Three IU McKinney Students speak at International Forum in China
06/06/2016
Students from IU McKinney took part in the International Forum for Law Students on June 5 at Renmin University of China Law School.
This was the seventh year for the event, which was first organized by Professor Tom Wilson of IU McKinney and Professor Xiangshun Ding, LL.M. ’06, of Renmin. Professor Wilson is director of the law school’s Chinese Law Summer Program. Professor Ding is director of the Department of Comparative Law and Trilateral Cooperation Studies Center at Renmin, and designated professor at Nagoya University in Japan.
The forum provides an opportunity for law students to research a topic and make a presentation to an audience of law students, professors, attorneys, and government officials. The co-directors of this year’s forum, the theme of which was “Defending the Powerless from the Legal Perspective,” were Professor Wilson and Professor Meng Yanbei of Renmin.
A total of 22 students representing 12 nations presented lectures during the forum. IU McKinney students who spoke at the event were:
J.D. student Jason Abel, who spoke on “Advancing Mobile Integrated Healthcare through Improved Regulatory and Reimbursement Structures”
J.D. student Matthew Whitlock, who spoke on “Defending Indigenous Peoples: Fighting Logging on Tribal Lands in Brazil”
And M.J. student Eddie Rivers, who spoke on “Guardian Ad Litem Practice in Dissolution of Marriage Cases”
IU McKinney M.J. student Deborah Morton and J.D. student Dawn Allen served as moderators during the event.
IU McKinney’s Chinese Law Summer Program commemorated its 30th year in 2016. Participants take courses in Chinese domestic law, take law-related field trips, and cultural field trips. This also marks the 19th year in which the program has been hosted by Renmin.
