January 2026
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CCPL 30th Anniversary: Equality, Justice, and the Law—Growing with Hong Kong and the World
Luminary Cup: Chinese Mooting Competition 2026 in HKU
Happy Lunar New Year!
Research & Knowledge Exchange
The centrality of riparian community interests in ICJ adjudication of bilateral water disputes (James D. Fry)
LPE and workplace organization (Jedidiah Kroncke)
Measuring the Value of Trademark Distinctiveness: Evidence From the Market for Bordeaux Wine (Ryan Whalen)
Guerrilla lawyering: mobile resistance in China’s environmental public interest litigation (Ying Xia)
International Regulatory Regime for MegaConstellations: A Path to Equitable Access to Outer Space (Yun Zhao)
Updates
Free Legal Advice Scheme on HKU Campus For Tai Po Fire Incident
Community Legal Information Centre (CLIC) Launches Legal Support Section for Tai Po Fire (Chinese only)
Master of Laws and Master of Common Law Application for Entry in 2026
Juris Doctor Application for Entry in 2026
HKU Summer Institute – Summer Programme 2026 “Future Legal Professionals” is now open for applications!
Legal Academy for the Talented 2026 opens for enrollment
HKU Law Outstanding Early Career Visiting Fellowship: Call for Applications
Congratulations
Professor Xin He conferred the title of Chair Professor by the University
Professor Benjamin Chen conferred the Gallant Ho Outstanding Young Professorship by the University
Faculty Knowledge Exchange Awards and Research Output Prize Winners 2025
Event Highlights
Symposium on Interpretability of AI-Generated Content Copyright Infringement
HKU-PKU Annual Conference on Legal Studies 2025
Upcoming Events
Mediating under the Shadow of AI (Feb 3)
Woyzeck - The historical case and Büchner‘s drama (Feb 6)
Legally Supported Bullying? Legal Consciousness on Non-compete Agreements in China (Feb 9)
Book Talk Seminar: Practices of Restitution: Law and Aesthetics in Modern Germany (Feb 10)
Challenging Settler State Hegemony in Nordic Sápmi: The Transformative Potential of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Feb 12)
Terror on Trial: 9/11, Guantanamo Bay, and U.S. Military Commissions (Feb 20)
Rowdget Young Public Lecture: One Term, Two Concepts: Breach of Fiduciary Duty in the UK Supreme Court (Feb 24)
The Limits of ‘Codified’ Secured Transactions Statutes: Why Does the Common Law Persist? (Feb 26)
Security Over Digital Assets: Issues in Private Law (Feb 27)
1st CPL Distinguished Public Lecture: Intangible Assets and the Renaissance of Personal Property Law (Mar 2)
Comparison of Choice of Law Rules in Non-contractual Obligations Between England and Hong Kong (Mar 11)
Past Events
監護困境兒童保護機制的挑戰與完善——來自基層未保中心的觀察 (2025年10月9日)
從跨境家事法看大灣區法律執業新機遇 (2025年11月28日)
中國內地反家庭暴力：從一條婦女熱線開始 (2025年11月29日)
HKU Competition Law Lecture Series: Putting a Price on AI Training Data (Dec 12, 2025)
China in the World: New Visions of World Order or ‘More of the Same’ (Dec 15, 2025)
Does Hiring Star Lawyers Work? Intra- And Inter-group Dynamics and the Market for Quality (Jan 26)
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