Chinese Judges Learn About U.S. Legal System at Emory
Emory University School of Law
Emory University welcomes 29 judges from China this week who will be studying the U.S. legal system for a month. The university says the judges will learn U.S. constitutional law and the role of courts and judges in shaping the law.
The Chinese judges will also learn the roles U.S. judges played in the civil rights movement.
“Being in Atlanta with the Martin Luther King Center gives a chance for Emory to share that civil rights history and civil rights law with the judges from China,” said Emory Law Dean Robert Schapiro.
Schapiro said that Emory faculty members have taught Chinese lawyers in the past, but this program is distinct because of the type of students.
“These are judges who are fairly early in their career and they’ll likely have major roles in shaping the legal system in China in the decades to come,” Schapiro said.
The judges, half of whom are women, will attend lectures and meet with U.S. judges, and end the program in Washington, D.C.
The program is a part of a new partnership with the City University of Hong Kong and the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China.
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