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Prof. Orly Lobel Among Foreign Scholars Invited to Present at Chinese Law Symposium

Beijing (July 10, 2011) – University of San Diego (USD) School of Law Professor Orly Lobel was invited to participate in Beijing University's Symposium on the Practice and Theory of Soft Law and Regulation. As one of few international invitees, Lobel presented information on how behavioral economics informs law and governance in the United States.

"Soft law means all sorts of things," states Lobel, "But the Chinese wanted to learned about comparative approaches to regulation, enforcement and compliance in different legal systems, including use of private ordering, public/private cooperation, and the interactions between multi-level regulatory agencies."

With much of Professor Lobel's legal scholarship translated into Mandarin and Cantonese, her work is well known and well respected amongst the Chinese. She was invited to sit on a panel with Bixin Jiang, vice president of the Supreme People's Court.

The Herzog Endowed Scholar and professor of law at USD School of Law, Lobel writes and teaches in the areas of employment law, intellectual property(IP) law, administrative law, torts, health policy, consumer law and trade secrets. Prior to joining USD, she taught at Yale Law School and served as a fellow at the Harvard University Center for Ethics and the Professions, the Kennedy School of Government, and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. A graduate of Tel Aviv University Law School, she clerked on the Israeli Supreme Court, graduated from Harvard Law School. Her current research focuses on innovation policy and IP.

About the University of San Diego School of Law

The University of San Diego School of Law is a center of academic excellence focused on preparing its students for legal practice in the new century. One of the most selective law schools in the country, the School of Law's nationally recognized faculty create a demanding, yet welcoming environment that emphasizes individualized education. USD law school graduates consistently score higher than the state average on the California Bar Exam and go on to practice law throughout the country and abroad, forming an influential network of alumni. USD School of Law is one of only 81 law schools in the country to have a chapter of The Order of the Coif, the most distinguished rank of American law schools. The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Founded in 1954, the law school is part of the University of San Diego, a private, nonprofit, independent, Roman Catholic university chartered in 1949.