Prof Vai Io Lo
Professor
Level 4, Building 4, Faculty of Law, Bond University
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Professional biography
Vai Io Lo joined the Faculty of Law in 2005.
Prior to joining Bond, she had taken teaching or research appointments with the University of Washington, International University of Japan, Waseda University, National University of Singapore, and University of Tokyo. She has been a Visiting Scholar to Harvard Law School. She is an attorney-at-law and speaks and writes Chinese fluently.
With respect to research, she has concentrated on comparative and interdisciplinary studies, especially on Australian, Chinese, Japanese and US laws, and in the areas of labour and employment, foreign direct investment, health care, dispute resolution, law and society, legal education, judicial reform, international trade, and consumer protection. Her publications are distributed worldwide, including books, journal articles, and book chapters. In 2008, she received the Vice-Chancellor's Quality Award for Research Excellence.
On the teaching side, she has taught Cyber Law, Internet-Related Intellectual Property, Law and Investment in China, Law and Investment in Japan, Law and Society in China, Law in East Asia: China, Labour in East Asia, International Business Law, Business Law, International Trade and Business Law, Introduction to Cross-Border Business Law, Law and Development, Principles of Contractual Liability, Comparative Law, International Law, and Advanced Legal Reasoning, Research and Writing.
Research interests
I joined the Faculty of Law in 2005. Prior to joining Bond, I undertook teaching or research appointments with the University of Washington, International University of Japan, Waseda University, National University of Singapore, and University of Tokyo. I have also been a Visiting Scholar to Harvard Law School. I am an attorney-at-law and speak and write Chinese fluently.
My primary research interests are in comparative, international, and interdisciplinary studies.
To date, I have focused my research on Australian, Chinese, Japanese and US laws, and in the areas of foreign direct investment, labour and employment, dispute resolution, law and society, commercial law, legal education, health care, competition law, the judiciary, international trade, and consumer protection.
My research has been largely policy-oriented, either on my own or in collaboration with scholars from the disciplines of management, social policy, and economics.
I would like to contribute to the improvement of regulatory systems through recommendations based on my research work.
Teaching expertise
Comparative and International Law
Professional admissions
- Member, Utah State Bar, USA
- Member, Australian Mediation Association
Professional appointments
- Associate Dean (Research) - Faculty of Law (2017 to 2020)
- Director - Tim Fischer Centre for Global Trade and Finance (2014)
- Co-Director - Tim Fischer Centre for Global Trade Finance (2007 to 2013)
- Deputy Director - The Australian Network for Japanese Law (2011 to 2015)
Qualifications
- Law, PhD, University of Washington, Award Date: 13 Jun 1997
- Law, LLM, University of Washington
- Organizational Behaviour, MOB, Brigham Young University
- Business Administration, MBA, Brigham Young University
- Law, JD, Brigham Young University
- English Literature, BA, Brigham Young University
Fields of Research
- International and comparative law
Statement for HDR students
I am interested in supervising research on Chinese law, comparative law, and international law.