Chen Lung-chu (; born 30 December 1935) is a Taiwanese legal scholar. He is a professor emeritus at New York Law School, the founder of the Taiwan New Century Foundation, and chairman of the Taiwan Society of International Law.
Early life and education
Chen was born to Su-ton and Lai-chu (Huang) Chen in
Madou District in
Tainan County, Taiwan, on 30 December 1935.
After graduating as
valedictorian from National Tainan First Senior High School, he studied law at National Taiwan University (NTU), where he was a student of legal scholar
Peng Ming-min. Chen graduated
summa cum laude and first in his class
from NTU with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) in 1958 and then pursued graduate studies in the United States at Northwestern University and
Yale University, first on a Ford Foundation Fellowship from 1960 to 1961, then on a Yale Fellowship from 1961 to 1964.
After receiving his Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in 1961, Chen entered Yale Law School, where he earned a second LL.M. degree in 1962 and a Doctor of Juridical Science (J.S.D.) in 1964.
Career
After obtaining his doctorate, Chen was a research associate at Yale Law School from 1964 to 1977, and was a senior research associate there from 1973 to 1977.
Chen is an elected life member of the American Law Institute.
Awards and honors
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Second Class Order of Brilliant Star (awarded on May 13, 2008, at the Presidential Office Building, Taipei)
