2016-2017 Academic Year

The Impact of Trump’s Election on Trade Relations with Japan and China (April 2017)

Glen S. Fukushima, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and former USTR for China and Japan, former President & CEO of Airbus China, and former President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan.

The Umbrella Movement and the Evolving Constitutional Crisis in Hong Kong (April 2017)

Professor Michael C. Davis, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law.

Chinese Investment in Africa (March 2017)

Auria Styles, Senior Attorney for M&A and Investments at the Intel Corporation and Adjunct Professor.

*Seminar on Building a Business in Japan: Key Insights on Fintech and IP (February 2017)

This seminar explored deregulation efforts and commercial trends in Japan’s fintech industry and tips for IP asset development and management when doing business in Japan. Speakers included Toyohisa Kaminiwa, Partner at Inaba and Partners Law Office and Tatsuya Sawada, Executive Director at SUGIMURA International Patent and Trademark Attorneys. Co-sponsored by the Japan External Trade Organization and the Japan Society of Northern California.

*Symposiumon Globalization of Japanese Lawyers: Achievements, Challenges, and Expectations for American Law Schools (November 2016)

Symposium participants from Japan and the United States discussed the globalization of the Japanese legal profession in the two spheres of business lawyering and public interest lawyering and the evolving role of Japan’s bar associations Speakers included Professor Evan Lee, Acting Provost and Academic Dean; C. Lawrence Greenwood, President of the Japan Society of Northern California and former U S Ambassador to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation group; Shouichi Nagayoshi, Deputy Consul General of Japan; Akira Kawamura, Of Counsel at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune and former President of the International Bar Association; Yoshimichi Makiyama and Tatsu Katayama, Partners at Kitamura & Makiyama; and Shinichi Sugiyama, Partner at the Harago Law Office. Center Senior Director Setsuo Miyazawa led the discussion. Co-sponsored by the Japan Society of Northern California, the Daini Tokyo Bar Association, and the Hastings International and Comparative Law Review.

*2016 CHINA Town Hall with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (October 2016)

This two-part event included a national, interactive webcast with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and a local discussion on recent developments in China’s legal reform process with local participants Co-sponsored by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.

The Recent Crackdown on Rights Lawyers in China (October 2016)

Professor Chen Taihe, Associate Professor at Guilin University of Electronic Technology Law School, Human Rights Lawyer, and law school Visiting Foreign Scholar.

Best Practices for the Patent Judiciary: Lessons from Another Experiment on Specialized Adjudication of Patent Cases in Japan (October 2016)

Professor Toshiko Takenaka, University of Washington School of Law.

2015-2016 Academic Year

Chinese Delegation Visit on U.S. Jury System (June 2016)

The Center worked with alumnus Judge James Lambden and The Dui Hua Foundation to host a delegation of 30 diplomats from China to discuss the U.S. jury system.

Foreign Investment and Variable Interest Entities in China (April 2016)

Greg Pilarowski, Founder of Pillar Legal (Bay Area, Shanghai), discussed his work as a China lawyer and presented on the variable interest entity structure that some Chinese entities use to work around foreign investment restrictions and tap foreign capital markets.

Exclusion of Illegally Obtained Confessions in China (February 2016)

Professor Guo Zhiyuan, Chinese University of Politics and Law.

*Symposium on Startups in Japan: Opportunity Knocks in Japan, A Business and Legal Perspective (February 2016)

This symposium focused on legal issues related to American investment in Japan. Speakers addressed contract enforcement and legal counsel for foreign businesses; corporate entities in Japan; visa, personal data protection, and intellectual property; and tax considerations. Speakers included Liz Shoemaker, Of Counsel in the Law Offices of David A. Makman; Akiko Kawakatsu, Partner at Hibiya Station Law Offices; Tomohiro Ono, Senior Associate at Yuasa and Hara; and Miho Aoki, International Tax Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Cosponsored by the Japan External Trade Organization and the Japan Society of Northern California.

*Resolving Disputes with Companies in Asia, What is the Best Approach? (January 2016)

A group of leading lawyers, scholars, and arbitrators from around the Pacific Rim discussed strategies for choosing the place of arbitration; arbitral institutions and governing law; the structure of the dispute resolution process; in-house perspectives on international arbitration and other dispute resolution mechanisms; and the enforcement of arbitral awards. Keynote speakers included Datuk Professor Sandra Rajoo, President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Director of the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration; and Teresa Cheng, Senior Counsel, Chartered Arbitrator, and Chartered Engineer, Des Voeux Chambers, Hong Kong; Chair, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre; and Past President, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. More than 140 professionals from across North America and the Pacific Rim participated. Co-sponsors included the North American Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Center for Dispute Resolution and Negotiation.

Roundtable on Internships in Asia (November 2015)

Center Senior Director Setsuo Miyazawa and Director Keith Hand introduced cooperative intern placement programs and other summer internship opportunities in Asia. Students who interned in Asia in summer 2015 discussed their work at the Beijing Arbitration Commission, the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (Hong Kong), Tilleke & Gibbins (Bangkok), Yoon & Yang (Seoul), Yulchon (Seoul), Shin & Kim (Seoul), and Oh-ebashi (Tokyo).

Liability and Compensation over the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster (October 2015)

Professor Eri Osaka, Toyo University (Tokyo).

Career Building Lunch with Nolan Shaw (’12) (October 2015)

Nolan Shaw (’12), Corporate Associate in the Beijing office of Hogan Lovells, held a lunch meeting and one-on-one meetings with students to discuss strategies for entering the Chinese legal market.

Career Building Lunch with David Lyman and Jeff Layman (September 2015)

David Lyman (’65), Chairman and Chief Values Officer of Tilleke & Gibbins, and Jeff Layman (’97), Partner in the Beijing office of Baker Botts, met with students for lunch, introduced their firms, and provided advice on launching legal careers in Asia.

*Symposium on The Glass Ceiling for Female Professionals, Executives, and Managerial Employees in Japan: the 30th Anniversary of the EEOA and Prime Minister Abe’s ‘Womanomics.’ (September 2015)

This symposium focused on continued challenges for female professionals, executives, and managerial employees in Japan in the context of the 30th anniversary of Japan’s Equal Employment Opportunity Act. Speakers included Professor Joan C. Williams, Director of the Center for WorkLife Law; Associate Professor Kyoko Ishida of Waseda Law School; Professor Hiroya Nakakubo of the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy at Hitotsubashi University; and Professor Hiroko Goto of Chiba University Law School. Center Senior Director Setsuo Miyazawa led the discussion. The Japan Society of Northern California and the Hastings International and Comparative Law Review co-sponsored this symposium.

2014-2015 Academic Year

United States Policy in East Asia (April 2015)

Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, lectured on American policy in Asia, with specific emphasis on China and the Korean peninsula. Center Director Keith Hand provided commentary on Mr. Bandow’s presentation. Co-sponsored by the Federalist Society.

Briefing on China’s New Foreign Investment Law (March 2015)

Charles Comey, Partner at Morrison Foerster.

Civic Participation and Constitutional Development in Hong Kong (February 2015)

Professor Fu Hualing, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, gave a presentation on the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong.

*East Asian Legal Studies Program Launch Event (January 2015)

More than 100 local dignitaries and law school Board members, alumni, faculty, visiting scholars, and students filled the Alumni Reception Center for a reception to formally launch the East Asian Legal Studies Program. Following introductory remarks from Chancellor & Dean Frank H. Wu and Provost & Academic Dean Elizabeth Hillman, the Honorable Nobuhiro Watanabe, Deputy Consul General at the Japanese Consulate; the Honorable Lee Sang-ryol, Deputy Consul General at the Korean Consulate; and the Honorable Liu Zhen, Consul and Political Section Director at the PRC Consulate, addressed the participants. Center Senior Director Setsuo Miyazawa and Director Keith Hand then discussed the core components of the program and its future development. In the final segment of the reception, a panel of East Asia scholars and practitioners, including Professor Stanley Lubman (UC Berkeley), alumnus Grant Kim, and alumnus John Kakinuki (through a written statement delivered by Professor Miyazawa), reflected on the development of East Asian legal studies in the United States.

Changing Legal Education and the Legal Market in South Korea (November 2014)

Judge Yong Hee Kim of the Gunsan Branch, Jeonju District Court, South Korea, and Ji Yeon Kim, Attorney at Kim & Chang.

Legal Ethics from Real Practice to Class: The Case of Taiwan (October 2014)

Sally Huashin Yen, Deputy Secretary General of the Taipei Bar Association.

China Practitioner Visits the Law School (November 2014)

Law school graduate Nolan Shaw (’12), Corporate Associate at the Zhonglun Law Firm in Beijing, discussed his China practice and strategies for securing jobs and internships in China.

Variable Interest Entities in China (October 2014)

Greg Pilarowski, Founder of Pillar Legal, a boutique law firm with offices in Shanghai and the Bay Area.

*2014 CHINA Town Hall with Former President Jimmy Carter (October 2014)

The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations selected the Center for East Asian Legal Studies as one of 74 hosts for the 2014 CHINA Town Hall program. The two-part program featured a national interactive webcast with former President Jimmy Carter. Following the webcast, Adjunct Professor Auria Styles and Center Director Keith Hand gave presentations on recent developments in China’s legal reform process.

*Symposium on the Legal Dimensions of the Daiichi Fukushima Nuclear Disaster (September 2014)

This symposium addressed issues related to compensation, access to justice, and dispute resolution stemming from the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Speakers included Center Senior Director Setsuo Miyazawa; Associate Professor Morris Ratner; Professor Eric A. Feldman, University of Pennsylvania Law School; Kenji Fukuda, Partner at Waseda Legal Commons LPC and Research Associate of Law, Waseda University School of Law; Professor Takao Suami, Waseda Law School; and Professor Yoshitaka Wada, Waseda Law School. Co-sponsors included the Japan Society of Northern California, the Collaborative Research Network on East Asian Law & Society, and Waseda University.

2013-2014 Academic Year

Suing Polluters in China (February 2014)

Professor Rachel Stern, UC Berkeley Law School

Roundtable on China’s Rights Defense Movement (January 2014)

Dr. Teng Biao, academic lawyer and a human rights activist and former Lecturer at the China University of Political Science and Law.

Public Interest Lawyers in China (November 2013)

Professor Guo Jianmei, Executive Director of the Women's Legal Research and Service Centre of Peking University Law School.

*Symposium on Corporate Governance and Capital Markets in Japan (September 2013)

This symposium explored a range of issues related to corporate governance and capital markets in Japan. Speakers included David Makman, Partner at Makman & Matz LLP; Professor Hideki Kanda, University of Tokyo; Professor Bruce Aronson, Hitotsubashi University; Hiroshi Komori, Associate General Manager at the Stock Transfer Agency Business Advisory Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Ltd.; Seiji Kawazoe, Associate General Manager at the Fiduciary Business Planning Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Ltd.; Professor Kouji Yamada, Hitotsubashi University; Sarah Ingmanson, Executive Director at Morgan Stanley; Nicholas Benes, Representative Director, The Board Director Training Institute of Japan (BDTI); Stephen Codrington, CEO at Codrington Japan; Mangyo Kinoshita, Partner at White & Case LLP; Michael J. Mies, Partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP; Atsushi Matsunaga, Manager at IR Japan, Inc.; Marc Goldstein, Head of Research Engagement at Institutional Shareholders Services; Professor Hideki Kanda, University of Tokyo; Eileen Tanaka, Interim Head, Japan Society of Northern California. Co-sponsored by Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Hibiya Station Lax Offices, and Japan Airlines.

2012-2013 Academic Year

Military Law in China (March 2013)

Professor Zeng Zhiping, Nanchang Institute of Technology (China).

Mergers and Acquisitions in China (September 2012)

Zou Qizhao, Partner at King & Capital, Beijing.

*Symposium on Successes, Failures, and Remaining Issues of the Justice System Reform in Japan (September 2012)

Participants at this symposium examined a wide range of issues, including reform of the legal education system, the bar examination, and the legal profession in Japan and experimentation with lay participation in criminal trials. Speakers included Center Senior Director Setsuo Miyazawa; Shunsuke Marushima, practicing attorney, former senior staff member of the JSRC, and former Secretary General, JFBA; Professor Daniel H. Foote, University of Tokyo;

Professors Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago; Professor Mark Levin, University of Hawai'i

William S. Richardson School of Law; Professor Hiroshi Fukurai, University of California at Santa Cruz; and Associate Professor Takayuki Ii, Hirosaki University.

2011-2012 Academic Year

Lecture Series on Intellectual Property in China (Spring 2012)

Associate Professor Lau Wan Yong of the Shanghai Jiaotong University KoGuan School of Law gave a series of lectures in the law school’s international and comparative IP course.

*2011 CHINA Town Hall with former National Security Advisor Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski (November 2011)

This two-part event involved a national, interactive webcast with Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski and a local panel on legal issues in China. Chancellor and Dean Frank Wu; Center Director Keith Hand; and Professor Nicolas Howson of the University of Michigan were co-panelists on the local panel, which focused on Legal Dimensions of the U.S.-China Relationship. This event was co-sponsored by the National-Committee on U.S. China Relations

Roundtable with Alumnus Jeff Layman (November 2011)

Jeff Layman, Partner in the Beijing office of Baker Botts. Layman focused on US-China crossborder investment in the energy sector and strategies for building a legal career in China.

Panel on Intellectual Property Careers in Asia (October 2011)

Panelists included Janet Xiao, Partner in the Life Science Group at Morrison Foerster, and Song Zhu, Partner at Squire Sanders.

2010-2011 Academic Year

Legal Dimensions of the U.S.-China Relationship (April 2011).

Center Director Keith Hand and Professor Bill Dodge presented on the legal dimensions of the U.S.-China relationship

The Constitutional Court of Korea and its Role in Korea’s Transition (January 2011)

Kim Jinhan, Research Judge at the Constitutional Court of Korea, gave a lecture on the Constitutional Court of Korea and its role in Korea’s transition.

China’s Supreme People’s Court Delegation on Government Torts (November 2010)

The law school hosted a visit by a delegation of judges from the PRC Supreme People’s Court. The judges met with law school scholars and San Francisco officials to discuss the subject of government torts.

Panel on Legal Reform in Korea (Fall 2010)

Grant Kim, Of Counsel with Morrison Foerster; Dean Fealk, Partner at DLA Piper; Yukyong Choe, Korean Legislation Research Institute.