Professor Ding Xiangshun, LL.M. '06, Successfully Defends Dissertation
04/11/2019
Professor Ding Xiangshun, LL.M. '06, successfully defended his dissertation, fulfilling the requirements for the Doctor of Juridical Science degree. The defense of his dissertation, titled "Raising the Bar through Reforming Legal Education: A Comparative Study on the Reforms of Legal Education in Northeast Asia," took place at IU McKinney on March 29.
Professor Ding is Deputy Chair of the China Comparative Law Society and is a professor of law at Renmin University of China Law School (RUC). He received his bachelor and master degrees from Jilin University in China and a Ph.D. degree in law from RUC before beginning his S.J.D. studies at IU McKinney. He is co-founder, along with Professor Tom Wilson, of the Joint Center for Asian Law Studies at IU McKinney. Professor Ding has been a visiting scholar and a visiting professor at IU McKinney. During the Spring 2012 semester, Professor Ding taught "Law and Society of China" to JD and LL.M. students..
Professor Wilson served as chair of Professor Ding's dissertation defense committee. Other members of the committee included Dean Andrew R. Klein, Professor Judith McMorrow of Boston College Law School, and Professor Mary Sue Backus of the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
In the photo from left are Professor Backus, Professor Ding, Professor Wilson, Professor McMorrow, and Dean Klein.
