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The Asian Law and Economics Association (AsLEA) is now accepting submissions for its 2025 Annual Conference, which will take place from August 13 to 15, 2025, at the City University of Hong Kong, School of Law. This year marks the 20th anniversary of AsLEA, and the conference will focus on the theme “Law, Economics, and Sustainability in Asia.”

The event will host Adriana Robertson (University of Chicago Law School) and Yun-chien Chang (Cornell Law School) as keynote speakers. It will also include a pre-conference Methodology Workshop and an Editors’ Workshop on August 13, 2025. The main conference sessions will be held on August 14-15, 2025. Additionally, the conference will introduce the AsLEA Best Paper Award for Junior Scholars, recognizing outstanding research by early-career scholars.

We welcome submissions on any topic related to law and economics. The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2025 April 15, 2025 (11:59 p.m. HKT). Interested applicants are invited to submit their abstract here. Accepted authors will be notified by the end of April.

For submission guidelines and registration details, please refer to the AsLEA 2025 Call for Paper or contact aslea.2025@cityu.edu.hk.

The City University of Hong Kong School of Law and the Asian Law and Economics Association (AsLEA) are pleased to present the second lecture in the Lecture Series in Law and Economics.

This session will feature Professor Adam Chilton, Howard G. Krane Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School. Professor Chilton’s primary research interests lie at the intersection of comparative law, international law, and empirical legal studies. He will share insights from his forthcoming book, Why Constitutions Fail.

The lecture will take place on April 22, 2025 (Tuesday), from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (HKT) at LI-6301 Seminar Room, City University of Hong Kong, with an online option via Zoom. To attend in person or receive the Zoom link, please register here in advance.

For more details about the lecture, please refer to the poster below.

The City University of Hong Kong School of Law and the Asian Law and Economics Association (AsLEA) are launching the Lecture Series in Law and Economics. This series will feature renowned scholars from around the world, exploring the application of economic analysis to legal and policy issues, and fostering dialogue among legal and economics scholars, practitioners, and policymakers.

The first lecture will feature Professor Jesse M. Fried, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. Professor Fried is a leading expert in corporate governance and will share his insights on a timely and fascinating topic: Governance in US Startups: Protecting VCs and Founders (from each other).

The event will take place on March 12, 2025 (Wednesday), from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM (HKT) at LI Building, Room 3508 (CityUHK) (change of location), with an online option via Zoom. To attend in person or to receive the Zoom link, please register here by March 7, 7 PM (HKT).

For more details about the lecture, please refer to the below poster.

Professor Lauren Yu-Hsin Lin of the City University of Hong Kong, School of Law has been appointed as the AsLEA president for 2025–2026.

On October 5–6, Cornell Law School’s Clarke Program in East Asian Law & Culture hosted “The Past, Present, and Future of Law & Economics in Asia” at Hughes Hall. The conference brought together leading scholars from across Asia and the U.S. to discuss the growth and challenges of law and economics scholarship in the region.

The event was organized by Yun-chien Chang, the Jack G. Clarke Professor in East Asian Law, in his final role as president of the Asian Law and Economics Association (AsLEA). In his opening remarks, Chang introduced Prof. Lauren Yu-Hsin Lin (City University of Hong Kong) as the incoming AsLEA president, who emphasized the need to support the next generation of scholars.

Presentations covered developments in Malaysia, Vietnam, India, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, and Japan, with scholars analyzing legal and economic intersections in corporate law, private law, and judicial decision-making. Cornell Law faculty served as moderators, facilitating discussions on the field’s trajectory in Asia.

“Law and economics is a major research method in the U.S., and it is gaining traction in Asia despite challenges,” said Chang. “This conference marks a key step in fostering its growth across jurisdictions.”

The event was sponsored by Cornell Law’s Berger International Legal Studies Program, the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, the East Asia Program, and other academic partners.

By bridging academic communities, the conference underscored Cornell Law’s commitment to advancing global legal scholarship and interdisciplinary collaboration.

To learn more about the conference, visit Cornell Law School‘s website.