Tsinghua's Progress Report on the Starr Foundation

1. Tsinghua's Progress Report on the Starr Foundation Liying Yu lawyly@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn Law School Library, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PRC Joan Liu liuj@juris.law.nyu.edu Law School Library, New York University, New York, USA

2. Background • Post-Mao era led to the thriving of both the legal system and legal education in China. • Tsinghua University: Rebirth of the law school in “China’s MIT” • Tsinghua Law Library is the first Chinese law library with Western standards.

3. STARR and Tsinghua • Major Activities • Major Achievements • Milestones

4. Major Activities: A Chronology • May 22 to 29, 2000 As a Starr partner, Ms. Yu, the associate director of the law library, participated in the 1st Starr annual meeting, “Information Transfer Network,” at NYU. • February to July, 2001 Ms. Yu completed the internship at the NYU Law School Library and attended AALL in Minneapolis. • July 2002 Summer Workshop: “Research About Legal Information and Electronic Resources” held in Tsinghua Law School, Beijing.

5. Major Activities: A Chronology • July 2002 Conference: “International Forum on the Development of the Law Library” held in Tsinghua Law School, Beijing. • September 2003 Attended Starr-sponsored training and the IALL Meeting at the University of Cape Town, SA.

6. “Research on Electronic Legal Information and Resources” (Poster)

7. 2002 Summer Workshop • Teaching team/trainers： Kathie Price, Radu Popa, Joan Liu (NYU); Nicki McLaurin Smith (Law School of the Univ. of Melbourne); Chan Min (Thomson West); Trainers from Lexis/Nexis and chinalawinfo.com. • Trainees: Directors or librarians from China’s major law school libraries; Law faculty and graduate students from Tsinghua Law School.

8. 2002 Summer Workshop: Mission & Components • Introduce the different legal and information systems of the world; • Outline the fundamental knowledge of research, research strategies, and the nature of the legal material; • Bring the virtual world of major legal databases to the researcher via hands-on teaching.

9. 2002 Summer Workshop: Teaching Methods • Combination of lecturing, hypothetic problem solving, hands-on practice, and individual training in the lab. • Emphasis on learning skills and strategies instead of cramming the researcher with massive materials and information.

10. Fish…

11. Fishing…

12. Certificate of Completion

13. The Forum (Poster)

14. Moot Court Schedule @ July 5th, Friday (2nd Floor) • 8：00－9：00 Check-in • 9：00－9：15 Welcome from Dean Wang Chenguang • 9：15－10：30 Introducing the Main Law School Libraries • 10：30－10：45 Break • 10：45－11：30 Continued • 11：30－12：00 Yu Liying’s Speech • Afternoon • 12：00－1：30 Lunch • 1：30－2：30 Professor Kathleen Price’s Speech • 2：30－3：00 Questions & Discussion • 3：00－3：15 Break • 3：15－4：15 Nicki’s Speech • 4：15－5：15 Questions & Discussion • 5：15－5：30 Re-cap • 6：00－8：00 Dinner

15. Core Speeches • Yu Liying: “The Law Libraries of China” • Professor Kathleen Price: “21st Century: The Role of Law Libraries & the U.S. Law Library Cooperative Partnership” • Ms. Nicki Smith: “The Professional Library Association’s Role Using the Australian Law Library Association As Example”

16. 54 librarians from different institutions participated in the meeting: • Peking University Law School (Beijing) • Tsinghua University Law School (Beijing) • Renmin University Law School (Beijing) • Jilin University Law School (Changchun, Jilin) • Wuhan University Law School (Wuhan, Hubei) • Zhongshan University Law School (Guangzhou, Guangdong) • China U. of Politics and Law (Beijing) • East China U. of Politics and Law (Shanghai) • Northwest U. of Politics and Law (Xian, Shanxi) • Southwest U. of Politics and Law (Chongqing, Sichuan) • National Library (Beijing) • Academy of Social Sciences (Beijing) • Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council (Beijing) • China Law Society (Beijing)

17. Representatives of the International Forum

18. Major Achievements • Training and internship • Database sharing • Summer workshop for Chinese law librarians, law school faculty, and students • International Forum • Publications: book and papers

19. Shared Databases: Westlaw, LexisNexis, Index to Legal Periodicals, ODS, Access UN

20. Bilingual Book(Sponsored by the Starr Foundation)

24. Ms. Kathleen Price’s Preface

25. Milestones • 1st Chinese law library to participate in an international project with a concrete mission and target. • 1st online legal research workshop in China. • 1st International Forum of Law Libraries in China. • 1st bilingual book on legal research published in China.

27. Reading Materials • Zhenmin Wang, “Legal Education in Contemporary China,” International Lawyer, Win. (2002). • Don Clarke, “Introduction: The Chinese Legal System Since 1995: Steady Development and Striking Continuities,” China Quarterly, 191 (Sept. 2007). http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?iid=1346944 • Joan Liu, Finding Chinese Law on the Internet: http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/China.htm • Joan Liu, Liying Yu, Kathie Price, Radu Popa, etc., Roaming the Virtual Law Library (Law Press in China, 2004).

28. Thank you!