Benjamin L. Liebman

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Benjamin L. Liebman
Born1969 (age 5253)
Nationality American
Education
Occupationlaw professor
Parent(s) Lance Liebman
Carol B. Liebman
Relatives Jeffrey B. Liebman (brother)

Benjamin L. Liebman (born 1969) is the Robert L. Lieff Professor of Law and the director of the Hong Yen Chang Center for Chinese Legal Studies at Columbia Law School. He is widely regarded as one of the world's pre-eminent scholars of contemporary Chinese law. [1]

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He is the son of Lance Liebman, who is a professor at Columbia Law School and the former director of the American Law Institute, and of Carol B. Liebman, also a professor at Columbia Law School. He is the brother of Jeffrey B. Liebman, who was the executive associate director of the Office of Management and Budget within the administration of President Barack Obama.

On February 9, 2012, Liebman met with Vice President of the United States Joe Biden at the White House to discuss human rights in China. [2]

Liebman is affiliated with the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. [3]

Education

Liebman received a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 1991, another Bachelor of Arts from the University of Oxford in 1993 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1998.

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References

  1. "Columbia Law School : About Us". Archived from the original on 2011-12-12. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  2. www.whitehouse.gov
  3. "Benjamin L. Liebman | Weatherhead East Asian Institute". weai.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-01.