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. ...
On 28 May 2025, the School of Law had the honour of hosting Professor Kyle Rozema (Northwestern University, Pritzker School of Law), for an online talk titled “How Should the Legal Profession be Regulated?” The event featured a discussion session with Professor Xiaohong Yu (Tsinghua University, Department of Political Science) and an engaging Q&A session, moderated by Professor Lauren Yu-Hsin Lin.
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On 16 May 2025, the School of Law, CityUHK conducted a Research Camp with the aim to collect feedback and suggestions to effectively conduct the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)....
Recently, The Public Law and Human Rights Forum (CPLR) held a Roundtable titled “The Future of Common Law in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region”. This event brought together a stellar group of legal professionals and scholars to discuss critical issues of Hong Kong’s common law system. The main issues discussed at this Roundtable include the role of the common law system in Hong Kong’s prosperity and stability, controversies surrounding overseas non-permanent Judges in the Court of Final Appeal, and how the common law system can develop as an “institutional lever” to promote national development....
Students attending the Principles of Maritime Law elective visited the Hong Kong International Terminals, where the international shipping of containerised cargo was explained to them, and the role of container shipping in the local economy was highlighted. Students also visited the Hongkong Salvage & Towage Services Limited (HKSTS), where they went onboard the Sung Kong, one of the most advanced tug available in Hong Kong and learned about towage and salvage operations. The contractual and legal arrangements used in the provision of these services were also discussed in a follow-up session....
In furtherance of mutual interest in the field of education and research and as a contribution to increased international cooperation, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK SLW) and Law School, Jinan University (Jinan Law School) has singed student exchange agreement and Memorandum of Understanding....
CityUHK School of Law, in cooperation with Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), held the 29th Goff Arbitration Lecture on 26 March 2025....
On 1 April 2025, at the Concurrences Antitrust Writing Awards ceremony held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Professor Martin Lai and graduate Leona Zhang were announced as the winners of this year's Readers’ Vote Prize in the Private Enforcement category. Their award-winning article, titled “The Tension between Public Interest Litigations and Private Actions under China’s Anti-Monopoly Law,” was published in the Tsinghua China Law Review....
The City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) School of Law held the 18th anniversary celebration of its "Chinese Judges Programme" in Beijing on 22 March 2025. The opening ceremony was graced by the presence of the following distinguished guests:
Mr. LI Chengyu, President of the National Judges College and Judicial Case Academy of the Supreme People’s Court of the People's Republic of China;...
On 12 March 2025, the School of Law had the honour of hosting Professor Jesse Fried, for a talk titled “Governance in US Startups: Protecting VCs and Founders (from each other)”. The event featured an engaging Q&A session with CityUHK students and practitioners, moderated by Professor Lauren Yu-Hsin Lin. The Lecture Series in Law and Economics is a collaborative initiative between the City University of Hong Kong School of Law and the Asian Law and Economics Association....
