US, China further law school exchage

• Source: Global Times
• [21:42 November 03 2009]
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By Du Guodong

A ceremony marking 10 years of scholarly exchange and cooperation between the law schools of Temple University and Tsinghua University was held Sunday in Beijing.

The event drew a wide range of law professors and government officials, including those from the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs of China, the main body responsible for bringing foreign experts and professors to China.

Back in 1999, in order to help Chinese legal professionals gain an understanding of US law, China cooperated with Temple University's Beasley School of Law in establishing a Beijing-based Master of Laws program in conjunction with Tsinghua's Law School.

Over the past decade, more than 900 Chinese legal professionals and government officials participated in the program whose graduates have played an important role in fostering scholarly exchange between the two counties.

At the ceremony, Temple also announced that it will deepen its cooperation with Chinese universities by joining with Qinghai University for Nationalities to help train legal professionals later this month.

"Besides the law program, we provide several other tracks of study including non-degree educational programs for judges and prosecutors, available in the Qinghai program, AIDS and public health law training and workshops, as well as law drafting and implementation projects for Chinese lawmakers,"said JoAnne A. Epps, Dean of Temple's Beasley School of Law, during the ceremony.

Details of the agreement with Qinghai University for Nationalities will be finalized within two weeks, according to Louis Thompson, Assistant Dean for Graduate and International Programs.

Founded in 1884, Temple University is a prestigious public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, its Beasley School of Law established in 1895.