Professor Francis SL Wang is one of the founding Governors and presently serves as the President and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the International Association of Law Schools. He is the Executive Director of The Wang Family Foundation. Professor Wang is the Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law at the Kenneth Wang School of Law, Soochow University, Suzhou, China, where he serves as the Honorary Chair of the University’s Board of Regents.
Professor Wang has taught for many years at the University of California at Berkeley in its Department of Rhetoric and the Law School’s School of Jurisprudence and Social Policy. He is a Visiting Professor of Law and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the University of Pacific – McGeorge School of Law, where he also serves on its International Advisory Board. He is the co-founder and Senior Counsel of the War Crimes Studies Center at U.C. Berkeley, now part of the WSD Handa Center at Stanford University and the East-West Center in Hawaii. He is one of the founders of the Advisory Council to the Human Rights Resource Center, a university-based research institute headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia, with supporting centers at universities throughout the ASEAN countries.
Professor Wang is a member of the Scholastic Council and holds an Honorary Doctorate in Law from the Far Eastern Federal University of Russia. He is a member of the Board of Advisors of the C.V. Starr East Asia Library at the U.C. Berkeley and co-chairs the Chinese Jurisprudence Commission. He is presently a member of the Visiting Committee and Law School Advisory Council at Cornell Law School. He has served on numerous professional, business, and non-profit boards. He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. An Honorary Bencher of the Honorable Society of King’s Inns. He serves on the Board of International Law Students Association.
Admissions
- New York, 1973
- United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1975
- United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 1975
- California, 1976
- United States District Court, Northern District of California, 1976
- United States Tax Court, 1981
- United States District Court, Central District of California, 1984
- United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1985
- United States Supreme Court, 1992
Memberships and Professional Organizations
- Bar Association of San Francisco
- State Bar of California (Member, Executive Committee, Intellectual Property Section)
- New York State Bar Association
- American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: International Law; Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Economics of Law Practice; Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law; Chair, PRC-ROC Copyright Sub-Section, 1989-1992)
- International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (Member, Board of Directors, 1990-1997)
- United States Trademark Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1992-1994)
- Alliance for Promotion of Software Innovation (Board of Directors, 1993)
- American Arbitration Association (Member, National Panel of Arbitrators, 1985 - present)
- Pacific/McGeorge School of Law (Faculty as Distinguished Scholar in Residence 2001 - present)
- Soochow University, Kenneth Wang School of Law (Faculty, 2002 - present)
- UC Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law and Rhetoric Department (Visiting Professor, 2004 - present)
- International Association of Law Schools (President, 2011 - present)
Languages
- English and Chinese
Reported Cases
- Banco do Brasil vs. Latian Inc.
- New York Chinese TV Programs, Inc. vs. U.E. Enterprises Inc. et al.
- Computer Associates v. Altai
Selected Publications
- 'Taiwan Copyright Protection for Foreign Works,' IP Asia, 1991
- 'Intellectual Property Developments in Taiwan and China,' The Journal of Proprietary Rights, 1991
- 'Taiwan's New Copyright Law,' ABA International Lawyer
- 'Taming the Tigers,' National Law Journal, 1993
Selected Lectures and Appearances
- Reporter, Trademarks in 2017: World Trademark Symposium, 1992
- Enforcement/Dispute Resolution, World Trademark Symposium, United States Trademark Association, 1992
- 'The Role of I.P. in Economic Development,' Venezuelan Chamber of Commerce, 1993
- 'Trade Policy's Role in Foreign Policy,' International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition, 1993
- 'Protecting IP in Asia,' State Bar of California's Pacific Rim Seminar, 1995
- 'Intellectual Property and China,' University of Maryland, 1997
Academic Courses Taught
- International Intellectual Property, Pacific/McGeorge School of Law
- Foundations of Law: Greece, Rome, China, UC Berkeley, Rhetoric Department
- International Business Transactions, Soochow University, Kenneth Wang School of Law, China (ABA accredited)
- China Law and Society (Chinese Legal History), UC Berkeley, Boalt Hall's Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program
- Legal Argumentation, UC Berkeley, Rhetoric Department