PRESS RELEASE

September 13, 2006

U.S. Judge Randall R. Rader to give presentations to Vietnamese legislators and legal professionals

The Honorable Randall R. Rader, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and a professorial lecturer in law, will have a working visit to Hanoi on September 14 and 15 to give presentations to Vietnamese legislators and legal professionals.

While in Hanoi, Judge Rader will give presentations at the US-Vietnam Center for Legal Information and Consultancy (USVCLIC), which is under the Vietnam Lawyers Association; the Ministry of Justice's Judicial Studies Academy; the Supreme People’s Court; and the National Assembly Office, before audiences of judges, lawyers, legal professionals, and government officials and National Assembly members.

Topics of his presentations include the role of judges in IPR cases, the importance of the independence of the court in the U.S., the appeal system and finality of judgments, and the importance of publishing court decisions.

Before arriving in Hanoi, Judge Rader worked in Ho Chi Minh city from September 11-13.  He gave presentations on legal implications of WTO membership for Vietnam and intellectual property issues at HCMC Bar Association, the University of Law, Fulbright Economics Teaching Program, HCMC International Business and Law Academy, and HCMC Young Businesspeople Association.  His audiences included judges, prosecutors, local government officials, lawyers, legal professionals, law lecturers and students, and business people.

Randall R. Rader is a circuit judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.  He obtained a B.A. in English from Brigham Young University in 1974 and a J.D. from George Washington University in 1978. President Ronald Reagan appointed him to the U.S. Claims Court in 1988.  President George Bush nominated Judge Rader to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 1990.  While on the appellate bench, Judge Rader has also served actively as an educator.  He has taught patent law and advanced intellectual property courses at the law schools of the University of Virginia, Georgetown University, and George Washington University.  Judge Rader is co-author of a casebook on patent law used at over 65 law schools.  He has received many awards, including the J. Wm. Fulbright Award for Distinguished Public Service, 2000, the Jefferson Medal, 2003, a Distinguished Teaching Award, 2003, and a Distinguished Service Award, 2003.

 

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