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Temple Law School and FWLA to Provide MCLE Credit for US-Qualified Attorneys (FWLA April Meeting)

Temple Law School Visiting Adjunct Professor Edward Yeh will be speaking at the April meeting of the Foreign Women Lawyers Association on Contract Law, the Drafting of Contracts and the Role of Attorneys in China: Factors to Consider when Doing Deals in China. Temple Law School is pleased to offer one MCLE credit to U.S. qualified attorneys who attend this meeting.

Date:: Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Time:: Speaker will begin at 8:00 p.m.; a light buffet dinner will be served from 7:00 p.m.
Venue:: Simmons & Simmons in association with TMI Associates, Roppongi Hills, Mori Tower Building, 23rd Floor.
FWLA Meeting Fees:: Members ¥3000;
Full-Time Student Members ¥1500;
Non-Members and Guests ¥5000;
Student Non-Members and Guests ¥2000
RSVP:: Please RSVP by sending an e-mail to Nancy Wada at nwada@mofo.com.
CLE Questions: Please check with your state's board to confirm whether it accepts Pennsylvania MCLE credits and please bring your state attorney ID number (if applicable) so that you can complete the necessary paperwork at the meeting. For additional questions, please e-mail Temple Law School at law@tuj.ac.jp.

One cannot expect to tame the dragon without understanding the fundamentals of Chinese contract law and the role of attorneys in China. Unlike many international business centers which have well established legal precedents for the interpretation and enforcement of contracts and long standing systems for legal education and professional licensing of their attorneys, many Chinese legal principals and the legal profession itself are still going through adolescence. Many business persons and lawyers go to China without fully appreciating the impact that these relatively new principals of Chinese contract law, how contracts are drafted and the role of attorneys in China will have on their ability to achieve their primary business goals on the timetable dictated by senior management. So that we can be better prepared and better manage expectations when doing deals in China and so that we can simply better understand the differences in our legal systems and legal cultures, Professor Yeh will provide us with an overview of Chinese contract law and the role of attorneys in China. He will also share with us interesting factors to consider when trying to negotiate deals in China. There also will be time during the Q&A session for attendees to ask Professor Yeh questions.

FWLA meetings are open to the public. Guests and new members are always welcome to attend our meetings so please invite your friends and colleaguesmen and womento attend this exciting presentation! Guests do not need to accompany a member.

For more information about the FWLA, please visit their website at www.fwla.net.