Education
1989 University of California at Berkeley, B.A., Asian Studies
1997 University of California at Berkeley, J.D.
1999 University of California at Berkeley, Ph.D., Jurisprudence and Social Policy
Employment
Research Fellow, American Bar Foundation, Chicago, 2011-
University of Chicago Law School, Professor, 2008-2011; Leo Spitz Professor 2011-
University of Illinois College of Law, Assistant (2000-03), Associate (2003-05) and full Professor (2005-08)
Legal Advisor, Iran-US Claims Tribunal, The Hague, Netherlands, 1998-2000
Lecturer, Kyushu University Faculty of Law, Fukuoka, Japan, 1997-98
Legal Assistant, U.S. Department of State, Washington DC, 1997
Summer Associate, Freshfields, Bangkok, Thailand, 1997
Secretary, Mekong Region Law Center, Bangkok, 1993-94
Supreme Court of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 1993
The Asia Foundation, San Francisco and Asia, Consultant 1993-2004; Program Officer for Northeast Asia, 1990-92, and John Gardner Fellow, Center for Asian Pacific Affairs, 1989-90
Other Professional Activities
Visiting Professor, Seoul National University, July 2008; Visiting Professor, University of Chicago Law School (2007-2008); University of Pennsylvania Law School (Spring 2007); Visiting Professor, Interdisciplinary Centre Herzliya (Israel), 2005; Visiting Professor, University of Tokyo Law School, July, 2004 and August 2008; Visiting Professor, Kyushu University, 2002, 2004, 2006; Faculty Member, Law and Society Summer Institute, July 2003; Visiting Professor, University of Trento, Italy, May 2002 and 2003; Consultant, Judicial Commission of Afghanistan, Jan. 2003; Consultant, Administrative Law Drafting Commission, Tajikistan, 2004-2006; Consultant, Supreme Administrative Court of Montenegro 2007.
Awards and Honors
Best Book Award, American Political Science Association Section on Comparative Democratization, 2010; Abe Fellowship, Social Science Research Program, 2008- 10; National Science Foundation, Award No. SES-0648288 (Comparative Constitutions Project), 2007-08; University of Illinois, Sheth Award for International Faculty Achievement, 2008; University of Illinois University Scholar, 2005-06; 2005 University of Illinois Campus Award for Excellence in Graduate and Professional Teaching; 2004 C. Herman Pritchett Award, American Political Science Association, for Best Book on Law and Courts; Wayne LaFave Award for Excellence in Faculty Scholarship, University of Illinois College of Law, 2004; Hessel Yntema Prize for Best Article by a Scholar under 40, American Society of Comparative Law, 2002; National Science Foundation Graduate Research Award 1994-97; Order of the Coif.
Professional Affiliations & Memberships
Term Member, Council on Foreign Relations 2002- 2007; State Bar of California, 1997-; Law and Society Association; American Political Science Association; American Law and Economics Association; American Society of International Law.
Research Interests
Comparative public law, international law, law and development, East Asia.
Current Courses
International Law, International Human Rights, Comparative Legal Institutions, Law and Economic Development, Law and Society in East Asia.
Other Scholarly Activity
Peer Reviewer for Political Research Quarterly; American Political Science Review; Journal of Legal Studies; Law and Social Inquiry; Law and Society Review; International Review of Law and Economics; Conflict Management and Peace Research; Australian Journal of Asian Law; Asian Survey; Journal of Law, Technology and Policy; World Politics; Journal of Feminist Economics; Review of Law and Economics; Oxford University Press; Cambridge University Press; University of Washington Press; National Science Foundations of United States, Netherlands, Finland.
Editorial Boards
American Journal of Comparative Law; Journal of Korean Law; Law and Society Review; National Taiwan University Law Review; European-Asian Journal of Law and Governance
