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 2024-2025 academic year, EALS faculty are teaching courses on China, Japan, comparative law, public international law, international business law, 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
Yuichiro Mori Matsumura
Associate Professor of Law
Hokkaido University Graduate School of Law
A Legal-Philosophical Inquiry into Affirmative Action in Healthcare Allocation and Its Implications for Anti-discrimination Laws in the U.S. and Japan
TRIBUTES
In appreciation of colleagues lost in 2024.
Professor Stanley Lubman
(1934-2024)
Professor Lubman taught Chinese law at HLS as a Visiting Professor during the 1980s.
Professor Fang Liufang
(1953-2024)
Professor Fang taught an advanced course on Chinese law at HLS as a Visiting Professor in winter 2009.
FEATURED NEWS
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.
2024-2025 Visiting Scholars and Visiting Fellows
August 9, 2024
We are happy to announce the EALS academic visitors for the 2024-2025 academic year, who will join us from Japan, China, Korea, Canada…and New Haven!
July 1, 2024
We are thrilled to welcome three new S.J.D. candidates whose research relates to East Asia.
Rayhan Asat, LL.M. 2016
Shengdong Guo, LL.M. 2023-2024 (requirements fulfilled, degree waived)
Sawako Hirata, LL.M. 2023-2024 (requirements fufilled, degree waived)