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Professor Xuan-Thao Nguyen was invited to be part of a comprehensive training effort for the judiciary in Vietnam on the newly revised secured transactions law. Professor Nguyen also assisted in the revision of the law over the past two years. The law was passed in November 2015.

In Vietnam for trainings during early January, Professor Nguyen is working with the Vietnam Supreme People’s Court to teach judges across the nation about the new law, which will take effect January 1, 2017. The Vietnam National Assembly adopted 80 percent of the legislative proposal that she had assisted in the revision of regarding the country’s secured transactions law.

In the photo, Professor Nguyen is in the center of the front row with the invited judges from 27 provinces across Vietnam who were present for the training. Professor Nguyen was the main speaker for the trainings. Immediately to her right is Madam Deputy Chief Justice Nguyen Thuy Hien.

“It is the first time ever in Vietnam a foreign law professor is invited to work on a comprehensive training for the judges across the entire country,” Professor Nguyen said. “It is a huge honor.  I am humbled to be part of this historic event.”

Professor Nguyen, who holds the Gerald L. Bepko Chair in Law, is the director of the IU McKinney Center for Intellectual Property Law and Innovation. She is an internationally recognized legal scholar, known for her expertise in the intersections of intellectual property, secured transactions, bankruptcy, licensing, and taxation.