Name Benjamin Liebman | Parents Lance Liebman | |
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Education University of Oxford, Harvard Law School, Yale University | ||
Benjamin L. Liebman (born 1969) is the Robert L. Lieff Professor of Law and the director of the Center for Chinese Legal Studies at Columbia Law School. He is widely regarded as one of the world's pre-eminent scholars of contemporary Chinese law. He is the son of Lance Liebman, who is a professor at Columbia Law School and the former director of the American Law Institute, and of Carol B. Liebman, also a professor at Columbia Law School. He is the brother of Jeffrey B. Liebman, who is currently the executive associate director of the Office of Management and Budget within the administration of President Barack Obama.
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On February 9, 2012, Liebman met with Vice President of the United States Joe Biden at the White House to discuss human rights in China.