East Asian Legal Studies at Harvard Law School supports research and teaching on the law and legal history of the nations and peoples of East Asia, their interaction with the United States, and their impact on global order.
COURSES
During the 2025-2026 academic year, EALS faculty are teaching courses on China, Japan, comparative law, public international law, technology and global governance, and international trade law, among others.
FEATURED PUBLICATION
Experimentalist Constitutions: Subnational Policy Innovations in China, India, and the United States (Harvard University Asia Center, 2024)
Yueduan Wang
UPCOMING EVENTS
VISITING SCHOLAR SPOTLIGHT
Professor Kye Joung Lee
Seoul National University School of Law
Private law (contract, torts); The law of trusts; Theory of fiduciary duty
FEATURED NEWS
July 25, 2025
We are very glad to welcome three new S.J.D. candidates with research interests in law and legal history in East Asia.
Biyuan Hu, LL.M. 2025
Yuanyuan Cassandra Jin, LL.M. 2025
Fengyang Zhao, LL.M. 2025
2025 Yong K. Kim Memorial Prize Recipients
July 22, 2025
Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Yong K. Kim Memorial Prize!
Rama Hyeweon Kim, S.J.D. 2025
Laurence Li, LL.M. 2025
F.Y. Chang Scholars 35th Anniversary
November 1, 2024
On October 9, EALS hosted a hybrid celebration of the 35th anniversary of the F.Y. Chang Scholars program, which has enabled scores of talented young legal scholars from China to study at Harvard Law School.