Educational Background
1989-1993 Central College of Iowa, Bachelor of Arts

    1991 Zhejiang University, Foreign Exchange Student

    1991-1992 University of London, Foreign Student

    1992 Georgetown University, Undergraduate Summer Program Student

1993 Charles University, Czech Republic, Graduate Program Student

1995 Beijing Language and Culture University, Chinese Language Program Student

1995-1996 Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Chinese Language Program Student

1997-2000 Northwestern University School of Law, Juris Doctorate

    1999-2000 National Taiwan University School of Law, Foreign Graduate Student

Work Experience

2000-2003   Sidley Austin LLP, Associate

2003-2011   WiNet Labs Ltd., General Counsel

2011-2017   Peking University Law School, Visiting Professor

2014-Present    Tsinghua University School of Law, Adjunct Professor

2017-Present    Peking University Law School, Associate Professor

Research Interests

Jurisprudence, Comparative Law, Practical Legal Skills

 Research Publications

 Manuscripts

      A Daoist Take on American Legal Theory, available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2441773.

      Holism and Reductionism – A Daoist Explanation, available athttp://ssrn.com/abstract=2629450.

     The Reductionist Fallacy and American Tort Law, available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2658904.

     So Said Laozi: How Daoism Explains “Creating Shared Value,” available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2843368.

     The False Materialism of America’s Death Penalty, available athttp://ssrn.com/abstract=2870911.

Articles

     The Two Gates of National Taiwan University School of Law, published in the UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal in the fall of 2001.

     The Parameters of the Attorney-Client Privilege for In-House Counsel at the International Level: Protecting the Company's Confidential Information, published in the Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business in the fall of 1999.

 
Courses
American Contract Law, American Tort Law, History of American Legal Theory, Law and Philosophy, American Labor Law, International Moot Court Training

Contact Details

 Email: jpratt@pku.edu.cn