decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The Ninth Circuit panel affirmed a district court’s conclusion that advertising and…
June 21, 2024
In our second full year as the a Center for East Asian Legal Studies, we celebrated a bittersweet milestone, as Senior Director Setsuo Miyazawa, one of the world’s leading legal sociologists, stepped down from active teaching duties. He has offered Japanese law at UC Law SF since 2009. For five…
June 4, 2024
The Center for East Asian Legal Studies was pleased to organize a robust schedule of 11 public events during the 23-24 academic year. More than 290 in person and 275 virtual participants joined events on a diverse range of topics, from legal approaches to managing tensions in the South China…
August 24, 2023
CEALS is honored to welcome current 2L Bianca Villao as a Student Fellow for the 23-24 academic year. Bianca holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Affairs, as well as a minor in Chinese Language and Literature, from the George Washington University. During her time at GWU, Bianca focused…