The School of Law of

City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong (CityU) is a world-class public research university located in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1984 as City Polytechnic of Hong Kong and became a fully accredited university in 1994. Currently, CityU is ...

was founded in 1987, as the second

law school A law school (also known as a law centre or college of law) is an institution specializing in legal education, usually involved as part of a process for becoming a lawyer within a given jurisdiction. Law degrees Argentina In Argentina, ...

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

History

The Department of Law was established in 1987, followed by the Department of Professional Legal Education in 1992. In March 1993, the two departments were brought together to merge as the Faculty of Law, and later renamed as the School of Law since the administrations of the two departments were unified. The school publishes Asia Pacific Law Review since 1992 and a student-edited

City University of Hong Kong Law Review The ''City University of Hong Kong Law Review'' (often ''CityU LR'') is a student-edited and peer-reviewed law journal published by the School of Law of the City University of Hong Kong. It was established in October 2009. The journal features ...

since 2009. The school also has participated in various mooting competitions, having won moots such as

ICC Moot The International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition or ICCMCC is an annual international moot court competition on international criminal law that is held at The Hague and organised by the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies of Lei ...

and Vis East in 2012, and

Willem C. Vis Moot The Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot or Vis Moot is an international moot competition. Since 1994, it has been held annually in Vienna, Austria, attracting more than 300 law schools from all around the world and spurring the ...

in 2013.

Notable alumni

Rimsky Yuen Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung (; born 17 June 1964) is a barrister who served as the third Secretary for Justice of Hong Kong from 2012 to 2018. He was the chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association from 2007 to 2010, as well as a member of the Guang ...

SC, former

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Eunice Yung Eunice Yung Hoi-yan (; born 7 June 1977) is a Hong Kong barrister and pro-Beijing politician. She is a member of the New People's Party (NPP) and the Civil Force (CF). She became member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for New Territorie ...

, Member of the 6th

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Paul Tse Paul Tse Wai-chun, JP (, born 1959) is a Hong Kong solicitor, who claims himself as the "Superman of Law". He also owns a small travel agency and was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the tourism functional constituency in ...

, Member of the 4th

* Richard Khaw SC, Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court

Notable professors

Priscilla Leung Priscilla Leung Mei-fun (; born 18 November 1960, Hong Kong) is a barrister and Hong Kong Legislative Councillor, representing the Election Committee since 2022. She previously represented the Kowloon West constituency from 2008 to 2021. She ...

, expert in

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and

constitutional law Constitutional law is a body of law which defines the role, powers, and structure of different entities within a State (polity), state, namely, the executive (government), executive, the parliament or legislature, and the judiciary; as well as th ...

, member of the

Programmes offered

The school offers law degree programs at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Unlike most other common law jurisdictions, both the LLB and the JD operate concurrently in Hong Kong, providing for entry to the legal profession through an undergraduate or postgraduate path.

Undergraduate

The school offers a full-time four-year Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) Programme. The degree offers students a general and professional education at the undergraduate level. The School of Law in 2007 launched the Global Legal Education and Awareness Project (G-LEAP). Under G-LEAP, students can opt to study credit-bearing law course during summer term at Faculty of Law of Monash University and University College, Oxford.

Postgraduate

The school offers multiple Postgraduate programs. While J.D. programme is the graduate route in Hong Kong, P.C.LL. is required for admission to the profession. It has established the GLOBAL GATEWAY Programme to provide multi-jurisdictional opportunities for legal study to postgraduate students. This programme offers students the possibility of exchange programme and dual LLM degree from other leading international law schools such as Europe-Asia Research Institute of Aix-Marseille University, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in France, and Université de Fribourg in Switzerland. *

Juris Doctor The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...

(J.D.) Programme *

Master of Laws A Master of Laws (M.L. or LL.M.; Latin: ' or ') is an advanced postgraduate academic degree, pursued by those either holding an undergraduate academic law degree, a professional law degree, or an undergraduate degree in a related subject. In mos ...

(LL.M.) Programme * Master of Laws (Renmin University of China) (LL.M.) Programme, in Chinese Law, degree granted by

Renmin University of China The Renmin University of China (RUC; ) is a national key public research university in Beijing, China. The university is affiliated to the Ministry of Education, and co-funded by the Ministry and the Beijing Municipal People's Government. RUC ...

*Master of Laws in Arbitration & Dispute Resolution (LLMArbDR) Programme *Master of Philosophy in Laws (M.Phil.) Programme *

Doctor of Philosophy A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common Academic degree, degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields ...

in Laws (Ph.D.) Programme *Doctor of Juridical Science (J.S.D.) Programme *

Postgraduate Certificate in Laws The Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL; 法學專業證書) is an intensive one-year full-time (or two-year part-time) professional legal qualification programme in Hong Kong. It allows graduates to proceed to legal training before qualifyi ...

(P.C.LL.)

Ranking

TIMES World University Subject Rankings (Law)

QS World University Subject Rankings (Top 200)

External links

School of Law - City University of Hong Kong

References

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