Philip McConnaughay Philip McConnaughay is dean and professor of law of STL and a former vice-chancellor of Peking University’s Shenzhen Graduate organization. Before joining STL, he was founding dean of Penn State University’s law organization and organization of International Affairs. Prior to joining Penn State, he was a professor of law at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and before that a partner of the international law firm, Morrison & Foerster, resident for almost 10 years in Tokyo and Hong Kong. McConnaughay is the author of numerous scholarly articles and edited books concerning international commercial dispute resolution, the regulation of international commerce, and the role of arbitration in economic development. He serves on the editorial board of the Indonesian Journal of International & Comparative Law. As a practising lawyer, McConnaughay was involved in some of the major antitrust and intellectual property disputes of the day. He has served as an adviser to the government of Indonesia with respect to the drafting of a new national arbitration law, and has been active throughout his career in a variety of public interest and pro bono matters. Courses Transnational Law International Litigation and Arbitration Copyright Law International Intellectual Property International Business Transactions Education J.D. and B.A., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign News Leading Worldwide Legal Publication Features STL and Dean McConnaughay Dean McConnaughay Participates in Major Belt & Road Forum STL Participates in Global Conference on Legal Education Dean McConnaughay Invited Guest on CGTN’s “World Insight” Dean Philip McConnaughay Keynote Speaker at 2017 Global Intelligence Forum Dean Philip McConnaughay Delivers Invited Remarks at St. Petersburg International Legal Forum Dean Philip McConnaughay Presents Invited Paper at Asian Law Institute Research Symposium Dean Philip McConnaughay Delivers Keynote Speech at ELFA Dean Philip McConnaughay Speaks at First “China Free Trade Zone Arbitration Forum” Dean Philip McConnaughay Interviewed by The Shenzhen Daily