in the Imperial Cabinet. In 1912, the First Year of the Republic, Mr. Yu was appointed a Councillor of the Bureau of Laws in the Cabinet. From February to December 1913, he was concurrently Dean of the Department of Law and Commerce of the Peking Government University. In December 1913 Mr. Yu was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court. In 1915 he was appointed to be concurrently a Judge of the Civil Service Court. In December 1917 he became Chief Justice of the Second Civil Case Department of the Supreme Court. In 1918 Mr. Yu was appointed to be concurrently the Senior Councillor to the High Prize. In recognition of the services he rendered in this connection he was awarded the Second Class Wenhu Decoration in November 1918. In January 1919 Mr. Yu was given the Third Class Paokuang Chiaho Decoration. In March 1919 he was appointed Judge of the Judicial Service Court. In January 1920 Mr. Yu was awarded the Second Class Paokuang Chiaho and in March 1920 the First Class Tashou Chiaho Decoration. In November 1920 he resigned from the post of Department Chief of the Supreme Court to become Chief of the Government Institute of Judicial Training and also Advisor to the Law Codification Commission. In March 1922 Mr. Yu was again appointed Departmental Chief of the Supreme Court. In June he was made a Member of the Judicial Service Commission. In September he was appointed to act for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. In February 1923 Mr. Yu was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. In March he received a concurrent post as Chief Judge of the Judicial Service Court. In April 1923 he received the First Class Tashou Paokuang Chiaho Decoration.
