It is our great pleasure to introduce our new IntLawGrrls contributor I-Ju Chen. Dr. I-Ju Chen holds a PhD in law from the University of Birmingham in the UK and an LLM degree from the University College London. She specializes and widely publishes in international trade law. She researches and teaches this subject at Birmingham City University in the UK. After completing her LLB and LLM, she practiced international commercial law and worked as a legal research fellow for a prestigious industry think-tank in Taiwan. Her research interests also lie in international law, geopolitics and law and development. She holds a certificate of public international law from The Hague Academy. She also coaches mooting in international law.

Heartfelt welcome!