The U.S.-Asia Law Institute celebrated its founder and director emeritus, Professor Jerome A. Cohen, and his unique contributions to U.S.-Asia mutual understanding and cooperation in the field of law. 2020 marked Jerry Cohen’s 90th birthday and his official retirement from teaching at NYU – although not his retirement from writing, speaking, advocacy, and devotion to the U.S.-Asia Law Institute.
In his honor, the Institute held an online forum to discuss the Asian-related topics most dear to his heart: public international law, rule of law, human rights, and criminal justice. Multiple generations of students, colleagues, and friends joined him in conversation. In this event we also updated friends of USALI about the Institute’s ongoing work and plans for the future.
Speakers included:
- Jose Alvarez, Herbert and Rose Rubin professor of international law and faculty director, U.S.-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law
- Ira Belkin, senior research fellow, U.S.-Asia Law Institute and adjunct professor, NYU School of Law
- Yu-Jie Chen, assistant research professor, Academia Sinica
- Jerome A. Cohen, professor and faculty director emeritus, U.S.-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law
- Peter Dutton, professor, US Naval War College; adjunct professor and senior fellow, U.S.-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law
- Margaret Lewis, professor of law, Seton Hall University School of Law
- Chang-fa Lo, Taiwan representative to the World Trade Organization and former justice of the Constitutional Court, Taiwan - Ying-jeou Ma, former president of Taiwan
- Trevor Morrison, Dean and Eric M. and Laurie B. Roth professor of law, NYU School of Law
- Hisashi Owada, judge, International Court of Justice (retired), and Japan’s former ambassador to the United Nations
- Sang-hyun Song, former president of the International Criminal Court
- Frank Upham, Wilf Family professor of property law, NYU School of Law - Daniel Yu, independent scholar
- Katherine Wilhelm, executive director of the U.S.-Asia Law Institute