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School of Law and College of Business introduce Juris Doctor and MBA collaboration
The School of Law and College of Business are pleased to announce an innovative professional degree collaboration across the law and business disciplines. An accelerated path to business and law courses will be offered by the Juris Doctor (JD) and MBA programmes from the 2022/23 academic year onwards.  Students may enroll in either the JD or MBA programme first, with opportunities to take courses from the partner programme. Credit units earned can then be used for credit transfer when the student subsequently enrolls in the other programme....

EUPLANT Lecture: Understanding China’s Global Governance Ambitions in light of the Decline of the Rule of Law in Hong Kong
CityU School of Law, in cooperation with EU-China Legal and Judicial Cooperation (EUPLANT) Project, have jointly held a lecture via Zoom on 23 November 2021. We were honoured to have Professor Eva PILS, Professor of Law at King's College London, to give a lecture titled “Understanding China’s Global Governance Ambitions in light of the Decline of the Rule of Law in Hong Kong”....

The 26th Goff Arbitration Lecture by Chief Justice SUNDARESH Menon of Singapore: “The Complexification of Disputes in the Digital Age”
CityU School of Law, in cooperation with Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), held the 26th Goff Arbitration Lecture on 9 November 2021....

Congratulations to Dr Rimsky YUEN Kwok-keung, GBM, SC, JP
Dr Rimsky YUEN Kwok-keung, GBM, SC, JP, former Secretary for Justice of the HKSAR Government, was conferred an honorary doctorate on 5 November 2021 by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) in recognition of his significant contributions to education and the legal community....

CityU Virtual Information Day 2021
The CityU Virtual Information Day 2021 was held on 23 October 2021 (Saturday) from 10:00am to 6:00pm. The School of Law set up a virtual booth and organized a series of online seminar, sharing session and consultations to provide prospective students with the most up-to-date information about the Bachelor of Laws and the double degree programmes. Our faculty staff and alumna introduced programme information and addressed queries raised by participants....

Congratulations to Mr Richard KHAW Wei-kiang, SC
The Judiciary has recently announced the appointment of Mr Richard KHAW Wei-kiang, SC as a Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court....

Outstanding Research Awards 2021
The winner of the Outstanding Research Award of this year is Prof Michael TSIMPLIS (Professor, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong). The title of Prof Tsimplis’ publication is “Environmental Norms in Maritime Law” (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021)....

Congratulations to Professor ZHU Guobin on Securing Grants from the Tsinghua University Education Foundation (HKSAR)
The Public Law and Human Rights Forum (CPLR) at the CityU School of Law is excited to announce that our Director, Professor ZHU Guobin, receives a research grant of HK $1,937,680 from the Tsinghua University Education Foundation (HKSAR) for his project entitled “The Implementation of Hong Kong National Security Law: Localisation, Cooperation and Integration”....

Congratulations to Professor Julien CHAISSE
City University of Hong Kong School of Law is excited to announce that the International Jury of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) has awarded the Vitivinicultural Law OIV Award (2021) to Professor Julien CHAISSE. Congratulations! ...