JOHN SMAGULA

 

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.

 

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.

John is qualified to practice and licensed in New Hampshire, New York, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.