Biography

Name : Cecily E. Baskir

Professional Title : Assistant Professor of Clinical Law

Affiliation : Peking University School of Transnational Law

Country : China

Title of Presentation : Crossing Borders: Creating an American Law Clinic in China

Short Bio : Cecily E. Baskir is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Law and the founding director of the Center for Cross-Border Advocacy at Peking University School of Transnational Law in Shenzhen, China. Prior to that, she served as a supervising attorney in the Appellate Litigation Program at Georgetown University Law Center and a Chesterfield Smith Fellow at Holland & Knight LLP. Professor Baskir holds an LLM from Georgetown, a JD from Yale Law School, and an AB from Princeton University.