International Current Events
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In January 2012, Berkeley Law's International and Executive Legal Education (IELE) program signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Jagiellonian Law School, for the joint implementation of a new Certificate in American Law program that will start in August 2012. Dean Krystyna Chojnicka and Dean Christopher Edley, Jr. signed the MOU for their respective law schools. The MOU was brought about, thanks in large part, to the educational bridging of the San Francisco-Krakow Sister Committee, which will host a special reception in August for the first delegation of lawyer and law student participants from Poland.
November 2011: CUPL Signs MOU with Berkeley Law School IELE to Develop Judicial Training Programs
Berkeley Law's IELE program signed an Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation with China University of Politics & Law (CUPL) to jointly develop an annual training program for Chinese judges. Executive Director Helene Kim was also in Beijing to meet with directors from the People's Supreme Court and the National Judges College to discuss future cooperation on legal training programs for senior Chinese judges.
November 2011: Berkeley Law Dean Attends Shanghai Jiaotong MOU Signing
On November 12, 2011, Berkeley Law Dean Christopher J. Edley, Jr. and IELE Executive Director Helene Kim attended the historic MOU signing ceremony between UC-Berkeley and Shanghai Jiaotong University in Shanghai, China. The two universities' Memorandum of Understanding for Academic Cooperation was signed by UC-Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau and Shanghai Jiaotong University President Zhang Jie. The MOU signing was occasioned by Chancellor Birgeneau's inaugural visit to Shanghai, as part of the annual Berkeley Alumni Ball hosted by the Berkeley Club of Shanghai.
October 2012: 9th Annual US-China Legal Exchange by US Dept. of Commerce and China's MOFCOM
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On October 17, 2011, Berkeley Law's IELE program was invited to co-sponsor and participate in the annual US Dept. of Commerce-Chinese Minstry of Commerce conference on US-China Law. This year's conference focused on key developments in China's Anti-Monopoly Laws and tort regulations, and the welcoming remarks were delivered by U.S. Dept. of Commerce General Counsel Cameron Kerry and China's MOFCOM Deputy China International Trade Representative Chong Quan . Other distinguished speakers and panelists included Mr. Du Tao, Deputy Director General of Civil Law Office, Legislative Affairs Commission, Standing Committee of National People’s Congress, and Mr. Wang Zhihua, Division Director of the Anti-monopoly Bureau at MOFCOM, along with Berkeley Law adjunct professor Sam Miller and IELE Executive Director Helene Kim, who formerly served as U.S. Special Counsel to MOFCOM predecessor MOFTEC's Shanghai law firm.
On September 29, 2011, Renmin Law School's Vice Dean Lin Jia visited Berkeley Law School for the first time, to meet with Dean Christopher Edley. The two Deans discussed various areas of proposed academic cooperation, and Renmin Law's Asst. Dean Ding Xiangshun accompanied the visits. Dean Lin Jia also met with IELE Faculty Chair Prof. Stephen Sugarman to discuss their common research interests in food safety regulation.
September 2011: Shanghai Jiaotong University President ZHANG Delivers Inaugural Lecture at Berkeley Law School
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President Zhang Jie of Shanghai Jiaotong University delivered his inaugural lecture to a crowded audience of students and faculty organized by Berkeley Law School's IELE program and the Berkeley Chinese Students & Scholars Association. President Zhang described his vision for future academic cooperation and talent cultivation between the top research universities in China and the U.S. His lecture was occasioned by a ten-member Shanghai Jiaotong delegation visit to UC-Berkeley on that same day. The SJTU delegation members, who included Prof. Yang Guo Yan, Director of SJTU's BioMED-X Institute, International Office Director Prof. William Zhang and Executive Vice President of SJTU Foundation Jin Wei, also met with UC-Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer and many other distinguished Deans and Dept Chairs during their daylong visit.
July 2011: Haas Corporate Board Diversity Forum Co-sponsored by IELE
Berkeley Law IELE participated in and co-sponsored the first Corporate Board Diversity Forum at the Haas School of Business, organized by New America Alliance Vice Chair of Governance and Berkeley Law alumnus Tony Qintero. IELE's Executive Director Helene Kim served as a panelist and spoke on the newly emerging hiring paradigm of "Global Diversity." Other panelists and speakers included Haas Business School Dean Rich Lyons, Berkeley Law Dean Christopher Edley; Moe Vela, former Former Deputy Chief of Staff to U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden and U.S. Vice President Al Gore; Hispanic-Net President Michael Lopez, Latinos in Finance President Oscar Gonzalez, Stanford Law Prof. Bill Ong. Berkeley Law IELE thanks programs sponsors Mr. and Mrs. William Draper III, Equilar Inc., and Orrick Herrington Sutcliffe LP for their generous funding and support for this program.
June 2011: Berkeley Law IELE Signs MOU with Tsinghua Law School
On June 2012, Berkeley Law School Dean Christopher Edley visited Tsinghua Law School and met with Dean Wang Zhemin, as part of Dean Edley's inaugural visit to Bejing to attend the US-Sino Conference of Law Schools. The two Deans signed a Memorandum of Understanding for Academic Cooperation, to conduct collaborative research on legal topics, and develop executive legal training programs and academic conferences.
June 2011: Berkeley Law IELE Signs MOU with Shanghai Jiaotong Koguan Law School
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On the occasion of his inaugural trip to China, Berkeley Law Dean visited the campus of Shanghai Jiaotong Koguan Law School to meet with Dean Ji Weidong and sign a Memorandum of Understanding for Academic Cooperation. The two law schools agreed to undertake several projects focusing on international law, including projects related to intellectual property law training and joint development of executive training programs for Chinese international lawyers.
June 2011: Yonsei Law Dean Visits Berkeley Law School and Delivers Lecture on North Korean Foreign Investment Laws
On June 14-15, 2011, Yonsei Law School Dean Hyunyoon Shin visited Berkeley Law School to deliver his inaugural lecture on the topic of North Korean Foreign Investment Laws & Regulations. He was accompanied by Associate Dean of International Affairs Prof. Joongi Kim. Dean Shin's lecture was part of an all-day seminar sponsored by the Berkeley Law IELE program on topics related to Economic Development in North Korea. Panelists included leading North Korea strategy experts Dr. Peter Hayes and Scott Bruce from the Nautilus Institute; Philip Yoon from the Asia Foundation; and Dr. Bruce Pickering from the Asia Society.
May 2011: Thailand Govt. National Broadcasting & Telecommunications Commissioner Sudharma Yoonaidharma Lectures at Media Regulation Symposium.
May 27, 2011, NBTC Commissioner and Prof. Sudharma Yoonaidharma delivered a guest lecture at the Berkeley Law IELE symposium on "Social Transformation and the Role of Media Regulation in Thailand." The symposium was held as part of the second annual IELE training program for the Thailand government's National Broadcasting & Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) on media and telecommunications industry regulations. Special guests included Deputy Chief Justice Mr. Sornchai Sirariyakul and Presiding Judge Saowalak Jullamon of the Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court, who were awarded Certificates of Recognition by Dean Christopher Edley.
April 2011: Berkeley Law IELE Participates in Tsinghua Law's Global Legal Education Conference in Beijing
On April 23-24, 2011, Tsinghua Law School sponsored a two-day conference on Global Legal Education trends, which featured panelists and speakers from leading law schools in China, Korea, Singapore, Canada, Australia, England and the U.S. Berkeley Law IELE's Executive Director Helene Kim spoke on a panel about current innovations in the delivery of international legal education programs. The two-day conference was part of Tsinghua University's Centennial Celebration to mark the 100th anniversary of its campus opening, and was attended by UC-Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau.
November 2010: Beijing High Court Sends Judges Training Delegation to Berkeley Law School
Berkeley Law IELE hosted and organized a week-long training program for a delegation of senior-ranking Chinese judges sponsored by the Beijing High Court. The judicial training program included lectures by IELE Director Judge Wayne Brazil and Berkeley Law Prof. Eleanor Swift, as well as visits with state and federal court judges to understand the workings of the American legal system.
August 2010: UNAM Legal Training Delegation Visits Berkeley Law
A delegation of Mexican in-house lawyers and governmental lawyers visited Berkeley Law School for a weeklong training program organized by the IELE program. The delegation was sponsored by the diplomado corporativo law program at UNAM in Mexico City. The group engaged in workshops, lectures and seminars on topics related to human rights and international law. They also visited the San Francisco offices of international law firm Morrison & Foerster to hear a lecture by partner Arturo Gonzalez, who serves as President of the San Francisco Bar Association.
June 2010: Cisco Senior Vice President and General Counsel Mark Chandler Delivers Lecture to Thailand Govt.'s NBTC Delegation
A 20-person delegation sponsored by the Thailand government's National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and led by Commissioner Pana Thongmeearkom visited the offices of Cisco Systems in San Jose, California to benchmark best practices in industry regulations. Cisco Senior Vice President and General Counsel Mark Chandler delivered a lecture on the driving forces of innovation in Silicon Valley to the NBTC group. The lecture was part of the first annual IELE-NBTC training program held at Berkeley Law campus.
May 2010: Berkeley Law Signs MOU with Yonsei Law School
On May 9, 2010, Associate Dean Andrew Guzman and Executive Director Helene Kim of Berkeley Law's International and Executive Legal Education (IELE) program visited Yonsei Law School in Seoul Korea, to sign a Memorandum of Understanding. The two Law Schools agreed to develop a Dual Degree LL.M. program whereby selected Yonsei LL.B. students will complete their LL.M. degree at Berkeley Law in two summers.
April 2010: Shanghai Jiaotong Koguan Dean Ji Weidong Visits Berkeley Law School
Berkeley Law's IELE program invited Dean Ji Weidong from Shanghai Jiaotong Koguan Law School to visit Berkeley Law campus and meet with several faculty and Berkeley Law research centers about broad-based academic cooperation between the two Law Schools. The delegation included Asst. Dean of International Affairs Prof. Xu Xiaobing and Associate Dean and Prof. Xu Xianghua.
April 2010: Tsinghua Law School Vice Dean's Inaugural Visit to Berkeley Law School
On April 6, 2010, Berkeley Law's IELE program hosted and organized the inaugural visit of Tsinghua Law School's Vice Dean and Prof. Shen Weixing, as part of the annual Berkeley-Tsinghua Celebration Week. Prof. Shen met with several Berkeley Law Deans and faculty to discuss academic research and program cooperation between the two law schools.
March 2010: Berkeley Law IELE Establishes International Advisory Council (IAC)
Berkeley Law School's IELE program established a new International Advisory Council to support and represent international programs at Berkeley Law. Twenty-two Berkeley Law alumni were nominated and appointed by the IELE program to serve as IAC members in regions of Asia-Pacific, Europe, South America, the Middle East, and Africa.
