FRANK H.
WU
Voices
HUFFINGTON
10.14.12
I Should
Have Paid
Attention
in Chinese
School
HEN I TAUGHT IN CHINA a few years ago, I
went to a unique school founded by the most
prestigious university in that nation to train
lawyers. It was an extraordinary institution
because it followed the American Juris Doctor program and was taught entirely in English. The Chinese were doing what we have
urged them to do, which is to adopt the rule
of law (which we take for granted means
Anglo-American common law). An American
adoption of a comparable Chinese institution
would be difficult to imagine. ΒΆ At the end
of the term, my students organized a trip to
ILLUSTRATION BY JESSE LEFKOWITZ
Frank H. Wu
is Chancellor
and Dean of
UC Hastings
College of the
Law