Financial Times LLM Listing 2016
The CUHK LLM Programmes have been listed in the Financial Times LLM Listing of LLM Programmes from across the world since the Listing’s inception in 2008. This year, the Financial Times has once again noted the outstanding quality of the Faculty’s LLM Programmes. The full LLM Listing 2016 can be found here.
CUHK Law Alumni Awarded Best Orator in Essex Court Chambers – Singapore Academy of Law International Mooting Competition 
Keith Cheung (PCLL 2016; JD 2015, CUHK) and Cynthia Or (PCLL 2015; JD 2014, CUHK) participated in the Essex Court Chambers – Singapore Academy of Law (ECC-SAL) International Mooting Competition held at the Supreme Court of Singapore from 7-11 January 2017. The team progressed to the semi-final – making the last four teams left in the competition. Keith also won the award for the Best Orator (Advocate) in the contest.
This is the first time a team from Hong Kong participated in the ECC-SAL moot and they were the only non-Singapore team which qualified for the advanced rounds. Teams from Australia, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore and South Korea participated in the competition.
Keith and Cynthia are both trainee solicitors at international law firms in Hong Kong and were previously members of the CUHK Vis Moot team.
Prof. Mimi Zou Receives International Labour Law Research Prize 
Prof. Mimi Zou won the prestigious Marco Biagi Prize in 2016, awarded by the International Association of Labour Law Journals (IALLJ). Among 14 competitive entries from around the world, Prof. Zou’s paper “Towards Exit and Voice: Redesigning Temporary Migrant Workers’ Programmes” was awarded this year’s prize by an assessment panel consisting of four internationally distinguished labour law scholars.
The paper emerged from Prof. Zou’s ongoing research on the regulation of global labour migration. The paper probes into the ethical underpinnings of the regulatory architecture of temporary labour migration schemes in liberal democratic states. Prof. Zou develops an “exit and voice” paradigm as a normative foundation for redesigning current schemes to address the most problematic features for migrants’ work relations.
Orientation for New Postgraduate Students
The Faculty organized an Orientation Day for the new postgraduate students on 3 September 2016. Around 400 students from Hong Kong and overseas participated in the JD, the LLM and the PCLL Programme Induction Sessions held at the CUHK Graduate Law Centre in Central, followed by a campus tour and a Welcome Reception in Shatin campus to meet with the Dean and other Faculty members.
CUHK Law Welcomes New LLB Class 
Close to 100 new LLB students began their four-year programme at CUHK Law on 5 September 2016. They are a diverse group, coming from not only Hong Kong and the mainland but also countries beyond China. They are all highly qualified, regardless of their stream of entry, and competition for the limited number of places was fierce – CUHK Law received over 1000 applications for a coveted place on the LLB.
Orientation for New Research Postgraduate Students
On 8 September 2016, the Research Postgraduate Programmes held its Orientation for incoming Research Postgraduate (RPg) students. The new students’ supervisors, as well as Year Two through Four students and their supervisors, were also present. There was an induction ceremony, where the Dean and the RPg Programme Director spoke and welcomed students. Supervisors were also welcomed to the ceremony and brief descriptions of the new students’ proposed research agendas were discussed. The gathering also included the RPg administrative team as well as the Dean of the Graduate School, the Associate and Assistant Deans for Research and the RPg Programme Deputy Director. Various Year Two through Four students gave helpful information to the incoming students regarding campus life and housing as well as travel and research funding opportunities. The Orientation concluded with a tour of the campus.
Master’s Degree (2015–2016) Graduation Ceremony 
The Faculty of Law Master’s Degree (2015–2016) Graduation Ceremony, presided over by Prof. Michael Hui, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of CUHK, was held on 19 November 2016 at Sir Run Run Shaw Hall, CUHK Shatin Campus. The Faculty was honoured to have Ms. Winnie Tam SC, Chairman of Hong Kong Bar Association, as the Guest of Honour to deliver a speech and to share her words of wisdom with the graduates.
During the Ceremony, the PCLL Programme Director Mr. Richard Morris, the JD Programme Director Mr. Matthew Cheung and the LLM Programme Director Prof. Chao Xi, presented the graduates of respective programmes to the Faculty Dean. More than 500 master’s degrees and Postgraduate Certificate in Laws were awarded on the occasion. After the Ceremony, a reception was held at Lee Shau Kee Building, where the graduates shared their joyful moments with the Faculty members, families and friends.
Asia FDI Forum II “China’s Three-Prong Investment Strategy: Bilateral, Regional, and Global Tracks”
The Faculty organized Asia FDI Forum II on 29 – 30 November 2016 at the CUHK Graduate Law Centre. The Forum structured around the emerging three tracks of China’s investment policy and strategy, featuring China’s recent and notable international investment agreements and initiatives, for instance, among others, China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA), ongoing bilateral investment treaty negotiations with the US and the European Union, The Belt and Road initiative; and its contribution to global economic governance, e.g., global investment policymaking guideline over the 2016 G20 Summit in China. Legal and policy frameworks governing foreign investment in, among and by Asian states, were discussed at the Forum, aiming to identify research and policy gaps that must be filled in order to promote more sustainable and responsible investment in the region, and globally.
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