Background
Howson, Nicholas C. was born on October 6, 1961 in Montreal, Quebec.
Howson, Nicholas C. was born on October 6, 1961 in Montreal, Quebec.
Williams College (Bachelor of Arts, with highest honors, 1983, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). Middlebury College Chinese School (Summer, 1983). Fudan University, Shanghai (Graduate Exchange Fellow, 1983-1985).
Columbia Law School (Juris Doctor, 1988).
Spoken languages: Chinese (Mandarin), French and English.
Worked at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Admitted to the bar, 1989, New New York Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Samuel I. Rosenman Prize, Parker School Achievement with Honors in International Law, David M. Berger Memorial Price (Public International Law), Head Notes Editor, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law.
Beijing and People"s Universities, Law Departments (Visiting Research Scholar in Qing law, Fall 1988).
Author: Numerous publications, including: Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. University of California, Los Angeles Pacific Basin Law Journal.
Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft, Heidelberg. The China Quarterly; China Business Review.
East Asian Executive Reports.
Consultant: The Ford Foundation, Legal Education and Research in China, October, 1991. Member, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Charter 88 (United Kingdom), Article 19, British Association of Chinese Studies. Adjunct Professor: Columbia Law School, Chinese Investment Law, 1996, 1997.
Member: American Bar Association.
Member, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Charter 88 (United Kingdom), Article 19, British Association of Chinese Studies.
