Chinese Law and Politics Blog

Position: China Manager, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is looking for a manager for their China programs in their Washington office.  The Chamber is a federation of American businesses that seeks to advance member interests through lobbying, policy research, and public outreach.

For more information, see the linked job announcement, or the copy below.

Position: China Analyst, International Crisis Group

The International Crisis Group (Crisis Group) is seeking a China analyst to work in Beijing. The Crisis Group is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization working to prevent and resolve conflict worldwide.

For more information, see their website, or the copy of their job announcement below. 

Position: China Analyst, Eurasia Group

The Eurasia Group is seeking an experienced and motivated analyst of Chinese political affairs, to be located in the firm's New York or Washington, DC offices.

Position: Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Commercial Officer, US Embassy (Beijing)

The U.S. government is looking to fill the position of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Commercial Officer in China for the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service (USFCS) and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).  

The position requires knowledge of all fields of IPR and international agreements governing IPR, including IPR office operation and administration, IPR training, and adherence to IPR standards of protection and enforcement.  As an IPR Commercial Officer, the incumbent will act as a resource on China's intellectual property regime for other U.S. Government agencies. 

For more information, see the full job posting on the USA Jobs website. 

Position: Yale-China Association Law Fellow

The Yale-China Association is pleased to invite applications for its 2008-2009 Law Fellows Program.  The program places young U.S.-trained attorneys at Chinese universities as visiting professors.  Fellows spend one academic year in residence at a Chinese law school, teaching classes in areas of their own expertise and contributing to clinical education programs at the host institution.  During the 2008-09 academic year, Yale-China will send two Law Fellows to China. One will be placed at the Hunan University School of Law in Changsha, Hunan, and will have the opportunity to help develop the school's new clinical legal education program. The other Fellow will be placed at a law school in the Pearl River Delta region of China.

Anyone with a J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school and two years experience in legal practice is eligible to apply.  Preference will be given to those candidates who speak Chinese, are familiar with China, and have teaching and/or clinical law experience. Fellows will receive intensive Chinese-language instruction during the summer 2008 in Beijing and continued Chinese-language instruction during their residency. Round-trip airfare to China, on-campus housing, health insurance, and a stipend are provided as part of the package.

Application Deadline: March 20, 2008.

For more information, please visit the Yale-China website.

Position: Senior Fellow, Yale China Law Center

The China Law Center at Yale Law School is seeking applications from legal professionals for an open position of Senior Fellow.

This position requires working with senior Center staff to identify, plan, design, and carry out research, academic exchange and collaborative projects involving U.S., Chinese, and other legal experts on topics relevant to Chinese law and policy reform. The Senior Fellow will organize project activities, conduct research and writing related to ongoing projects, maintain communication among project participants in the U.S., China, and elsewhere, facilitate visits by Chinese legal experts, and assist with administering the Center’s operations. This position may require frequent travel to China.

Position: Intern at the Congressional-Executive Commission on China

The Congressional-Executive Commission on China is currently soliciting resumes for summer internships (paid) in Washington, D.C., working on Chinese human rights and rule of law issues.  Interns must be U.S. citizens.

Applications for summer internships must be received by February 1, 2008.  Further details are available below and on the Commission’s Web site at www.cecc.gov.

Interested applicants should send a cover letter and resume to the CECC via e-mail to Judy.wright@mail.house.gov or via fax at (202) 226-3804, attention:  Judy Wright, Director of Administration.

Position: Staff Attorney, China Environmental Law Project, NDRC

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) seeks to hire a Staff Attorney to be based in Beijing to work in its China Environmental Law project.

NRDC has worked in China with government agencies, research institutes and civil society organizations to protect the environment for over 10 years.  In China, NRDC is working in the areas of environmental public participation, NGO capacity building, environmental law and litigation, energy efficiency, clean power, green buildings, and public health.  It works through research, international exchanges and trainings, collaboration on the formulation of policies, regulations and standards and a variety of other approaches. 

Research Opportunity: Nanjing

The Institute for International Research at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center (HNC) is a joint research initiative of Johns Hopkins University and Nanjing University and located in Nanjing, China.

This competition is open to professors, associate professors and assistant professors, as well as established scholars holding non-faculty appointments. PhD students whose dissertation research requires work in Nanjing may also apply. While no financial support is available, fellows will have an affiliation with the Center and be a part of the HNC community.

Position: China Country Director, Public Interest Law Institute

The Public Interest Law Institute (PILI) is seeking to fill the new position of Country Director, China. Leading candidates will be lawyers with demonstrated expertise and interest in legal reform and public interest law in China, as well as strong project management skills.

PILI has two major objectives in China: 1) to promote the provision of pro bono legal services to public interest organizations by developing a clearinghouse to match them with law firms; and 2) to encourage strategic litigation and other advocacy tools for advancing the rights of women, migrants and other vulnerable populations. For more information on PILI’s work, see their website at www.pili.org.