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Professor Tom Wilson Invited to Speak in China
05/04/2011
Professor Lloyd T. "Tom" Wilson was an invited speaker at the Second 21st Century International Forum of Law School Deans and Jurists, held from October 3 to 5, 2010, in Beijing, China. The International Forum is held once every ten years and serves as a platform for formulating and announcing the major policy initiatives that will guide legal education in China for the next decade.
The International Forum was held in conjunction with festivities celebrating the 60th Anniversary of Renmin University of China Law School, the first institution of higher legal education in the People’s Republic of China.
Attendees at the Second 21st Century International Forum included 347 deans, judges, and scholars from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, as well as 100 invitees from 25 other countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. Professor Wilson was invited to speak on “Legal System in Transformation: China and the World International Forum.” The title of his presentation was “Missions and Markets: Charting the Course of the Law School Curriculum in Changing Times.”
