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Building Global Academic Partnerships:  Adhyaksa College of Law Visits CityUHK for Collaborative Discussions
The delegation from Adhyaksa College of Law and Prof (HC), Dr R Narendra JATNA, S H, LLM, - Deputy Attorney General for Civil and State Administration and Prof LIN Feng, Prof Thomas CROFTS, Prof DING Chunyan and Professor Virginia HARPER...

CEPU Visits HKCML to Explore Opportunities for Collaboration and Policy Input
On Wednesday July 2 2025, Deputy Head of the Chief Executive’s Policy Unit (CEPU) Mr. Nicholas KWAN, along with his colleagues Dr. Rita MENG and Mr. Edward CHOI, held talks with Hong Kong Commercial and Maritime Law Centre (HKCML) to explore opportunities for collaboration and policy inputs. Representing the HKCML were: Prof. Alexander LOKE, Prof. Michael TSIMPLIS, Prof. Virginia HARPER-HO, and Prof. HE Tianxiang....

Congratulations to Prof ZHU Guobin and Mr. Richard KHAW SC on their Appointment as Justices of the Peace
The School is delighted to announce that Prof ZHU Guobin, Professor of School of Law, and Mr. KHAW Richard Wei-kiang SC, our distinguished alumnus, have been appointed as Justices of the Peace (JP) by the Chief Executive of HKSAR, effective from 1 July, 2025. The primary responsibility of JPs is to ensure that individuals in correctional facilities and other institutions are treated fairly and their rights are protected. Please refer to the press release here for more details. Congratulations to Professor Zhu and Mr. KHAW!...

The Foreign-related Legal Training Programme for Shanghai Hongkou District Justice Bureau
The Foreign-related Legal Training Programme for Shanghai Hongkou District Justice Bureau has successfully concluded on 27 June 2025. The one-week programme was organized by the School of Law, City University of Hong Kong, from 23 to 27 June 2025....

Celebrating School of Law Faculty Promotions
The School is pleased to announce the recent promotions of our distinguished faculty members, effective from 1 July, 2025: Prof LIN Feng, Dean of School of Law, has been promoted to Chair Professor. Prof LIN has demonstrated exceptional leadership since his appointment as Dean of the School in 2023. He is concurrently the director of the Centre for Judicial Education and Research cum Identification of Hong Kong Law (JERI), continues to make significant contributions to the development of Chinese judges programmes and assists mainland Chinese courts in the Greater Bay Areas in identification of Hong Kong law....

CityUHK SLW Celebrates the Success of PhD Graduates
City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) School of Law is delighted to celebrate the incredible success of three distinguished PhD graduates, presented below in alphabetical order of surnames:  ...

CityUHK School of Law Commencement for Graduating Class of 2025
The School of Law of City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) Commencement took place at Wong Cheung Lo Hui Yuet Hall, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building on 17 June 2025, celebrating the accomplishments of the graduating class of 2025....

School of Law, CityUHK celebrates Academic Excellence at Annual Scholarships Ceremony
The School of Law of City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) honoured over 40 students for their remarkable academic achievements at the Ceremony of School of Law Scholarships and Other Students’ Achievements on 30 May. Donor representatives, award recipients, their family members, faculty and staff joined the Ceremony and celebrated the students’ outstanding accomplishments. ...