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Outstanding Research Awards 2022
City University of Hong Kong’s School of Law aspires to become a leading global University, excelling in research and professional education. The objectives of the Outstanding Research Award Scheme are to recognise and reward research excellence at CityU and to emphasise the School’s commitment to create an environment conducive to high quality research at an internationally competitive level....

ALSA - HKCML Joint Conference: Transplantation of Foreign Law and the Creation of Unique Legal Solutions in Asian Legal Systems
Legal systems develop, sometimes through the borrowing of foreign laws and institutions, sometimes through developing unique solutions. Even when foreign laws and institutions are borrowed and transplanted, there is invariably adaptation and transformation....

Publications by Dr. Lauren Yu-Hsin Lin featured in an analysis and webinar by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
On 7 February  2023, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a leading U.S. think tank on international relations, hosted a webinar featuring the work of Dr....

Congratulations to Dr Peter Chan for his appointment as a member of the Steering Committee on Rule of Law Education of the Department of Justice
Dr Peter Chan has been appointed as a member of the Steering Committee on Rule of Law Education of the Department of Justice....

Article by Professor Virginia Harper Ho Selected for the Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review (ELPAR)
A recent article of Professor Virginia HARPER HO titled “Modernizing ESG Disclosure” was selected for inclusion in the list of top 20 articles selected for the Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review (ELPAR)....

Congratulations to Professor Virginia Harper Ho and Dr. Lauren Yu-Hsin Lin on their appointment as Research Members of the European Corporate Governance Institute
City University of Hong Kong School of Law is excited to announce that Professor Virginia HARPER HO and Dr....

CityU School of Law Held Online Admission Talk for Postgraduate Programmes 2023 Entry
To help prospective applicants learn more about our School and receive the latest information about entrance requirements of our postgraduate programmes, CityU School of Law held an admission talk via GTER (寄託天下) on 12 January 2023. The talk was attended by Dr DING Chunyan (Associate Dean), Dr Lauren Yu-Hsin LIN (Master of Laws Programme Director), Dr Christopher TO Wing (Master of Laws in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Programme Director) and Dr Sara TSUI Fung Ling (Juris Doctor Programme Associate Director), and it attracted more than a thousand participants....

Congratulations to Dr. Peter Chan for his appointment as a fellow of the European Law Institute (ELI)
Dr Peter Chan has been appointed as a fellow of the European Law Institute (ELI). ELI is an independent non-profit organisation established to initiate, conduct and facilitate research, make recommendations and provide practical guidance in the field of European legal development. Building on the wealth of diverse legal traditions, its mission is the quest for better law-making in Europe and the enhancement of European legal integration. For more information about the European Law Institute, please visit: https://www.europeanlawinstitute.eu/about-eli/ Congratulations to Dr Chan!...

13th International Conference on the New Haven School of Jurisprudence
On December 9, 2022, the Academy of International Strategy and Law of Zhejiang University, in partnership with Yale Law School, Guanghua Law School of Zhejiang University, and Centre for Chinese and Comparative Law and Law School of City University of Hong Kong, organized the 13th International Conference on the New Haven School of Jurisprudence....

Congratulations to Professor Zhu Guobin for his appointment as a member of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Task Force of the Department of Justice
Professor ZHU Guobin, Director of Public Law and Human Rights Forum, has been appointed as a mem...