Charlotte School of Law Partners with Largest Asian-Pacific Law Firm to Train Chinese Lawyers

Charlotte, NC, May 24, 2014 --(PR.com)-- Charlotte School of Law is partnering with the largest law firm in the Asian-Pacific region to provide a comprehensive educational program in U.S. law for Chinese lawyers. The venture with Beijing-based Yinkge Law Firm, is in collaboration with U.S. Legal and iLaw Ventures.

“This partnership between Chinese and American legal institutions is unprecedented in scope, scale, and potential,” said Donald Lively, President of Charlotte School of Law. “It represents a breakthrough in how American and Chinese legal institutions have interacted with each other and demonstrates Charlotte School of Law’s commitment to becoming an innovative leader in legal education that prepares students to be practice-ready.”

The Yingke Law Firm is the largest law firm in the Asian-Pacific region, with 2,400 lawyers on four continents and in 10 major commercial regions around the world. The partnership with Charlotte School of Law will provide lawyers based in China with substantive training in core and specialized legal areas, including United States business law, and will qualify lawyers to take the bar examination in certain states.

“Charlotte School of Law has recently implemented an innovative new curriculum for its J.D. and LL.M. students, built on extensive investment in learning science, the needs of employers, the experience of its faculty in delivering strong learning outcomes and strong practice competencies,” said Charlotte School of Law’s Dean Jay Conison. “The faculty of the school make extensive use of learning technology platforms to support the delivery of their courses. Charlotte Law’s innovative curriculum will be adapted to the particular needs of Chinese lawyers.”

U.S. Legal and iLawVentures will provide technology innovations that will enable Chinese lawyers to take courses online, with the potential for in-person education. Charlotte School of Law will be responsible for the academic program, while Yingke and U.S. Legal will be responsible for marketing and business development.

“The Yingke law firm is pleased to partner with the Charlotte School of Law, and we are committed both to its students and to providing a course of study that adds practical value to a lawyer’s career,” said Linda Yang, Global Partner – Director and Global Partner, Yingke Law Firm.

The joint venture will commence in Summer 2014. It will provide internship and employment opportunities for students and expand the school’s relationship established earlier this year with U. S. Legal. The venture also is intended to create opportunities for networking and collaboration between North Carolina firms and businesses and their counterparts in China.

About Charlotte School of Law: Charlotte School of Law (CSL), located in Charlotte, North Carolina, is an ABA-accredited law school that was designed and developed by legal educators who have responded to the summons for change in legal education. At a time when law schools must become more attentive to market realities, and it increasingly is recognized that leadership in legal education is “up for grabs,” CSL has embraced a mission of becoming the “benchmark of inclusive excellence in professional education for the 21st Century.” Toward this end, it is focusing upon graduating students who are practice-ready and serving historically underserved groups. To learn more, visit www.charlottelaw.edu, follow on Twitter @CharlotteLawEdu or like on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CharlotteSchoolofLaw.