# Jim Chen > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jim_Chen > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jim_Chen.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Chen > Source revision: 1353868389 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American legal scholar}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jim Chen | image = | caption = | order = 23rd | title = Dean of the [University of Louisville School of Law](/source/University_of_Louisville_School_of_Law) | term_start = 2007 | term_end = 2012 | predecessor = Laura Rothstein | successor = [Susan Duncan](/source/Susan_Duncan_(academic_administrator)) (interim) | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | profession = [Academic administrator](/source/Academic_administration) | website = | education = [Emory University](/source/Emory_University) ([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts), [MA](/source/Master_of_Arts))
[Harvard University](/source/Harvard_Law_School) ([JD](/source/Juris_Doctorate)) }} '''Jim Chen''' is an American [legal scholar](/source/Jurist) known for his expertise in [constitutional law](/source/United_States_constitutional_law). He holds the Justin Smith Morrill Chair in Law {{cite web | title=MSU Law Welcomes James Chen as the Justin Smith Morrill Chair in Law: Michigan State University College of Law | website=Michigan State University College of Law | date=2012-12-21 | url=https://www.law.msu.edu/news/2012/chen.html}} at [Michigan State University College of Law](/source/Michigan_State_University_College_of_Law). From 2007 to 2012, he served as the dean of the [University of Louisville](/source/University_of_Louisville) [Brandeis School of Law](/source/Louis_D._Brandeis_School_of_Law). ==Education== Chen received his B.A. and M.A. from [Emory University](/source/Emory_University) in 1987.{{cite web|title=Rosenblatt's Deans Database: Jim Chen|url=http://law.mc.edu/alumni/cle|website=Mississippi College School of Law}} Following his studies at the [University of Iceland](/source/University_of_Iceland) as a [Fulbright Scholar](/source/Fulbright_Program), he earned his [J.D.](/source/Juris_Doctor), ''magna cum laude'', from [Harvard Law School](/source/Harvard_Law_School), where he was executive editor of the ''[Harvard Law Review](/source/Harvard_Law_Review)''. Chen is fluent in [Taiwanese](/source/Taiwanese_Hokkien) and French, among other languages.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} == Career == After law school, Chen [clerked](/source/law_clerk) for federal judge [Michael Luttig](/source/Michael_Luttig) on the [U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit](/source/U.S._Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Fourth_Circuit) and for Justice [Clarence Thomas](/source/Clarence_Thomas) of the [U.S. Supreme Court](/source/U.S._Supreme_Court). Chen was a professor of law at the [University of Minnesota Law School](/source/University_of_Minnesota_Law_School) from 1993 to 2007. While at Minnesota he taught in the areas of [administrative law](/source/administrative_law), agricultural law, constitutional law, economic regulation, [environmental law](/source/environmental_law), industrial policy, legislation and statutory interpretation, and natural resources law. Chen was active in Minnesota's [law journals](/source/law_journals) as an editor of the [http://www.law.umn.edu/constcom/index.html Constitutional Commentary] and of the ''[Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology](/source/Minnesota_Journal_of_Law%2C_Science_%26_Technology)'', as well being as an advisor for the [Theatre of the Relatively Talentless](/source/Theatre_of_the_Relatively_Talentless) during its first four years. In late 2006, Chen was named as the new dean of the Brandeis School of Law.{{Cite web|title=Chen named dean of Brandeis School of Law|url=http://php.louisville.edu/news/news.php?news=765|date=December 2006|website=University of Louisville: News|access-date=2020-05-07|archive-date=2019-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403023636/http://php.louisville.edu/news/news.php?news=765|url-status=dead}} He served in that position until 2012 when he was appointed as Professor at Michigan State.{{cite web|title=James M. Chen: Faculty Profile|url=https://www.law.msu.edu/faculty_staff/profile.php?prof=880|website=Michigan State University College of Law|ref={{sfnref | Michigan State University College of Law}}}} Along with [Frank H. Wu](/source/Frank_H._Wu) at [Wayne State University Law School](/source/Wayne_State_University_Law_School), [Harold Hongju Koh](/source/Harold_Hongju_Koh) at [Yale Law School](/source/Yale_Law_School), and [Wallace Loh](/source/Wallace_Loh) at the [University of Washington School of Law](/source/University_of_Washington_School_of_Law), Chen is one of four [Asian Americans](/source/Asian_Americans) who have held the post of dean at an American law school.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} Chen is an elected member of the American Law Institute{{Cite web|title=Members Directory|url=https://www.ali.org/members/directory/|website=American Law Institute|language=en|access-date=2020-05-07|archive-date=2018-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707143611/https://www.ali.org/members/directory/|url-status=dead}} and has served since 2010 as a public member of the [Administrative Conference of the United States](/source/Administrative_Conference_of_the_United_States).{{Cite web|title=James Ming Chen|url=https://www.acus.gov/contacts/james-ming-chen|website=Administrative Conference of the United States|access-date=2020-05-07|archive-date=2022-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406223856/https://www.acus.gov/contacts/james-ming-chen|url-status=dead}} == Scholarship and teaching == Chen teaches constitutional law, regulatory state, and upper-level electives such as agriculture law. He has taught law around the world, including at [Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf](/source/Heinrich_Heine_University_of_D%C3%BCsseldorf) in [Düsseldorf, Germany](/source/D%C3%BCsseldorf%2C_Germany), the [University of Nantes](/source/University_of_Nantes) in [Nantes, France](/source/Nantes%2C_France), and at [Slovak University of Agriculture](/source/Slovak_University_of_Agriculture) in [Nitra](/source/Nitra), [Slovakia](/source/Slovakia). He writes on the inter-relatedness of mathematics, complexity theory, linguistics, and behavior psychology at [https://jurisdynamics.blogspot.com/ Jurisdynamics] and manages [http://lawblogcentral.blogspot.com Law Blog Central], a sister site to ''Jurisdynamics'' that also previews other law professor blogs. == Selected works == === Articles === *{{Cite journal|last=Chen|first=James Ming|author-mask=1|date=2006|title=Filburn's Legacy|journal=Emory Law Journal|language=en|volume=52|pages=1719|ssrn=901026}} *{{Cite journal|last=Chen|first=James Ming|author-mask=1|date=2006|title=There's No Such Thing as Biopiracy...And it's a Good Thing Too|journal=McGeorge Law Review|language=en|volume=37|ssrn=781824}} * {{Cite journal|last=Chen|first=James Ming|author-mask=1|date=2006|title=Constitutional Curiosities: a Twenty-One Question Scavenger Hunt|journal=Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 06-45|language=en|ssrn=929012}} * {{Cite journal|last=Chen|first=James Ming|author-mask=1|date=2014|title=Measuring Market Risk Under the Basel Accords: VaR, Stressed VaR, and Expected Shortfall|journal=Aestimatio, the IEB International Journal of Finance|language=en|volume=8|pages=184–201|ssrn=2252463}} *{{Cite journal|last1=Katz|first1=Daniel Martin|last2=Bommarito|first2=Michael James|last3=Soellinger|first3=Tyler|last4=Chen|first4=James Ming|date=2017|title=Law on the Market? Abnormal Stock Returns and Supreme Court Decision-Making|journal=SSRN|language=en|ssrn=2649726}} === Books and book chapters === * {{Cite book|last=Chen|first=James Ming|date=2008-09-15|title=The Story of Wickard v. Filburn: Agriculture, Aggregation, and Commerce|journal=Constitutional Law Stories|language=en|ssrn=1268162|publisher=Foundation Press|isbn=978-1599411699|editor-last=Dorf|editor-first=Michael C.|edition=2nd}} *{{Cite book|last1=Farber|first1=Daniel A|title=Disaster law and policy|last2=Chen|first2=Jim|last3=Verchick|first3=Robert R. M|last4=Sun|first4=Lisa Grow|publisher=Wolters Kluwer|year=2015|isbn=978-1-4548-6925-2|edition=3rd|location=New York|language=en|oclc=921253487}} == See also == * [List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 10)](/source/List_of_law_clerks_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States_(Seat_10)) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=68651 Professor Chen's published articles on various legal topics] *[https://jurisdynamics.blogspot.com/ Professor Chen's Blog, Jurisdynamics] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Jim}} Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States Category:Harvard Law School alumni Category:20th-century American legal scholars Category:University of Minnesota faculty Category:University of Minnesota Law School faculty Category:American people of Taiwanese descent Category:University of Louisville School of Law faculty Category:Emory University alumni Category:University of Iceland alumni Category:Academic staff of Nantes University Category:American academics of Chinese descent Category:Law clerks of J. 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