The Research Camp 2020 took place at School of Law Video Seminar Room on 26 May 2020. The event kicked off with a welcome speech by Prof. TAN Cheng-Han (Dean, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong (CityU)). He gave a brief talk on strategies to succeed in legal research and to keep up with other prestigious universities by hitting scores on two important impact factors – h–index in Google Scholar and other publications that Google Scholar does not count. Prof....
The novel coronavirus, now officially known as COVID-19, which first broke out in China’s Wuhan in December 2019 and later developed into a pandemic, has up to now ravaged the whole world for almost half year. While there sees some regression of the pandemic internationally, legal, social and political issues and challenges posed by COVID-19 have just begun to be seen and felt in many jurisdictions internally and globally....
Congratulations to Mr IU Ting Kwok, adjunct professor of School of Law of City University of Hong Kong, who has recently been appointed as a director of eBRAM International Online Dispute Resolution Centre Limited (“eBRAM”) by the Secretary for Justice....
On 28 May 2020, the Third Plenary Meeting of the 13th National People’s Congress passed the much anticipated Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China (Civil Code). When it comes into force on 1 January 2021, the Civil Code will replace the existing General Principles of Civil Law, General Rules of Civil Law, Contract Law, Property Law, Guarantee Law, Tort Liability Law, Marriage Law, Succession Law and Adoption Law, and becomes the single most comprehensive collection of civil and commercial provisions of law in China....
School of Law and Centre for Judicial Education and Research (CJER) at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) express deep sadness over the passing of Dr. Philip Wong Kin Hang.
Dr. Wong was an extraordinary person, extraordinary in his selfless devotion to the cause of fostering judicial education and research in Hong Kong and mainland China, who has certainly made a lasting contribution to the University and the community.
As a highly respected member of the community, Dr. Wong lived to serve. CityU, in particular, CJER, has benefited a great deal from his generous donation and insights over the years....
To help applicants understand more about the School, and get the latest updates on the admission requirements of postgraduate programmes, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) School of Law held an admission talk online on 12 May. Dr. Ding Chunyan (Assistant Dean of School of Law), Dr. Lin Yu-Hsin (Master of Laws Programme Director) and Dr. To Wing (Master of Laws in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Programme Director) attended. The talk attracted more than 500 participants. ...
The novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, which first broke out in China’s Wuhan in early 2020, and soon after that was also found in other countries and spreading quickly; in some countries there were also large-scale outbreak. The disease eventually developed into a global pandemic. ...
This academic year has been somewhat unprecedented and extraordinarily difficult. It has, amongst other things, made it challenging to arrange meetings and other engagements with alumni and friends of the law school. Hence I am writing this letter to keep you informed of developments in the law school over the recent months. I also look forward to hearing from you and welcome any thoughts that you wish to share with me....
The School of Law at City University of Hong Kong is pleased to announce that their team has been awarded the Fali Nariman Award for the Best Respondent Memorandum in the 17th Willem C. Vis East International Commercial Arbitration Moot.
Coaches: Campbell Herbert and Navin G. Ahuja
Team: LO Loras Yuen Sing (LLB), Chung Wan Ying Wannie (LLB), Peng Yanbing Sandra (LLMArbDR), Megan Fanning (LLMArbDR), Hong Wah Ngai Andy (PCLL), Cho Siu Man Linda (PCLL)...
