The Master of Laws in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution (LLMArbDR) and the Master of Laws (LLM) in Corporate and Financial Law stream & Intellectual Property and Technology Law stream of City University of Hong Kong have successfully obtained fellowships from the University Grants Committee’s (UGC) Targeted Taught Postgraduate Programmes Fellowships Scheme for 2022/23 intake. The main purpose of the Scheme is to attract meritorious local students to pursue further studies in priority areas that are conducive to the development of Hong Kong....
To help prospective applicants learn more about our School and receive the latest information about entrance requirements of our postgraduate programmes, CityU School of Law held an admission talk via GTER (寄託天下) on 24 March 2022. The talk was attended by Dr DING Chunyan (Associate Dean), Dr Lauren Yu-Hsin LIN (Master of Laws Programme Director), Dr Christopher TO Wing (Master of Laws in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Programme Director) and Dr Sara TSUI Fung Ling (Juris Doctor Programme Associate Director), and it attracted more than 800 participants....
The rule of law is a principle of governance, at the very minimum requiring that all institutions, entities and persons should be subject to and should comply with legal norms. ‘Thicker’ versions of the rule of law go further in incorporating human rights and democratic governance. Some observe that the rule of law is under increasing threat in certain Asian jurisdictions, following a recent authoritarian turn....
In view of the severe COVID epidemic situation, the CityU Undergraduate Open Day 2022 went online on Saturday, 19 March 2022. The School of Law arranged a series of seminars, sharing sessions and admission talk to let the participants have a deeper understanding of the School and to provide as much as information about the legal profession and legal education offered by the School....
Dr. Pok Yin Stephenson CHOW (Principle Investigator; Assistant Professor, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong; Public Law and Human Rights Forum Core Member) and Dr....
The United Nation (UN) Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR) was unanimously endorsed by the UN Human Rights Council in June 2011. The principles recognize all business enterprises’ obligations to respect all internationally recognised human rights wherever they operate....
To help prospective applicants learn more about the Master of Laws (LLM) and Master of Laws in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution (LLMArbDR) programmes, and receive the latest information about entrance requirements, the LLM and LLMArbDR programmes jointly held an admission talk via Zoom on 17 February 2022. The talk was attended by Dr Lauren Yu-Hsin LIN (LLM Programme Director), Dr HE Tianxiang (LLM Programme Associate Director) and Dr Christopher TO Wing (LLMArbDR Programme Director), which attracted about 200 participants....
Dr. Massimo LANDO’s written evidence has been cited by the International Relations and Defence Committee of the UK House of Lords (https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/360/international-relations-and-defence-committee/news/161381/law-of-the-sea-in-21st-century-lords-committee-outlines-actions-for-government/)....
