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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 280 

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the rule of law program of Temple 

University Beasley School of Law. 

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 

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pert 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, 


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and commercial lawyers have graduated from, or are currently enrolled in, Temple’s Beijing Master of Laws program: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) commends and congratulates Temple Uni3 versity Beasley School of Law, its faculty, its alum4 ni, its 10th graduating class, and all involved in the 

5 10th anniversary of the China rule of law program; 

6 and 

7 (2) recognizes that— 

8 (A) the Temple University Beasley School 

9 of Law rule of law program has succeeded in 

10 furthering the goal of promoting collaborative 

11 legal exchanges between the United States and 

12 China; and 

13 (B) Temple University and its partners in 

14 China represent the spirit of cooperation and 

15 friendship between these 2 great nations, and 

16 will surely continue to strengthen those bonds 

17 into the future. 

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