Despite dramatic recovery of most Asian economies following the financial crisis of 1997-98, Asia still faces complex legal challenges.
Asian economies remain fragile.
Policy makers have tried to make markets more transparent, to combat nepotism and corruption, to facilitate international trade, and generally to advance the process of economic reform. In all of these efforts, law, lawyers, and legal ingenuity have an important part to play. The Asia-America Institute in Transnational Law is designed for professionals and students who are already engaged in or plan to enter into transnational practice in Asia or work in corporations and financial institutions conducting business there. It is also valuable for lawyers concerned with international issues in general. Courses offered at this year's program focus on the role of law in China and Japan, comparative intellectual property law, new problems in securities regulation, taxation in the Chinese region, and project finance.