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Virtual Book Launch: “The Origin of Copyright: Expression as Knowing in Being and Copyright Onto-Epistemology”
CityU School of Law, in cooperation with Routledge and EU-China Legal and Judicial Cooperation (EUPLANT) Project, have jointly held a book launch via Zoom on 22 July 2021. We are honoured to have Dr. GUAN Wenwei, Associate Professor of School of Law at City University of Hong Kong, to introduce his latest publication “The Origin of Copyright: Expression as Knowing in Being and Copyright Onto-Epistemology”....

Congratulations to Five Faculty Members Awarded General Research Fund (GRF)
The RGC has recently announced the results of the 2021–22 funding exercise of the General Research Fund (GRF). CityU School of Law continued to succeed in developing a strong research culture and has obtained five law research grants which indicates that we have a high quality research environment....

Congratulations to Professor Julien CHAISSE on Obtaining the Award for Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme!
Prof Julien CHAISSE received the Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme (HSSPFS 2021/2022). Not more than ten awards are granted for all institutions per year and this is the first time ever the School receives this award that recognises excellence in the Humanities and Social Sciences....

Research Retreat (June 2021)
The Research Retreat was hosted on 16 June 2021 via Zoom Webinar. The event kicked off with a welcoming speech by Prof TAN Cheng-Han (Dean, CityU School of Law). Prof Tan extended a warm welcome to all participants....

Celebration Gathering with Mr Lester HUANG
Mr Lester HUANG, SBS, JP, Managing Partner and Co-Chairman of PC Woo & Co, and the Chairman of the Council of City University of Hong Kong, has recently been admitted to the Roll of Honour of the Council of The Law Society of Hong Kong in recognition of his distinguished contributions to the Society and the development of the legal profession in Hong Kong. To extend our congratulations to Mr Huang, our School organised a celebration gathering on 7 June 2021 and invited alumni to share the happiness with us....

CityU School of Law Held Online Admission Talks for Postgraduate Programmes 2021 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 two online admission talks via GTER (寄託天下) on 19 March and 28 April 2021 respectively. Dr DING Chunyan (Associate Dean), Dr Lauren Yu-Hsin LIN (Master of Laws Programme Director), Dr TO Wing Christopher (Master of Laws in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Programme Director) and Dr Sara TSUI Fung Ling (Juris Doctor Programme Associate Director) attended. The talks attracted close to 1,400 participants in total....