Inaugural meeting cum roundtable discussion for the International Advisory Board of CityU’s School of Law

 


 

 

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Event:     Inaugural meeting cum roundtable discussion for the International Advisory Board of CityU’s School of Law

Date:        31 August 2007 (Friday)

Time:        2:30pm–Media session

                3:00pm–Inauguration ceremony

3:40pm–Roundtable discussion on “Globalization and Legal Education” (see attached agenda)

Venue:      School of Law Conference Room, 5/F, Academic Building, CityU

(Please gather at Rm 4128, 4/F, Cheng Yick-chi Building at 2:15pm)

Guests of the inauguration ceremony:

Professor Richard Ho Yan-ki, Acting President, CityU

Professor (Chair) Wang Guiguo, Dean of the School of Law, CityU

Dr Simon Ip Sik-on, Chairman of the International Advisory Board

 

The School of Law at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has recently formed an International Advisory Board (IAB) comprising renowned professors from Harvard, Yale and Oxford universities and experienced legal practitioners in order to further enhance teaching and research at the School.

 

The IAB will hold its inaugural meeting and a roundtable discussion on “Globalization and Legal Education” on 31 August, in which seven of its members will share their perspectives on legal education along the veins of globalization.

 

Before the meeting, Professor Richard Ho and Professor Wang Guiguo will meet the media to introduce the objective and future plans of the IAB and the future development of the School.

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Media enquiries:       Michelle Leung, Communications Office (3442 6827 or 9050 7507)

 


Inaugural meeting cum roundtable discussion for

the International Advisory Board (IAB) of CityU’s School of Law

Agenda

Inauguration of the IAB

 

3:00 pm – 3:10 pm

Welcoming remarks and the Genesis of the IAB

Professor (Chair) Wang Guiguo

Dean of the School of Law, CityU

 

3:10 pm – 3:25 pm

Introductory remarks

Professor Richard Ho Yan-ki

Acting President, CityU

 

3:25 pm – 3:30 pm

Presentation of certificates to the IAB members

 

3:30 pm – 3:40 pm

Remarks of Chairman of the IAB

Dr Simon Ip Sik-on

Solicitor and Notary Public, and Former Chairman and Senior Partner, Johnson Stokes and Master, Hong Kong

 

Roundtable discussion on “Globalization and legal education”

Chaired by: Professor Richard Ho Yan-ki, Acting President, CityU

 

3:40 pm – 6:15 pm

Professor David Tong Shuk-yin

Deputy President, CityU

 

Professor Stephen P Marks

François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights,  Harvard University, USA

 

Professor Daniel R Fung

Senior Counsel, and Former Solicitor-General of the HKSAR

 

Professor Anton Cooray

Professor of Law, School of Law, CityU

 

Mr Philip Dykes SC

Senior Counsel, and Former Chairman, Hong Kong Bar Association

 

Mr Michael Sandor

PCLL Programme Leader, School of Law, CityU

 

Professor Hoong Phun Lee

Sir John Latham Professor of Law, and Deputy Dean, Faculty of Law, Monash University, Australia

 

Professor Mitsuo Matsushita

Professor of Law, Seikei University, and Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo, Japan, and Founding Member of the WTO Appellate Body

 

Professor Noh-young Park

Professor of International Law, and Vice-President, Korea University, Seoul

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