Chen Lung-chu

Chen Lung-chu (; born 30 December 1935) is a Taiwanese legal scholar. He is a professor emeritus at New York Law School, the founder of the Taiwan New Century Foundation, and chairman of the Taiwan Society of International Law.

Early life and education Chen was born on December 30, 1935, His parents were originally from Jiali, Tainan. His father, Chen Shih-tung (陳士東), was an electrician for the Taiwan Power Company.

After graduating as valedictorian from National Tainan First Senior High School, Chen studied law at National Taiwan University (NTU), where he became a student of legal scholar Peng Ming-min. As an undergraduate, he attained the highest score in four national civil service examinations and qualified as a judge and diplomat while still pursuing his law degree. He graduated first in his class from NTU with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) with highest honors in 1958, then completed military service in the Republic of China Army as a reserve officer. then received a Yale Fellowship from 1961 to 1964. He earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in 1961. He then earned a second LL.M. degree in 1962 and his Doctor of Juridical Science (J.S.D.) in 1964 from Yale Law School.

Career After obtaining his doctorate, Chen worked as a research associate at Yale Law School from 1964 to 1977 and as a senior research associate there from 1973 to 1977. He was the editor-in-chief of Human Rights, a law journal of the American Bar Association, from 1978 to 1981 and was a senior lecturer at the International Institute of Human Rights in 1979.

Personal life Chen is a devout Christian. He was baptized in 1967.

Awards and honors

Second Class Order of Brilliant Star (awarded on May 13, 2008, at the Presidential Office Building, Taipei)

Selected publications