[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 280 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 280

 Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the rule of law program of Temple 
                   University Beasley School of Law.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 22, 2009

 Mr. Specter submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the rule of law program of Temple 
                   University Beasley School of Law.

Whereas in 1997, President William J. Clinton and President Jiang Zemin agreed 
        at the Sino-American Summit to collaborative efforts to enhance legal 
        exchanges between the United States and China;
Whereas in 1999, Temple University established a Master of Laws degree program 
        in Beijing, the first foreign law degree granting program approved by 
        the Chinese Ministry of Education, as a collaborative effort, first with 
        China University of Political Science and Law, and subsequently with 
        Tsinghua University School of Law;
Whereas in 1999, Temple University signed a cooperative agreement with the State 
        Administration of Foreign Expert Affairs of China to deliver rule of law 
        educational programs to Chinese government officials;
Whereas in 2000, Temple University signed a cooperative agreement with the 
        Supreme People's Court of China to conduct judicial training;
Whereas in 2001, Temple University signed a cooperative agreement with the 
        Supreme People's Procuratorate of China to conduct prosecutor training;
Where in 2002, Temple University began a series of scholarly roundtables 
        directed at Chinese law and legal education, with topics including World 
        Trade Organization, Internet, environmental, health, and private 
        international law as well as nongovernmental organization advocacy and 
        experiential legal education;
Whereas Justice Antonin G. Scalia visited Beijing and the Temple University rule 
        of law program as part of a broad legal exchange between the United 
        States and China;
Whereas in 2003, former Temple University School of Law dean Robert Reinstein 
        received the National Friendship Award from Zhu Rongji, former Prime 
        Minister of China in the Great Hall of the People;
Whereas in 2009, Temple University, Tsinghua University, and the State 
        Administration of Foreign Expert Affairs of China will host events in 
        Beijing to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the rule of law 
        program;
Whereas as of 2009, Temple has educated a total of 903 legal professionals in 
        the rule of law program in China, 78 percent of whom work in the public 
        sector; and
Whereas 391 Chinese legal professionals, including judges, National People's 
        Congress and State Council legislative officers, prosecutors, government 
        officials, law professors, and commercial lawyers have graduated from, 
        or are currently enrolled in, Temple's Beijing Master of Laws program: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) commends and congratulates Temple University Beasley 
        School of Law, its faculty, its alumni, its 10th graduating 
        class, and all involved in the 10th anniversary of the China 
        rule of law program; and
            (2) recognizes that--
                    (A) the Temple University Beasley School of Law 
                rule of law program has succeeded in furthering the 
                goal of promoting collaborative legal exchanges between 
                the United States and China; and
                    (B) Temple University and its partners in China 
                represent the spirit of cooperation and friendship 
                between these 2 great nations, and will surely continue 
                to strengthen those bonds into the future.
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