On 13 and 14 November, the Faculty of Law hosted the Third Children’s Issues Forum, jointly organised with the Family Law Association, the Law Society of Hong Kong and the Faculty of Law, HKU. The purpose of the Forum is to highlight the legal and related issues affecting children here in Hong Kong and globally […]
This is the first time this conference has taken place in Hong Kong and CUHK Faculty of Law has the ambition to hold it every year in the future. Last year, the Law Faculty was delighted to be able to co-organise the Forum with the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), a joint center of […]
On 3 November 2015 the Faculty of Law hosted its annual reception for Distinguished Professional Mentors. With the first intake of LLB students in 2006, the Faculty introduced the Distinguished Professional Mentor Programme in which each student is paired with a barrister, solicitor or member of the Judiciary who acts as mentor throughout the student’s […]
Notwithstanding our short history, our graduates in all seven years have been consistently placed in all areas of the legal profession following graduation. The chart shows the destinations of our graduates from the PCLL class of 2014-15.
Professor Mimi Zou recently won the Faculty’s inaugural Innovation in Teaching Award for her experimentation with ‘flipped classroom’ learning The idea behind the ‘flipped classroom’ is that students watch pre-recorded lectures (‘micro-modules’) outside of class, while face-to-face classroom time is devoted to more interactive learning such as problem solving exercises. Professor Zou’s micro-modules for her […]
Professor Kirsten Sellars’ new book – Trials for International Crimes in Asia The issue of international crimes is highly topical in Asia, with still-resonant claims against the Japanese for war crimes, and deep schisms resulting from crimes in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and East Timor. Over the years, the region has hosted a succession of tribunals, from […]
The Faculty is pleased to announce that it achieved 42nd place in the QS world ranking of law schools. No other law school has achieved this level of recognition in such a short period of time. In the 2014 Research Assessment Exercise, it was ranked ahead of all other law schools in Hong Kong with […]
This term we have welcomed the following staff to the Faculty: Mr. FUNG Elliot Justin Yi-Tuk, Professional Consultant Elliot Fung joined the Faculty in December 2015. He is currently the course leader for Principles of Employment Law and Business and the Law as well as teaching on various courses on the PCLL. He obtained a […]
May I join the Dean in welcoming you to the alumni newsletter and hopefully also to the brand new alumni website on which we invite you to register. With training contracts and pupillages, and hence ultimately legal jobs, these days being awarded increasingly to those who have served an internship or mini pupilage with the […]
Welcome to the first edition of the Faculty of Law’s Alumni Newsletter! I am pleased to announce that, to coincide with the 10-year anniversary of the Faculty of Law in 2016, we have this month launched not only this publication, the first in a series of twice-yearly newsletters, but also our alumni website and e-mentoring […]