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John Smagula, J.D.,
M.S., is a leading expert in developing and teaching legal education programs for Chinese government officials and commercial
lawyers.
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Since 2003, he has worked as Director of Asian Programs at Temple University School of Law, where he recruits, raises funds, and teaches for Temple’s Master of Laws (LL.M.), judicial education, and legislative
drafting programs in China. He has delivered lectures on U.S. law and legal education at nearly 40 Chinese government agencies
and law schools, has written articles and been quoted in the media about the rule of law in China, and has presented at U.S.
conferences on China-related issues. He is proficient in Spanish and Mandarin Chinese, and he regularly interprets at official
meetings. In addition to his work
at Temple, John is the owner and founder of Crossings Tea Company, the first U.S. company known to purchase tea from Catholic farmers in China for export to the United States. He is also an
independent member of the board of directors for SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc., a Chinese company listed on Nasdaq.
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Prior to his work with Temple, John taught at law schools in geographically diverse
locations in China, worked in the corporate law practice of the New York and Hong Kong offices of Paul Weiss, and worked with
the law firm of Totti & Rodriguez Diaz in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He earned his B.A. in International Relations in 1992
from Pomona College, J.D. in 1995 from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, and M.S. in Education (with focus
on Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) in 2007 from Temple University.
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Temple University School of Law, 1719 N. Broad St., Philadelphia PA 19122-6098, USA
(215)
204-1448 (telephone)
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