UC Law San Francisco (Formerly UC Hastings)

CEALS Presents - Bumps on China's Belt and Road
2026-04-01 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | 333-201
Featured Speaker: Professor John Ohnesorge, University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 1, 2026, 12:30-1:30 PM
Location (*ROOM CHANGED): Room 333-201 (333 Golden Gate Ave., UC Law SF in Room 201)

The Belt and Road Initiative, announced by Xi Jinping in 2013, has provided the framing for a dramatic expansion of China’s reach into the global economy. Please join the Center for East Asian Legal Studies for a talk with Professor John Ohnesorge who will briefly describe the Initiative and debates surrounding it, then focus on key current economic and geopolitical challenges to its continued expansion.

Professor John Ohnesorge is Professor of Law, Director of the East Asian Legal Studies Center, and founder and director of the Compliance Initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School. A native of Minneapolis, Professor Ohnesorge received his B.A. from St. Olaf College (English and Psychology, 1985), his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School (cum laude, 1989), and his S.J.D. from Harvard Law School (2002). He spent several years in East Asia, as a teacher and law student in Shanghai in the 1980s, as a lawyer in private practice in Seoul in the 1990s, and as a visiting scholar at Seoul National University. He spent 2023 as a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar at Yonsei University in Seoul. His research interests include Administrative Law, Politics and Compliance, Law and Economic Development, East Asian Legal System Development, and International Economic Law.

A light lunch will be provided.

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Center for Racial and Economic Justice - Juvenile Court Fines and Fees: Unseen Shackles Webinar
2026-04-09 10:00 - 11:00 | Webinar
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Seattle Alumni Chapter: Mini Golf & Mingle
2026-09-03 18:30 - 19:45 | Olympic Sculpture Park, 2901 Western Ave, Seattle, WA, 98121
Meet up with UC Law SF alumni in the Seattle area and play Mini Golf at Olympic Sculpture Park. Putt, sip and mingle among Seattle-based art and beautiful views!

The leader (lowest number of strokes) wins a prize, so bring your competitive spirit!

Tee time start in 10 minute intervals. Please select the ticket for when you would like to start. Plus ones are encouraged!

Tickets and prizes are generously sponsored by Scott Morris ’76 and Bekah Young ’19.

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CEALS Presents - China's Jurisdictional Maximalism
2026-09-09 12:30 - 13:30 | 333-201
Please join the Center for East Asian Legal Studies for a talk with Junhao Chen, who will explore the aggressive expansion of control by Chinese courts over litigation implicating China’s overseas interests, a strategy that extends beyond critical patents in the telecom sector to cover a broader set of international commercial disputes. A light lunch will be served.

Featured Speaker: Junhao Chen, JSD Candidate, NYU School of Law
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 9, 2026, 12:30-1:30 PM
Location: Room 333-201 (UC Law SF, 333 Golden Gate Ave, Room 201)

In 2020, China began asserting judicial authority in ways that encroached upon the legal sovereignty of other jurisdictions around the world, including the United States. The front line of this incursion was an unprecedented wave of “anti-suit injunctions” issued by Chinese courts: judicial orders preventing non-Chinese litigants from suing, or continuing to sue, in other jurisdictions. Many scholars appear to regard these injunctions as reasonable, legitimate tools to protect the integrity of Chinese adjudication. Even those few critics who have raised concerns tend to frame such injunctions as unique features of transnational patent litigation in the telecom sector. Chen’s new article argues that the wave of anti-suit injunctions should be understood, instead, as both the starting point and a crucial element of China’s grand strategy of jurisdictional maximalism: that is, the aggressive expansion of control by Chinese courts over litigation implicating China’s overseas interests. This strategy extends beyond critical patents in the telecom sector to embrace a broader set of international commercial disputes. Drawing on a review of Chinese judicial opinions, official statements, and trends in legal doctrine—most of which are unavailable in English translation—Chen reveals the scale of the emerging jurisdictional paradigm.

Hybrid Event — This event will be live-streamed via Zoom. Virtual attendance is optional.

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Center for Racial and Economic Justice - AdDRESS for Success: Adopting Affirming and Legally Compliant Dress Codes as Positive School Climate and Health Protective Policy Interventions Webinar
2026-09-18 12:00 - 13:30 | Webinar

Center for Racial and Economic Justice - Litigating Adultification Bias in Criminal Cases Webinar
2026-10-02 12:00 - 13:30 | Webinar
