Benjamin L. Liebman

Benjamin L. Liebman
Benjamin L. Liebman
	Benjamin L. Liebman
Born	1969 (age 50–51)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Harvard Law School; University of Oxford; Yale University
Occupation	Jurist
Parent(s)	Lance Liebman; Carol B. Liebman
Relatives	Jeffrey B. Liebman (brother)

Benjamin L. Liebman (born 1969) is the Robert L. Lieff Professor of Law and the director of the Center for Chinese Legal Studies at Columbia Law School. He is widely regarded as one of the world's pre-eminent scholars of contemporary Chinese law.[1] He is the son of Lance Liebman, who is a professor at Columbia Law School and the former director of the American Law Institute, and of Carol B. Liebman, also a professor at Columbia Law School. He is the brother of Jeffrey B. Liebman, who is currently the executive associate director of the Office of Management and Budget within the administration of President Barack Obama.

On February 9, 2012, Liebman met with Vice President of the United States Joe Biden at the White House to discuss human rights in China.[2]

Education

B.A., Yale University 1991
B.A., University of Oxford 1993
J.D., Harvard Law School 1998

Positions

Robert L. Leiff Professor of Law and Director, Center for Chinese Legal Studies, Columbia Law School, 2011-
Professor of Law and Director, Center for Chinese Legal Studies, Columbia Law School, 2007-2011
Associate Professor of Law and Director, Center for Chinese Legal Studies, Columbia Law School
Sullivan & Cromwell, London, 2000-2002
Law Clerk, Justice David H. Souter, Supreme Court of the United States, 1999-2000
Law Clerk, Judge Sandra Lynch, United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit, Boston, 1997-1998
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York and Beijing, Summer 1997
Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, Summer 1996
Attorney, Coudert Brothers, Beijing, 1994-1995

References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-12-12. Retrieved 2011-11-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/02/09/readout-vice-president-s-meeting-human-rights-and-reform-china

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-12-12. Retrieved 2011-11-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] ttp://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/02/09/readout-vice-president-s-meeting-human-rights-and-reform-china