Lower and Middle School Chinese teacher Ms.Liao shared with The Scene about Holton's first Chinese Language and Service Club meeting with Georgetown Law School scholars.
On January 20, thirteen students from Middle/Upper School Chinese classes attended the first meeting of Chinese Language and Service Club to learn about the differences of practicing law in China and in U.S. from Georgetown Law School Scholars.
Ms. Yu Yang, Attorney-at-Law, is with Clifford, Chance, and Grandall Law Firm in Shanghai, China. Ms. Yu gave an overview of law school admission in China and the U.S. In China, law school starts at the undergraduate level. After the completion of four years of law school, passing the Chinese bar exam, and completion of one-year apprenticeship, one may practice law in China. In the U.S., the juris doctor degree requires one to have a bachelor degree for law school entry. After earning the juris doctor degree and passing the U.S. bar exam, one may practice law in the U.S. This discussion stirred a lot of interest from Holton students who consider law as their career.Image may be NSFW.
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Mr. Zhao Xiaoyang, Attorney-at-Law, is with Zhong Yin Law Firm in Beijing, China. Mr. Zhao specializes in initial public offering and merger and acquisition. Mr. Zhao explains that there is a need for collaboration between local Chinese law firms and foreign law firms in order for international law to work. For example, Chinese companies were buying U.S. companies and were shocked to learn that they have to deal with labor unions, which do not exist in China. On the other hand, U.S. companies find it helpful to collaborate with local Chinese law firms to navigate the bureaucracy. Mr. Zhao gave fun anecdotes of dilemmas posed by cultural differences and bureaucracy, which led students to ask relevant questions such as the Chinese purchase of Waldorf Astoria New York.
Mr. Chen Guanzhou, Attorney-at-Law, is with Ying He Law Firm in Taipei, Taiwan. Mr. Chen helps to protect international companies' trademark, copyright, and intellectual property in China. Mr. Chen gave a fun example of a case that he was working on for a popular video game title. The name of the video game was used as name of restaurants, shopping malls, and movie theatres without permission. Mr. Chen collaborated with native Chinese law firms to resolve the trademark issue. Mr. Chen then had an interactive discussion with students by asking what would they do if they are representing J.K. Rowling and that someone had misused the name "Harry Potter" as in "Harry Potter Hotpot Restaurant", for example.
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