Ohnesorge on Regulation of the Legal Profession in China @WisconsinLaw

John K. M. Ohnesorge, University of Wisconsin Law School, is publishing Regulation of the Legal Profession in China: An Historical Overview in the China Law & Society Review. Here is the abstract.

This essay begins with an exploration of the role of law and “proto lawyers” in imperial China, followed by a survey of the legal profession and its regulation in Republican China before 1949 (Section II). Section III addresses lawyer regulation during the high tide of Soviet and the Maoist influence (III.A.), and in the post-1978 reform period (III.B. and III.C.), including the regulation of foreign lawyers and law firms in the China market. Section III.D. turns to developments since Xi Jinping took power in 2012, and Section IV offers concluding observations.

Download the article from SSRN at the link.