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The School of Law held a reception on 28 April in recognition of the outstanding performance of 21 law students in international and regional mooting competitions during the 2008-09 academic year.
CityU Library held the fourth OAPS certificate awards ceremony to recognise students for excellence in academic writing.
CityU hosted an international conference on mediation on 15 and 16 April. Representatives from professional law organisations and authorities from all parts of the world shared their views on the global development of mediation.
Mr Daniel R Fung, Senior Counsel of the Hong Kong Bar, delivered a School of Law lecture reviewing the role of Hong Kong in China’s legal modernisation.
The School of Law and the Commonwealth Legal Education Association held the global business law education conference, "Teaching Law in the Modern Global Business Environment", at CityU from 31 March to 2 April.
Six law students carved a reputation and gained invaluable experience in an international moot competition hosted this year by CityU’s School of Law.
While many scholars turn democracy into a gigantic, often culturally specific package of political and economic arrangements, Professor Edward Rubin, Professor of Law of the University of Pennsylvania, offered a different approach in his public lecture on 9 April. He pointed out that democracy consists of pragmatic political arrangements that align the incentives of government officials with the desires of people.
The Council of City University of Hong Kong announced its decision to set up an independent committee to review issues surrounding the recent events involving the School of Law.
With regard to the discussion at the Special Meeting of the Legislative Council's Panel on Education on 2 April on the appeal for contract renewal by some teaching staff of the School of Law, City University of Hong Kong would like to make a statement as follows:
City University appointed an independent Appeal Committee to examine the appeals lodged by seven School of Law teaching staff concerning contract renewal. After two months of detailed consideration, the Appeal Committee concluded its findings and announced its decisions.