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====School of Transnational Law====
====School of Transnational Law====
Financial supporters of Peking University’s School of Transnational Law (STL) include Thomson Reuters and the China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF).
Natalie Winters of ''The National Pulse'' reports that Financial supporters of Peking University’s School of Transnational Law (STL) include Thomson Reuters and the China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF).
Justice [[Anthony Kennedy]] delivered the keynote address for the school’s opening in 2008 alongside Tung Chee-Hwa, the founder of CUSEF and Vice-Chairman of the “highest-ranking entity overseeing” China’s United Front.<ref>https://en.prnasia.com/releases/global/Top_Jurists_to_Attend_Shenzhen_Dedication_of_Peking_University_School_of_Transnational_Law-14681.shtml</ref>
Justice [[Anthony Kennedy]] delivered the keynote address for the school’s opening in 2008 alongside Tung Chee-Hwa, the founder of CUSEF and Vice-Chairman of the “highest-ranking entity overseeing” China’s United Front.<ref>https://en.prnasia.com/releases/global/Top_Jurists_to_Attend_Shenzhen_Dedication_of_Peking_University_School_of_Transnational_Law-14681.shtml</ref>
Senior Circuit Judge and Chief Judge Emeritus of the [[D.C. Court of Appeals]] Harry Edwards, Circuit Judge of the Court of Appeals for the[[Ninth Circuit]] William Fletcher, and Chief Circuit Judge of the Court of Appeals for the [[Third Circuit]] D. Brooks Smith have served as Visiting Lecturers at the school.
Senior Circuit Judge and Chief Judge Emeritus of the [[D.C. Court of Appeals]] Harry Edwards, Circuit Judge of the Court of Appeals for the[[Ninth Circuit]] William Fletcher, and Chief Circuit Judge of the Court of Appeals for the [[Third Circuit]] D. Brooks Smith have served as Visiting Lecturers at the school.
Judge Russel Canan, an Associate Judge at the Superior Court of D.C., is also a current Visiting Professor at Peking’s STL. Judge Frederick Weisberg simultaneously teaches at Peking University’s STL while serving as an Associate Judge on the D.C. Superior Court. Judge Robert Morin,<ref><small>Morin adjudicated cases in 2018 relating to anti-Donald Trump inaugural protestors, questioning the validity of [[Project Veritas]] videos as evidence, which led to prosecutors having to drop a number of charges against the rioters.
“Wednesday’s hearing got even worse for the government after prosecutors announced they would drop the seven cases and dismiss several charges against three other remaining defendants. D.C. Superior Court Chief Judge Robert Morin said prosecutors erred by failing to disclose the existence of the additional Project Veritas videos to the defense and to the judge. Morin questioned whether the lead prosecutor, Assistant US Attorney Jennifer Kerkhoff, gave him false information, noting that she told him at an earlier hearing that there was one video,” a Buzzfeed report summarized.</small> https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/trump-inauguration-protests-project-veritas</ref> who was promoted by [[Barack Obama]] to become the Chief Judge of the D.C. Superior Court before retiring, was a Visiting Professor at Peking University’s STL in 2012.
====Thousand Talents program====
====Thousand Talents program====