2025-2026 Visiting Scholars
The U.S.-Asia Law Institute hosts a small number of outstanding scholars each year. Our visiting scholars have included judges, prosecutors, lawyers, legal journalists, and legislators as well as academics. Learn more about how to become a USALI Visiting Scholar.
Yunjin Kang
Yunjin Kang is an associate judge at the Incheon District Court in South Korea. Her research focus is on the comparative analysis of minority shareholder rights.
Zhiyao Yuan
Zhiyao Yuan is a Ph.D. candidate in criminal procedure law at China University of Political Science of Law in China. His research focus is on procedural control of emergency searches from a comparative perspective.
Yichen Wang
Yichen Wang is a Ph.D. candidate in criminal law at Renmin University of China. His research focus is on exploring the shift from the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) to the Foreign Enforcement of Prosecutions Act (FEPA) in American foreign corruption legislation, as well as how China can efficiently participate in the fight against foreign corruption.
Feng Ge
Feng Ge is a Chinese public interest lawyer specialized in environmental litigation. She is currently visiting and teaching at Vermont Law School as an adjunct professor of law. Her research focus is on the role of NGOs in environmental governance in China, with a focus on environmental public interest litigation and legislative engagement.
Dingyi Lee
Dingyi Lee is a practicing New York lawyer who also holds an M.A. in history. His research focuses on the tension between protecting individual rights and ensuring national security from a comparative perspective.
Eungi Hong
Eungi Hong has been a judge in South Korea since 2009, with her current appointment in the Seoul Central District Court. She researches the legal status of undocumented immigrant children from the perspective of international law.
Masumi Kono
Masumi Kono is a practicing lawyer in Tokyo, Japan. Her research focus is on exploring effective approaches to establishing human rights due diligence in the fashion industry in Japan by examining examples from Europe and the United States.
Jaewoong Yoon
Jaewoong Yoon is the director general of South Korea's Ministry of Government Legislation. His research focus is on legislation for regulatory innovation in the healthcare sector.
Xuan W. Tay
Xuan Tay is a PhD student at the University of Adelaide. His research focuses on the intersection between international law and foreign policy, and specifically how Euro-American and Asian narratives interact to sustain Orientalism and self-Orientalism in international law.
Shuyu Chu
Shuyu Chu is a Hauser postdoctoral fellow at NYU School of Law and an affiliate of the U.S.-Asia Law Institute. Her research focus is on anti-corruption agencies from a comparative perspective.
Jiajun Luo
Jiajun Luo is a Hauser postdoctoral global fellow at NYU School of Law and an affiliate of the U.S.-Asia Law Institute. His research deals with comparative constitutional law, public law, and governance. His current project is examining “authoritarian ADR,” using the example of China’s Fengqiao model for dispute resolution.