The Faculty of Law of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK LAW) was established in 2004 as a School of Law and was advanced to Faculty status in 2008. In the 2014 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) conducted by the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong, CUHK LAW was recognized as Hong Kong’s best research law faculty. In the RAE 2020, CUHK LAW is again overall leading in Hong Kong in the law domain with 83% of its research activity being rated as 4* (“world leading”) and 3* (“internationally excellent”). As of 2023, CUHK LAW is the home of 50 academic staff from more than 20 jurisdictions, with diverse research interests and expertise. CUHK LAW offers a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and a Juris Doctor (JD) programmes. Graduates of the LLB and the JD programmes qualify to enter the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL) programme required for entry to the Hong Kong legal professions. CUHK LAW’s PCLL programme is skills-focused and tailored to prepare students for practice. CUHK LAW also offers five Master of Laws (LLM) programmes which allow students to specialise in Chinese Business Law, Common Law, Energy and Environmental Law, International Economic Law, and Legal History. Furthermore, two research postgraduate programmes are available at CUHK LAW, i.e. the Master of Philosophy in Laws (MPhil) and the Doctor of Philosophy in Laws (PhD). On top of these, CUHK LAW also operates four double degree programmes: the Dual LLB-JD with University of Exeter, the Dual LLB-JD with the Dickson Poon School of Law of King’s College London (KCL), the BBA-JD and the JD-MBA with the CUHK Business School. CUHK LAW’s headquarters are at the University’s main campus in Shatin. All taught postgraduate courses are delivered at its Graduate Law Centre located in Hong Kong’s central business district in Central. CUHK LAW has established two research centres - the Centre for Comparative and Transnational Law (CCTL) and the Centre for Legal Innovation and Digital Society (CLINDS).
