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Public Interest Fellows from China

Each year, the Center for Chinese Legal Studies hosts public interest fellows from China with a partnership with PILnet: The Global Network for Public Interest Law (formerly the Public Interest Law Institute (PILI)). Read biographies of our former public interest fellows from China.

Current and former PILnet Fellows from China include:

Su Wenying (2012-2013)
Project Manager, Save the Children, China

Zheng Ruheng (2012-2013)
Deputy Director and Legal Aid Lawyer, Legal Aid Center, Panlong District, Kunming, Yunnan Province

Li Kefeng (Coco) (2011-2012)
Public Interest Lawyer and Project Manager, Beijing Zhicheng Migrant Workers’ Legal Aid and Research Center (BZMW)

Song Jing (Lisa) (2011-2012)
Project Officer, Environmental Legal Service Center, All-China Environment Federation (ACEF)

Jun Yao (Brian) (2010-2011)
Pro bono Attorney, Workers’ Rights, Dacheng Law Office

Zhang Zhongmin (2010-2011)
Assistant Professor of Law, Research Fellow of Environmental and Resource Law, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China

Huang Xuetao (2009-2010)
Horizon Law Firm, Shenzhen

Xia Hui (2009-2010)
Legal Aid Center, Ministry of Justice, Beijing

Chen Dong (2008-2009)
Director, Urumqi Legal Aid Center

Ye Xiaoqin (Jennifer) (2008-2009)
Lecturer, Wuhan University School of Law, and the Executive Head of Women’s Rights Department of the Center for Protection of the Rights of Disadvantaged Citizens of Wuhan University

Li Xia (2007-2008)
Staff Lawyer, Dongfang Public Interest and Legal Aid Law Firm and Research Fellow at the Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Yao Yao (2007-2008)
Director of Law and Public Participation, Civil Society Watch

Li Gang (Paul) (2006-2007)
Founder and Board Member, Beijing Impact Law Firm; Founder and Editor in Chief, China Public Interest Litigation Website

Zhang Wenjuan (Wendy) (2006-2007
Public Interest Lawyer, Beijing Children's Legal Aid and Research Center

Xiang Yan (2005-2006)
Associate Professor, Wuhan University School of Law

Zhang Jingjing (2005-2006)
Staff Lawyer and Chief of the Litigation Department, Center for Legal Assistance for Pollution Victims, China University of Political Science and Law

Lin Lihong (2004-2005)
Legal Aid Clinic and Administrative Law Clinic, Wuhan University

Xu Hui (Julia Xu) (2004-2005)
Associate Professor, Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Deputy Head of the Center for Legal Consultation and Legal Aid

Tong Lihua (2003-2004)
Director, Beijing Zhicheng Law Firm and Beijing Child Legal Aid and Research Center; Director of the Special Committee for Child Protection of the National Chinese Lawyers' Association

Zhang Wenguang (2003-2004)
Research Fellow, Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences