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…
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…