Legal Reform in Asia Institutional Change & Rule of Law in Pakistan, Indonesia and China An Asian Perspectives Program

Legal Reform in Asia: Institutional Change & Rule of Law in Pakistan, Indonesia and China An Asian Perspectives Program November - 7, 2003 Washington DC and New York City Biographical Information Ms Xin, Chunying is a standing member of the Law Committee of the National People’s Congress Previously, she was deputy director of the Institute of Law at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences She is a leading Chinese legal scholar and has published widely in both English and Chinese, including The Chinese Legal System and its Current Reform: The Role of Law and Legal Institutions in China’s Economic Development, 1978-1995 (1999) She is currently researching judicial reform in China, and has been involved in legislative drafting or consulting in public law since the 1980s She received her law degree from U.C Berkeley Law School, and has been a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School and Yale Law School Mr Ibrahim Assegaf is the managing director of PT Justika Siar Publika and owner and operator of a website in Indonesia devoted to law, www.hukumonline.com As Executive Director of the Indonesian Center for Law and Policy Studies (PSHKI), he led research, advocacy and information-sharing efforts for one of Indonesia’s most active legal development and policy organizations PSHKI has played a lead role in helping to shape the national legal reform agenda through its work on political and economic laws, corruption, constitutional reform, and regulation of the legal profession and the legislative drafting process Hukumonline helps to increase public access to information on the legal reform process, and includes a news service featuring national legal developments and issues, discussion forums to exchange views, and legal clinics for those without access to legal information In 2001, hukumonline.com launched a database of Indonesian laws, regulations and court decisions as a free service to legal scholars, civil society organizations and the public Ibrahim has a law degree from the University of Indonesia Faculty of Law, specializing in public international law He worked for Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners in Indonesia after completing an internship with Baker McKenzie in Chicago and Aitken, Irvin, Lewin & Vrooman in Washington DC Ms Shahla Zia is joint director of the Aurat Foundation (AF), a non-government organization working for women’s empowerment, and a long-time women’s rights advocate She is also director of the Legislative Watch Program, which provides training on the political system, legislative process, women’s rights issues, advocacy and monitoring She analyzes the laws and policies relating to women, and monitors and disseminates information on legislation through a newsletter, seminars and meetings Prior to working with AF, Ms Zia was partner at AGHS Law Associates, an all-women’s law firm focusing on women’s legal problems and rights She has a law degree from Punjab University Law College in Lahore, Pakistan Legal Reform in Asia: Institutional Change & Rule of Law in Pakistan, Indonesia and China An Asian Perspectives Program November - 7, 2003, Washington DC and New York City Page of Biographical Information Mr Erik Jensen is senior advisor for Law Programs to The Asia Foundation and codirector for the Rule of Law Program at Stanford Law School As a legal practitioner with 17 years of experience in 10 Asian countries, he has designed and written extensively about programs in rule of law, civil society development, economic reform, international relations and governance Mr Jensen has been a consultant to the Asian Development Bank, World Bank and other institutions on law and legal reform in Asia Prior to his current position with the Foundation, Mr Jensen served as The Asia Foundation’s Representative in Pakistan, Assistant Representative in the Philippines and the Foundation’s law consultant in Sri Lanka Mr Jensen has written numerous articles and studies on law reform, including an edited volume to be published in May 2003 entitled Beyond Common Knowledge: Empirical Approaches to the Rule of Law Mr Jensen received his undergraduate degree from Augustana College and law degrees from William Mitchell College of Law and the London School of Economics Mr Zacky Husein is Director of Law Programs for The Asia Foundation in Indonesia The Indonesia law reform program is the Foundation's largest and most comprehensive law program He works on law and counter corruption issues, including work with legal education institutions, the courts, advocacy groups and the Supreme Court of Indonesia Before joining The Asia Foundation in February 2000, he practiced corporate-commercial law for six years with the prestigious Indonesian law firm of Soewito, Suhardiman, Eddymurthy & Kardono He also spent a year as a foreign associate with Mayer, Brown & Platt in Chicago, Illinois Mr Husein has a law degree from the Faculty of Law of the University of Indonesia, specializing in economic laws, and an LL.M in Common Law Studies from Georgetown University Law Center He also completed a short-term studies program on the political economy of development at the London School of Economics ### ... 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