Stanley Lubman, Esq., ’58
Senior Fellow, The Honorable G. William and Ariadna Miller Institute for Global Challenges and the Law; Distinguished Lecturer in Residence (retired), University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Professor Lubman has specialized on China as a scholar and as a practicing lawyer for more than 40 years. His first tenure at the University of California, Berkeley, was from 1967 to 1974: a visiting professor of law from 1967 to 1968, an acting associate professor from 1968 to 1972, and a lecturer from 1972 to 1974. He returned to the University in 2002. Professor Lubman has also lectured at Oxford, Stanford, Columbia, Harvard, the University of Heidelberg, and the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London.
Prior to devoting his time to research and teaching, Professor Lubman was a consultant (1996‐97) and head (1993‐96) of the China Group at Allen & Overy; partner with Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges (1987‐1993); partner (1979‐1987) and special counsel (1977‐78) with Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe; and in individual practice in Washington, DC (1974‐76) and Berkeley (1972‐74). From 1963 to 1967, he trained as a China specialist in the United States and in Hong Kong under grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, Columbia University, and the Foreign Area Fellowship Program. He also served as the first clerk (1961‐62) to Judge Wilfred Feinberg '43 of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York; was an associate with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (1960‐61); and did postgraduate work at the University of Paris (1959‐1960).
Professor Lubman is currently an advisor on law reform and other law‐related projects in China for The Asia Foundation. He is chair of the U.S. Administrative Law Advisory Group, and a member of the Panel of Arbitrators of CIETAC, the Hong Kong Arbitration Centre, and the American Arbitration Association (California). He is the author of China's Legal Reforms, Bird in a Cage: Legal Reform in China after Mao, and Engaging the Law in China: State, Society and Possibilities for Justice. In 2005, a conference was held in his honor at Columbia Law School, and papers delivered at that conference were published in a special number of the Columbia Journal of Asian Law (Vol. 19, No.1, Spring‐Fall 2005) dedicated to him. Professor Lubman was born on March 29, 1934, in New York City. While at Columbia Law School, he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He and his wife, Judith (née Metzger), have two children: Sarah (born 1960) and James (born 1962).
In 2005, a conference was held in his honor at Columbia Law School, and papers delivered at that conference were published in a special number of the Columbia Journal of Asian Law (Vol. 19, No.1, Spring‐Fall 2005) dedicated to him.
Professor Lubman was born on March 29, 1934, in New York City. While at Columbia Law School, he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He and his wife, Judith (née Metzger), have two children: Sarah (born 1960) and James (born 1962).