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Benjamin Chen is the Gallant Ho Outstanding Young Professor at the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law. A major theme of his research is the empirical investigation of legal procedures to find out if they improve substantive outcomes, and whether they enhance positive legitimacy. Professor Chen has been published in law journals such as the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, and in social science journals including the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. Previously, Benjamin was an assistant professor in public policy at the National University of Singapore. He was also an academic fellow at Columbia Law School and served as a judicial law clerk on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.