On the afternoon of September 28, 2015, our university held a farewell party for Professor Edward Eugene Clark as the first specially-engaged professor under "the Recruitment Program of Global Experts (1000 Experts Project)." At the party, the university also appointed him as a guest professor. CUPL President Huang Jin attended this send-off party and presented the Letter of Appointment to Prof. Edward Eugene on behalf of CUPL.
Professor Edward Eugene Clark previously served as the Dean of five law schools in the United States, Australia and other countries respectively, and was the former Deputy Vice-Chancellor of University of Canberra (UC), Australia. He was the first recipient of “the Prime Minister’s Award for Australian University Teacher of the Year”. ProfessorE dward Clark is an eminent scholar with rich teaching and management experience, as well as fruitful scientific research achievements. In September 2012, as our first specially-engaged professor under the "1000 Experts Project", he embarked on his new career of teaching and researching in the CUPL College of Comparative Law for the following three years.
During his tenure in office at CUPL, Professor Eugene Clark continued his excellent work. He delivered lectures on interesting topics, including “The E-commerce Law”, “Internet Law, Policy and Practice”, which were widely welcomed by our undergraduates and graduate students.He published six monographs and seven treatises, while serving as the editor for four authoritative journals. And as a specially-engaged professor of CUPL, he was invited to be a columnist for a notable Chinese website (China.org.cn). The number of articles he published on that website exceeded 150, some of which were reprinted and quoted by Chinese and overseas media, and stimulated widespread discussions in related fields. When acting as a specially-engaged professor under "1000 Experts Project" in CUPL, he was also appointed as a member of the Legal Education Committee under Law Council of Australia, and visited the United States, Austria, Australia as well as other countries to attend high-end international conferences and deliver keynote speeches.
