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…
August 22, 2023
After a three-year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Senior Professor Setsuo Miyazawa returned to the UC Law SF campus to resume teaching his well-known course on the Japanese legal system. The course presents students with insights on the “role of law, lawyers, and the judicial system in Japanese…
August 15, 2023
CEALS is honored to announce the appointment of Sally A. Harpole as an Affiliated Scholar. Ms. Harpole is a leading international arbitrator, mediator, and attorney-at-law whose practice has emphasized investment, trade, technology and disputes in the People’s Republic of China and other Asian locations since the 1970’s. She is a…
July 10, 2023
On July 1, the historic People’s Republic of China Foreign Relations Law (FRL) came into effect. In a detailed article published on July 10, South China Morning Post reporter Shi Jiangtao discusses the FRL and cites Center Director Keith Hand’s analysis of the new law. The FRL is the latest step in…
June 1, 2023
On June 1, CEALS was honored to release its first Annual Report. Our inaugural year as the Center for East Asian Legal Studies (CEALS) was a momentous one and provided new opportunities to build on seven years of work with the East Asian Legal Studies Program. The global pandemic…
February 23, 2023
CEALS is honored to announce the appointment of Hiroshi Fukurai, Professor Sociology & Legal Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz and former President of the Asian Law & Society Association, as an Affiliated Scholar. Professor Fukurai is a longtime friend and supporter of East Asian legal studies at…
January 27, 2023
Since 2009, the Center for East Asian Legal Studies (formerly the East Asian Legal Studies Program) has been proud to host 75 public events and exchanges with leading scholars, practitioners, and government officials on a wide range of topics related to East Asian legal affairs. Events have included major…
January 23, 2023
On January 23, the University of Washington School of Law published a profile on CEALS Director Keith Hand on its main homepage. The University of Washington is home to one of the oldest and most prominent Asian law programs in the country. The profile is based on a conversation…
October 12, 2022
The 21st Century China Center at UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy published a policy report titled “Waging External Struggle through Law: China’s Evolving Legal Strategies and Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit.” In the report, CEALS Director Keith Hand, who serves concurrently as…
September 15, 2022
CEALS is honored to announce the appointment of alumnus Jeff Layman as an Affiliated Scholar. Mr. Layman is currently deputy general counsel for Venture Global LNG. He has over 25 years of experience advising on cross-border business transactions in China, and he recently returned to the US after practicing for 17 years…