ACADEMIC POSITIONS. Course(s): Comparative Private Law (Property, Torts& Contracts) (with James Gordley)

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1 HAO JIANG Tulane Law School, Weinmann Hall, Suite 355-C, 6329 Freret St. New Orleans, LA Office: Cell: ACADEMIC POSITIONS Tulane University Law School New Orleans, Louisiana Visiting Assistant Professor (July 2017-present) Research Fellow at Eason Weinmann Center for International and Comparative Law (March present) Course(s): Comparative Private Law (Property, Torts& Contracts) (with James Gordley) Max Planck Institute for Comparative and Private International Law Visiting Research Fellow (June- September 2016, May 2017, Spring,2018) Recipient of Max Planck Society Scholarship. Università Degli Studi Di Trieste, Visiting Professor (Spring, 2014/Spring, 2015) Courses taught: Comparative Legal Systems Comparative Contract Law (with Mauro Bussani) Hamburg, Germany Trieste, Italy Université Panthéon Assas (Paris II) Paris, France Visiting Associate Professor (maître de conferences) (Spring,2014) Courses taught: Introduction to Comparative Law (Chinese Law) Comparative contract law (Chinese contract law) Comparative Legal Systems: Common Law (with Bénédicte Fauvarque-Cosson) EDUCATION TULANE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, New Orleans, LA Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) February 2016 Dissertation: Freedom of Contract under State Supervision (advisor: James R. Gordley) Lectured Introduction to Chinese law Eason Weinmann lecture series (Fall 2013/Spring2014) Co-taught Comparative Environmental Law course (with Oliver Houck) (Fall 2014) Tulane Maritime Law Journal, verified and edited academic sources in Chinese (fall 2012) Juris Doctor (J.D.) May 2012 Research assistant at Eason-Weinmann Center of International and Comparative Law ( ) Highest Grade in Professor A.N. Yiannopoulos Civil Law Seminar Master of Laws (LL.M.), International and Comparative Law May 2009 Tulane Law Review, Guest Editor Tuition Waiver Scholarship NANJING AUDIT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, Nanjing, China June 2008 Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Minor: Accounting and Auditing Honors: Thesis received Provincial Award and awarded the top degree thesis in the Law School, Academic Scholarships, Research Scholarship, Social Work Scholarship Page 1 of 5

2 PUBLICATIONS Enforcing the Bargain v. Materiality Requirement-----The Future of Disclosure-only Settlements Post-Trulia, Pace Law Review (forthcoming 2017) (Top Ten recent papers in Private law-contracts, Corporate governance and Legal Profession on SSRN) Looking for a just price when private law meets state ownership (in Chinese), Roman Law and Modern Civil Law ( 罗马法与现代民法 ) (Invited Submission, forthcoming 2017) Freedom to Mislead: Fictitious Freedom To Contract Around Fraud Under Delaware Law, 13 New York University Journal of Law and Business 393 (2017) (Top Ten recent papers in Contract Litigation on SSRN) Freedom of Contract Under State Supervision: State-owned Enterprises in an Incomplete Market (Doctoral Dissertation Published by Tulane University Library,253 pages, March, 2016) Freedom of Contract under State Supervision 8 George Mason Journal of International Commercial Law 202 (2016) Inapplicability of Freedom of Contract to Chinese State-owned Enterprises (Book Chapter) Comparative Law and / Le droit comparé et (A. Albarian, O. Moréteau eds, Presses universitaires d Aix-Marseille, 2016). Chinese Tort Law between Tradition and Transplants (Book chapter) Comparative Tort Law: Global Perspectives (M. Bussani, A. Sebok eds, Edward Elgar Publishing,2015). (Top 10 recent papers in tort law, tort and product liability law, and Asian law on SSRN) Enlarged State Power to Declare Nullity: the Hidden State Interest in the Chinese Contract Law 7 Journal of Civil Law Studies 147 (2014).(Peer Reviewed) The Application of the Maxims of Equity in Contemporary English Law, Development Research [Fa Zhan Yan Jiu], Iss.2 at 97 (2008) (in Chinese). (Peer Reviewed) The Cycle of Rigidity of Law: the Evolution of Equity in English Law, 2008 Journal of Fujian Institute of Political Science and Law, Iss.1 at 97 (2008) (with Ping Xiao) (Peer Reviewed) Evolution of Trusts in England, 2007 Development Research [Fa Zhan Yan Jiu], Iss.6 at 41 (2007)(in Chinese) (Peer Reviewed). Modifying the Unjust Burden of Proof in the Acts of Joint Danger, Fujian Journal of Judiciary [Fujian Shen Pan], Iss.3 at 51 (2007) (Peer Reviewed) (in Chinese). AREAS OF RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Contract Law, Business Enterprises, Comparative Private Law, Comparative Contract Law (Civil/Common/Socialist Laws), Chinese Law, Tort Law, Foreign Investment Law WORK- IN- PROGRESS The Future of Cause ( A comparative study of French, Italian and Louisiana Law). Page 2 of 5

3 Unjust Price and Unfair Terms as Independent Vitiating Factors in Contract Theory Fairness in Fiduciary Principles Freedom of Contract under State Supervision- State-ownership in an incomplete market (book project) PEER REVIEWER: Law and Development Review (2016-present) Journal of Civil Law Studies (2016-present) Scholarship Exchange Program at Younger Comparatists Committee of American Society of Comparative Law (2014-present) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Shanggong & Partners LLP, Beijing, China 5/2013-4/2017 Foreign Legal Counsel Foreign investment transactions in China, EU and the U.S.. Securities litigation. Whitehead Law Firm, Baton Rouge, LA 12/ /2017 Of Counsel Cross-border commercial transactions Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, LA 8/ / 2014 Research Assistant to Guiguo Wang, James Gordley, Onnig Dombalagian, Oliver Houck, Claire Dickerson, Alan Childress, Jörg Fedtke, Elizabeth Townsend-Gard The Supreme Court of the People s Republic of China, Beijing, China 7-8/ 2011 Judicial Clerk to Justice Feng Qiang Conducted legal research and drafted judicial opinions/ internal case reports regarding civil and commercial contract disputes; assisted the justice in make the rulings over whether a lower court decision should be affirmed, remanded to the lower court or the Supreme Court should hear the case. McCranie, Sistrunk, Anzelmo et al LLC., New Orleans, LA 5-7/ 2011 Summer Associate Civil defense litigation Immigration Law Clinic Loyola University College of Law New Orleans, LA 12/ /2011 Volunteer Attorney Represented a human trafficking victim from India before the immigration court under DOJ; successfully obtained T-Visa and permanent residency for the client. Jin an District Court, Fuzhou, China Summer,2005 Summer, 2006 Spring, 2008 Judicial Intern for three Civil Law Judges Fujian Provincial Procuatorate (Office of Prosecutions), Fuzhou, China Summer, 2007 Judicial Intern. LANGUAGES Native speaker of Mandarin Chinese, English, German (reading knowledge). Page 3 of 5

4 Bar Admission: New York 2011 PRESENTATIONS -Enforcing the bargain v. the Materiality Requirement-----The Future of Disclosure-only Settlements Post-Trulia (Forthcoming) UCLA School of Law Fifth Annual Corporate and Securities Litigation Workshop, Los Angeles, October 20 th, Does Fairness Matter and Does Materiality Requirement Achieve Fairness? Business as Usual in Approving Disclosure Settlement Post-Trulia Tulane Law School Faculty Workshop, New Orleans, June 21 st, Marine Environment and South China Sea Arbitration, (Panel Moderator) Tulane Summit on Environmental Law and Policy, New Orleans, March 10 th, Freedom of Contract under State Supervision, American Society of Comparative Law Younger Comparativists Committee fifth annual meeting at Tulane Law School, New Orleans, March 19, Freedom of Contract under State Supervision, 11 th International Conference on Contracts, St. Mary s Law School, San Antonio, TX, February 26, China Going Forward, (Panel Moderator), Tulane Summit on Environmental Law and Policy, February 20, Freedom of Contract under State Supervision, Faculty Workshop, Tulane Law School, November 2,2015 -Law and Development in China (Seminar Sponsored by Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Academy of Comparative Law), University of Trieste Faculty of Law, April 28, 29, Enlarged State Power to Declare Nullity: the Hidden State Interest in the Chinese Contract Law New Haven School of Jurisprudence Global Conference by Yale Law School and Zhejiang University Law School, Hangzhou, China, October 31, Inapplicability of Freedom of Contract to Chinese State-owned Enterprises Annual Conference of Juris Diversitas, Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, France July 18, The Enlarged State Power to Declare Nullity On the Hidden State Interest under Article 52 ( 1) of the Chinese Contract Law American Society of Comparative Law Younger Comparativists Committee third annual meeting at Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, Oregon April 5, Property and Foreign Investment law in China, Eason Weinmann Center of International and Comparative Law lecture series, Tulane Law School, January 27, Contract Law, Introducing China, Eason Weinmann Center of International and Comparative Law lecture series, Tulane Law School, November 6, The Judicial System, Introducing China, Eason Weinmann Center of International and Comparative Law lecture series, Tulane Law School, October 23, Constitutional Structure, Introducing China, Eason Weinmann Center of International and Comparative Law lecture series, Tulane Law School, October 14, 2013 (with Jörg Fedtke) -China: A First Glance, Introducing China, Eason Weinmann Center for Comparative Law lecture series, Tulane Law School, September 25, 2013(with Jörg Fedtke) Page 4 of 5

5 -The State Interest Harmed by Fraud and Duress under Chinese Contract Law American Society of Comparative Law Younger Comparativists Committee Second Annual Meeting at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney Law School in Indianapolis, April 17, The State Interest Harmed by Fraud and Duress under Chinese Contract Law Third Annual Workshop on International and Comparative Law at Washington University Law School in St. Louis, March 2, Autonomy of Contract v. Protection of State Interest: Annullable Contract under Chinese Law in Comparison with other Civil Law Jurisdictions, Faculty Intellectual Life Workshop, Tulane University Law School, November 26, The Chinese Judicial System and Legal Transplants in China, Eason Weinmann Center of International and Comparative Law, Tulane University Law School, November 8, References: Professor James R. Gordley W.R. Irby Chair in Law Tulane Law School Telephone: John Giffen Weinmann Hall 6329 Freret Street, Suite 255B New Orleans, LA USA Professor Jörg Fedtke A.N. Yiannopoulos Professor in Comparative and International Law Co-Director, Eason-Weinmann Center for International and Comparative Law Tulane Law School John Giffen Weinmann Hall, Suite 216D 6329 Freret Street New Orleans, LA USA Phone (001) Professor Mauro Bussani Chair of Comparative Law University of Trieste Piazzale Europa, Trieste,Italy Phone: Page 5 of 5

The Honorable John D. Tinder, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7 th Circuit (retired) Clerk

The Honorable John D. Tinder, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7 th Circuit (retired) Clerk JOSEPH YOCKEY 428 Boyd Law Building joseph-yockey@uiowa.edu Iowa City, IA 52242 319-335-9883 (office) EMPLOYMENT 2010- University of Iowa College of Law Professor and Michael and Brenda Sandler Fellow