On 10 March 2025, the School of Law had the honour of hosting Professor Jesse Fried, for a talk titled “Delaware Law as a Business: Implications for Incorporations and Corporate Governance”. The event featured an engaging Q&A session with CityUHK academic faculty members, students and practitioners, moderated by Professor Lauren Yu-Hsin Lin. Professor Lin Feng, the Dean of School of Law, started the lecture by introducing the Distinguished Visiting Professors Scheme....
Prof. Peter Chan has been re-appointed as a member of the Steering Committee on Rule of Law Education of the Department of Justice.
The Steering Committee on Rule of Law Education aims to "work in collaboration with representatives from relevant bureaux, the judicial and legal sectors, and the law schools to co-ordinate and collaborate in the promotion of awareness and proper understanding of the rule of law so as to strengthen the rule of law education and training in Hong Kong on all fronts".
For further details on the Steering Committee, please refer to the following link: ...
Professor Guobin Zhu, Professor at SLW has been reappointed as a member of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Task Force of the Department of Justice (the “GBA Task Force”) for a term of two years from 3 March 2025 to 2 March 2027....
City University of Hong Kong’s School of Law is a leading global law school, excelling in research and professional education. The Outstanding Research Award Scheme was initiated to recognise and reward research excellence at CityUHK, to emphasise the School’s commitment to fostering an environment conducive to high quality research at an internationally competitive level, and to enhance the School’s performance in the delivery of our research agenda....
We are proud to announce that CityUHK School of Law has achieved a remarkable 42nd place in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (Law) for 2025. This impressive advancement of three positions from last year underscores our commitment to excellence and innovation in legal education. Moreover, we are ranked 7th place in the Asia rankings, and 2nd in Hong Kong.
For a full overview of the results, please visit:...
On January 21, 2025, a delegation from Shandong University, Nankai University, and Sichuan University visited the School of Law at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK). This visit was made possible through sponsorship from Zhonglun Law Firm as part of the 2025 Overseas Study Project.
The primary aim of the visit was to provide the visiting students with a comprehensive overview of the CityUHK School of Law, including its curriculum offerings, innovative teaching methods, and the LLM and PhD programmes....
Prof. Tianxiang He, Associate Professor at SLW has been selected by the Secretary for Justice to be a member of The Hong Kong Department of Justice’s Consultation Group on Law Tech Development (the LawTech Consultation Group) for a period of 3 years from 13 January 2025 – 12 January 2028....
The board of the Asian Law and Economics Association (AsLEA) has appointed Professor Lauren Yu-Hsin Lin as the President from January 2025 for two years....
To help prospective applicants learn more about our School and receive the latest information about entrance requirements of our master’s programmes, CityUHK School of Law held an admission talk via GTER on 8 January 2025. The talk was attended by Professor DING Chunyan (Associate Dean), Professor HE Tianxiang (Master of Laws Programme Director), Professor Daniel PASCOE (Juris Doctor Programme Director) and Professor CHAN Chi Hin Peter (Master of Laws in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Associate Programme Director), and it attracted over 1,000 participants....
To help prospective applicants learn more about our School and receive the latest information about entrance requirements of our master’s programmes, CityUHK School of Law held an admission talk via EOL on 19 December 2024. The talk was attended by Professor DING Chunyan (Associate Dean), Professor HE Tianxiang (Master of Laws Programme Director), Professor Daniel PASCOE (Juris Doctor Programme Director) and Professor CHAN Chi Hin Peter (Master of Laws in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Associate Programme Director), and it attracted almost 5,700 participants....
