On 7 Nov 2019, the Centre for Chinese and Comparative Law (RCCL) held a Retreat to review on the Centre’s recent development and to discuss its future development. Participants of the Retreat include RCCL’s core members and associate members, as well as the Dean of School of Law Prof. Cheng Han Tan and two incoming RCCL members who will join our Law School in January 2020, namely Prof. Liu Qiao and Prof. Wang Jiangyu....
City University of Hong Kong has collaborated with the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China and its National Judges College since 2009. Together they have organized a number of programmes for Chinese senior judges and have educated elites in the field. The Opening Ceremony for the 7th Doctor of Juridical Science Programme for Chinese Senior Judges, the 10th Master of Laws Programme for Chinese Judges and the 15th Advanced Programme for Chinese Senior Judges was successfully held on 9 October 2019 at Joseph Lee Hall (LT-3505), Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Academic Building....
The School of Law of City University of Hong Kong has recently joined the THEMIS network. THEMIS represents a network of top ranked European Universities which have come together to create a new standard in business law in response to an ever-increasing demand for law professionals with international know-how and expertise.
THEMIS network includes Università Bocconi (Milan, Italy), Esade (Barcelona, Spain), Freie Universität (Berlin, Germany), Université Paris Est Créteil Val de Marne (Paris, France), Maastricht Law School (Maastricht,a The Netherlands), Universität St. Gallen (Switzerland) and WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) (Austria)....
The Research Retreat 2019 took place at Royal Plaza Hotel on 26 September 2019. This year, we invited Dr Kevin DOWNING (Director, Institutional Research Office, City University of Hong Kong) to present on “CityU in QS and THE Subject Rankings (School of Law)”. The Research Retreat kicked off with a welcome speech by Prof TAN Cheng-Han (Dean, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong). He gave a brief talk on strategies to succeed in legal research....
The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries (HKICS) Corporate Governance Paper Competition and Presentation Awards 2019 was successfully held at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) on Saturday, 21 September 2019. This Corporate Governance Paper Competition has been organized by HKICS since 2006 in order to raise the awareness of the importance of good governance for undergraduates of local universities. The theme for this year’s is “How is good governance of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) similar to, and different from, good corporate governance of public companies”....
From 11 August to 14 August 2019, the Human Rights Law and Policy Forum (HRLF) participated in the 2019 International Model United Nations Human Rights Council Universal PeriodicReview (MUPR) competition organized by Human Asia (an established South Korean HumanRights NGO) and sponsored by the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN OHCHR). The aim of the MUPR is to encourage participants to find sustainable solutions to protecting and promoting human rights worldwide....
For two years in a row, the Human Rights Law and Policy Forum (HRLF) has organized internships for our students to Seoul, South Korea, as part of a credit-bearing Legal Placement course. These internship opportunities aim at providing students with exposure to law-related issues in East Asia as a part of the School’s commitment to developing the next generation of lawyers with global perspectives. The internship also enables our students to acquire the experience of working and living aboard.
This year, 10 students from the JD and LLB programmes were selected for the Legal Placement.
The law firms and organisations participating in the programme include:...
Professor Zhu Guobin, Professor of School of Law of City University of Hong Kong and Director of Human Rights Law and Policy Forum, has been appointed by the Department of Education of Guangdong Province as the Vice Chairman of Steering Committee of Undergraduate Legal Education of Guangdong Province for the period from August 2019 to August 2023. The appointment is a recognition of his professional achievements....
The 2019 Hong Kong Law Fair was successfully held on 7 September 2019 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wanchai. CityU Law School joined the fair together with other local law schools, legal institutions, as well as major international and local law firms. An information booth was set up to display the detailed information of respective programmes offered by our School....
More than 450 new students from LLB, JD, PCLL, LLM, and LLMArbDR programmes attended the CityU Law School’s orientation on 27 August 2019. The orientation included a series of activities meant to introduce new students to the University’s resources, facilities, and opportunities, and to help them get prepared for their new start....
