Virginia Lawyers Weekly

Joel B. Eisen, a professor at the University of Richmond law school, has received a Fulbright scholarship to teach at the China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) in Beijing, China, in the spring 2009 semester.

CUPL, one of China’s most prestigious law schools, was established in 1952 when the Chinese government combined the law schools at Peking University and other prominent universities in Beijing. CUPL was the first university in China to offer programs in legal history, civil commercial law, economic law, procedural law, comparative law, and legal history.

It is also an important center for exchange programs in law between China and the rest of the world, with ties to over 70 universities from 20 countries and regions. Its graduates practice in the government, the judiciary, and major law firms in China.
Eisen said, “I am honored and excited to have been chosen as a Fulbright professor at CUPL. CUPL is renowned throughout China as a center of legal academic excellence, and it is a focal point for studying how China can adapt to the considerable challenges of the 21st century.”

As a Fulbright lecturer, Eisen will teach Chinese students courses in energy law and the law of global warming. China, according to Eisen, “is at an early stage of developing its environmental protection and energy laws, and there is much that the U.S. and China can learn from each other.”

Eisen added, “The University of Richmond’s international education program has been nationally recognized, and bringing an international dimension to life and education at Richmond has become a high priority with the forthcoming construction of the Carole Weinstein International Center. I hope the lessons I learn in China will enrich my teaching and scholarship, and allow Richmond law students to learn more about critical energy and environmental issues facing China and the world.”

Eisen earned his B.S. degree in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1981, and his J.D. degree from Stanford University Law School in 1985. He joined the UR law faculty in 1994.

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