This Special Issue on the State of Comparative Law and its Teaching in Asia is the result of a two-day conference organized and financed by the Centre for Asian Legal Studies (CALS), National University of Singapore (NUS), and the Asian Law Institute (ASLI), with the support of the International Academy of Comparative Law (IACL). Both ASLI and CALS have as their main objective the promotion of Asian comparative law. ASLI was established in 2003 at the initiative of NUS by leading Asian law schools to foster Asian legal scholarship and to facilitate greater interaction amongst legal scholars in Asia. ASLI now has more than 100 member schools. It publishes this Journal. CALS was established in 2012 to facilitate research on Asian law at NUS, again in collaboration with scholars from the whole region and beyond. The IACL, headquartered in Paris, was founded in The Hague in 1924. It has extensive membership in Europe and North America and wants to expand its membership in Asia. Sponsoring this event was part of current efforts by IACL to reach out to Asia.