声援中国律师,追求中国法治进步
About Us
The Committee to Support Chinese Lawyers (“the CSCL”) is a group of independent lawyers from outside China whose mission is to support lawyers in China in their quest to uphold the rule of law there. The CSCL, which is housed at the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law School in New York City, seeks to strengthen the role of lawyers and to promote their independence.
What We Do
The CSCL seeks to educate the public about the situation of lawyers in China and to promote the rule of law in China through:
Research: The CSCL develops information about the situation of lawyers and other legal advisors in China. The CSCL also tracks the cases of lawyers and legal advisors who are or may become subject to persecution, abuse or intimidation in China.
Advocacy: The CSCL advocates or coordinate advocacy on behalf of threatened or abused lawyers where there is reason to believe that such advocacy would be helpful.
Capacity-Building and Cross-Cultural Exchange: The CSCL supports capacity building, cultural understanding and exchange between the Chinese legal community and legal communities outside of China.
Situation of Lawyers in China
Despite recent progress in China developing the rule of law, Chinese lawyers and legal advisors are increasingly the targets of intimidation and abuse because of the clients and causes they represent. Lawyers have been detained due to their involvement in politically sensitive criminal, political, religious, property, and environmental cases. Many others have been subjected to surveillance, harassment and personal assault. Close family members are also targets.
The intimidation, detention, prosecution and disappearance of Chinese lawyers undermines China’s legal reform and deters creation of a professional and independent bar dedicated to serving the rule of law. We support Chinese lawyers in the hope that our support will advance the rule of law in China.
The Committee to Support Chinese Lawyers is a group of independent lawyers from outside China whose goal is to support lawyers in China in their quest to strengthen the rule of law there.
The Committee's work is directed by a Steering Committee, and a group of jurists advise their work.
Steering Committee
ChairSenior Advisors
Robert Hornick
Adjunct Professor of Law, the University of Arizona College of Law
Vice Chair
Martin Flaherty
Leitner Family Professor of International Human Rights
Co-Director, Leitner Center for International Law and Justice
Vice Chair
R. Scott Greathead
Partner, Wiggin and Dana LLP
Jerome A. Cohen
Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
The Honorable John Gibbons
Director, Gibbons P.C.
The Honorable Richard J. Goldstone
Justice, South African Constitutional Court (retired)
Bacon-Kilkenny Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law, Fordham Law School
The Honorable Jed S. Rakoff
District Court, Southern District of New York New York, NYEleanor Wong
Associate Professor, National University of Singapore
2013 Summer Program Internship (updated April 10, 2013)
The Committee to Support Chinese Lawyers seeks an enthusiastic and motivated 2013 Summer Program Intern to assist in research and advocacy efforts on a full-time basis.
The Program Intern’s duties will include, but are not limited to:
- Research on issues relating to Chinese lawyers and rights defenders, including legal research on protections afforded to lawyers and rights defenders under international and domestic Chinese law, as well as monitoring and summarizing media coverage and other resources on the status of specifically targeted individuals and groups
- Online advocacy campaigns, including assistance maintaining and improving the Committee’s website and helping to develop social media tools in support of the Committee’s advocacy projects
Applicants for the Program Internship should be able to show:
- A strong interest in human rights and the rule of law in China, the role of Chinese lawyers and rights defenders, and the international human rights system, preferably supported by background experience in China issues and related research and analysis experience
- Strong organizational skills with excellent attention to detail
- Exceptional writing skills in English; Chinese reading and writing skills also strongly preferred
- Current enrollment or recent graduation from an undergraduate or graduate degree program
- Any experience managing or developing online advocacy tools and campaigns, and/or familiarity with web-based advocacy, would be a plus
The Summer 2013 Program Internship is a ten-week commitment beginning June 3, 2013, although start and end dates are negotiable. The internship will be housed at the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law School in New York City. The internship will be unpaid, but applicants are encouraged to pursue funding from other sources, including academic work-study or public interest funding programs.
To apply, please send a cover letter and resume via email to jlee240@law.fordham.edu.
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