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| Professor Annelise Riles, Clarke Program Director, teaches an annual core course in East Asian law and culture. |
Students at Cornell Law School take courses on East Asian law in the law school and in other departments of the university, interact with world-class researchers, practitioners and activists from Asia, and participate in conferences and workshops where policies affecting the region are debated and shaped.
Opportunities for Cornell Law students to pursue East Asian study include:
CORNELL LAW SCHOOL COURSEWORK
A core course is taught each year by Annelise Riles. The course is organized around the theme of a conference so that students participate in the conference at the end of the semester.
To learn more about coursework in international and comparative law at Cornell, please review the Cornell curriculum.
Courses with Asian Law Content, Fall 2008
Courses with Asian Law Content, Spring 2008
CORNELL UNIVERSITY COURSEWORK
Numerous courses on topics of relevance to East Asian law are offered across the university.
Students should consult the Registrar's Office Site to learn more about law school credit and coursework outside the lawschool.
LANGUAGE STUDY
Students with a serious interest in a legal career involving Asia are strongly encouraged to become proficient in an Asian language.
The Department of Asian Studies' FALCON (Full-year Asian Language Concentration) Program enables beginning students of Chinese and Japanese to study in a concentrated and uninterrupted manner over a period of time long enough to gain working proficiency. The Department also offers Korean and a host of other languages.
Students should consult the Registrar's Office Site to learn more about law school credit and language study.
STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
Programs in English
Cornell Law School has established regular exchange programs with both Peking University Law School, in Beijing, China, and The University of Hong Kong. Both receive Cornell Law students regardless of their Chinese language skill in programs that allow students to acquire a full semester of credit toward their JD degree. Both schools also send students to study at Cornell. For more information, visit Study Abroad Home.
Programs in Japanese
Waseda Graduate School of Law and Keio University Law School, both in Tokyo, Japan, have established exchange programs for Cornell law students with at least basic Japanese language skills. Cornell students studying at Waseda or Keio attend regular classes and receive a full semester of credit toward their JD degree, and Cornell Law School in turn receives exchange students from Waseda and Keio. For more information, visit Study Abroad Home.
SUMMER LAW INSTITUTE IN SUZHOU, CHINA
Cornell Law School, in partnership with Kenneth Wang School of Law, Soochow University (Suzhou, China) and Bucerius Law School (Hamburg, Germany), organizes an annual ABA-approved course in Suzhou, China. For more information, visit the Summer Law Institute's website.
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THE CLARKE STUDENT ESSAY PRIZE COMPETITION
| Tim Webster, 2005 winner of the Clarke Essay Prize, delivers his prize-winning paper. |
Every year, the Clarke Program recognizes scholarly work by a Cornell law student or graduate student that expands the understanding of legal institutions, ideas, or practices in East Asia. The winner receives a cash award of $300 and will be invited to present his or her paper in the Program workshop in the following semester.
We welcome submissions of papers authored by Cornell J.D. students in their second or third years, Cornell L.L.M. students, or graduate students from other departments or schools within the university by May 30. Papers may be submitted by students or by their advisors on their behalf. Papers should be no more than 10,000 words in length. Please submit entries to asianlaw@cornell.edu.
JSD PROGRAM
The Clarke Program offers a vibrant interdisciplinary environment for researchers pursuing an JSD with a focus on East Asian Law and Culture. Further information about Cornell's JSD program is available here. Applicants interested in pursuing a JSD with a focus on East Asia can also contact the program directly at asianlaw@cornell.edu for further information.