Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Oklahoma City University Law Review

Abstract

Dean Larry Hellman contacted me when we were both in Beijing in December 2007. Larry was new to China; I was literally an old hand. He was seeking my counsel regarding his early efforts to establish relationships between Oklahoma City University School of Law and Chinese law schools and legal institutions. Always eager to encourage such relationships, I arranged for us to meet over tea at my hotel. Larry wanted my opinion of the soundness of the programs he had put in place and his plans to build on them to establish for OCU’s law school a strong presence in China alongside the forays of a few other American law schools that were of the same mind. Knowing the many difficulties of launching such projects in China, I was overwhelmingly impressed. I simply said, “Yes, yes, yes. Keep going. The relationships you are building for your school and its students and faculty are important. Your efforts will help encourage those within China’s leadership who see the value of modernizing China’s approach to legal education and liberalizing the country’s legal system.” And that’s what Larry did; he kept on going, fortunately.

First Page

23

Volume

45

Publication Date

2020

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