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.