The Hauser Global Law School Program is currently accepting research assistant applications for Global Professor of Law Hualing Fu who is at NYU School of Law during the Spring 2025 semester. Further details can be found below. Research assistants must be NYU Law students. The hourly rate is $16.50 and the number of hours per week is flexible.
Please apply through Symplicity (CSM ID: 495845) by Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Please also confirm that you are currently enrolled in Spring 2025 classes at NYU Law.
Hualing Fu
Jerome A. Cohen Visiting Professor of Law
Courses: Law and Society in China Seminar, Human Rights in China Seminar
Details:The professor is seeking a student to assist with research on comparative studies concerning legal resistance to authoritarianism. In the context of authoritarian resilience (China and Russia) and democratic backsliding in both emerging (Eastern European countries) and established democracies (The U.S?), the professor is exploring how legal institutions and professionals mobilize their resources to either entrench the existing legal space or counteract authoritarian encroachments.