William Philip Alford | |
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 Alford speaks on the Future of Legal Education in 2012 | |
| Born | November 26, 1948 Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Amherst College (BA) University of Cambridge (LLB) Yale University (MA, MA) Harvard University (JD) |
| Known for | law professor, educator, author, academic, Chinese law specialist |
| Spouse | Yuanyuan Shen (1991-present) [1] |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Hyman Alford Rose Alford [2] |
William P. Alford (Chinese name: 安守廉; An Shoulian) (born November 26, 1948) is an American legal scholar. He is currently Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law and Vice Dean for the Graduate Program and International Legal Studies at Harvard Law School. He is Director of East Asian Legal Studies at Harvard Law, and is regarded as an expert in the field of Chinese law.
He is an honorary professor of Renmin University, Zhejiang University and the China National School of Administration, and an Honorary Fellow of the American Studies Institute of the Department of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He directed the China Center for American Law Study, the first academic program in U.S. law in the PRC, was a founder in 1982 of the U.S. Committee on Legal Education Exchange with China, is the recipient of a number of awards and fellowships for his work on China, and is on a host of advisory and editorial boards.
- ^ "Ms. Shen Marries William Alford", The New York Times, August 26, 1991.
- ^ "Hyman Alford, at 91; Newton pediatrician pushed new approaches to medicine", The Boston Globe, May 25, 2008.
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