III 111th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 280 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 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

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.