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 over a decade, China’s annual outbound investment has placed it among the top three sources of outbound investment globally. Prior to the U.S.-China trade war, the U.S. market was a top destination for Chinese investment.  As geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and China rise, the flow of new Chinese…
Date/Time: Friday, January 30, 12:30-1:30 PM Location: 200-640 Please join the Center for East Asian Legal Studies for a panel featuring UC Law SF students who spent their summers engaged in Asia-related legal work. Â Panelists include Catherine Hu (TSMC); Woozoo Kim (EJE Law); Michelle…
October 2, 2025
What can government leaders, legal scholars, and practicing lawyers do to defend the rule of law and protect democratic institutions? Twenty legal experts, including a federal judge and top scholars from seven law schools, will tackle that and other pressing questions during an all-day symposium…
Featured Speakers: Takumi Sato, attorney in the Silicon Valley office of TMI Associates, Lauren M. Cruz, Senior Counsel at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, and Adjunct Professor David Makman Date/Time: Monday, October 20, 12:30-1:30 PM Location: *MOVED TO 200-605 This will be a presentation…
Featured Speaker: Professor Ji Li, University of California, Irvine School of Law Date/Time: Monday, October 13, 12:30-1:30 PM Location: 200-605 In Negotiating Legality, author Ji Li examines how Chinese multinational companies, such as TikTok, are navigating the challenges of the U.S. legal system amidst intensifying U.S.-China…
This year’s Japanese Law Symposium will assess the rights of the Ainu people and examine broader issues of settler colonialism from a comparative perspective. The Ainu are an Indigenous people who live in Hokkaido and the northern part of Honshu, as well as in southern Sakhalin and the…