For one thing, it has kept most American lawyers out.

It was a strange process, said an American lawyer who took part in the training.

American lawyers may be at the peak of their power.

American lawyers have been brought in to help prosecute cases.

But due to some very complicated issues to do with rights and American lawyers we're not allowed to.

The company was not represented by American lawyers, the commission added.

Every year American lawyers and judges go to these countries to help them establish such a system.

"I'd hate to be thought of as an American lawyer."

With any decent American lawyer the case would drag on for five years.

American and Chinese lawyers have been slowly building such contacts for almost two decades.