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Beijing lawyer visits Wisconsin courts

Jane Gao Yudong, a Beijing lawyer, visited with Justice Annette Kingsland Ziegler during an exchange program that included two weeks in Wisconsin.

Jane Gao Yudong, a Chinese lawyer who drafts legislation for the country's Legislative Affairs Office in Beijing, visited Madison and Milwaukee in May as part of an exchange program through the American Academy of Trial Lawyers.

During her two-week stay in Wisconsin, Gao Yudong visited Milwaukee Children's Court, Milwaukee County Circuit Court and Dane County Circuit Court, where she had an opportunity to sit in on interviews with judgeship candidates.

Gao Yudong also visited the Capitol, where Justice Annette Kingsland Ziegler gave her a tour of the Assembly and Senate, permitted her to sit in her chair behind the bench in the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and introduced her to the other justices and staff.

Gao Yudong was part of a delegation of nine Chinese lawyers; the group began its U.S. visit in Hawaii and dispersed to different states following a one-week stay in Honolulu. Gao Yudong was the only delegation member assigned to Wisconsin.      

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