University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law
| HKU Faculty of Law | |
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| Established | 1969 as the Department of Law |
| School type | Faculty |
| Dean | Michael Hor |
| Location | Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| Enrollment | 1,500 |
| Faculty | 60 |
| Website | http://www.hku.hk/law/faculty/index.html |
The Faculty of Law of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is the oldest law school in Hong Kong, and is considered to be one of Asia's most prestigious law schools.
History
The Faculty of Law of The University of Hong Kong is the first law school in Hong Kong. First established in 1969 as a Department of Law in the Faculty of Social Sciences, it became a School of Law with an autonomous Board of Studies in 1978, and a Faculty of Law on 1 July 1984. Today, the Faculty has over 60 full-time academic staff from about 17 jurisdictions; and 1,500 students.
With the help of Henry Litton, Gerald de Basto, and other distinguished legal practitioners, the Faculty has taken part in publishing the Hong Kong Law Journal since 1971.
Degrees offered
It has two departments, the Department of Law and the Department of Professional Legal Education, and 4 research centres. The Faculty offers a 4-year Bachelor of Laws program, three 5-year double-degree programs: BSocSc in Government and Laws - LLB, BBA in Business and Laws - LLB, and BA in Literary Studies - LLB in conjunction with other faculties of the university, a 2-year intensive JD program (Which allows graduates of non-law disciplines to read law), a professional qualification program (PCLL), and a variety of LLM programs focusing on human rights, Chinese law, corporate law and financial law, information technology and intellectual property, and arbitration. It also offers various research postgraduate programs, including MPhil, PhD and SJD.
Six members of the Faculty have been conferred the honour of Teaching Fellows by the University, rendering it one of the Departments with the largest number of Teaching Fellows in the University. The Faculty also plays host to many internationally distinguished scholars and academic conferences each year. The Faculty works closely with the legal profession. Its PCLL programme provides the entry qualification to the legal profession in Hong Kong.
Notable alumni
- Andrew Cheung Kui-nung, Chief Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong
- Rimsky Yuen, Secretary for Justice; Senior Counsel
- Patrick Chan Siu-oi, Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal
- Audrey Eu, Member of Legislative Council; Senior Counsel
- Alan Leong, Member of Legislative Council; Senior Counsel
- Margaret Ng, Member of Legislative Council
- Benjamin Yu, Senior Counsel
- Ronny Tong, Member of Legislative Council; Senior Counsel
- Johannes Chan, First Honorary Senior Counsel in Hong Kong; former dean of the Faculty of Law
- Elsie Leung, Lawyer, former Secretary for Justice
Notable professors
- Johannes Chan, human rights lawyer and Chairman of the Management Committee of the Consumer Legal Action Fund
- Albert Chen, member of the Basic Law Committee and the Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong
- Michael Tilbury, Commissioner at the NSW Law Reform Commission
- Anselmo Reyes, former judge of the Court of First Instance, specializing in issues on maritime law, European legal history, commercial law and the law of restitution. On 1 October 2012, he became Professor of Legal Practice.
Emeritus professors
- Yash Ghai, Chairman of the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission (2000-2004)
- Raymond Wacks, professor of Law and Legal Theory
Visiting professors
- Francis Reynolds, emeritus professor of law at the University of Oxford, author of Bowstead and Reynolds on Agency
- Sarah Worthington QC (Hon), professor of law at the University of Cambridge
Honorary professors
- Andrew Li, first Chief Justice of Hong Kong after the Handover
- Grenville Cross, former Director of Public Prosecutions of Hong Kong
- Michael Kirby, former Justice of the High Court of Australia
See also
- The University of Hong Kong
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
- City University of Hong Kong
- Postgraduate Certificate in Laws
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