HKU Law at FiftyHKU Law at Fifty

  • Events
  • History
    • Timeline
    • Walking Tour
    • A Special Standing in the World
  • Video Archive
  • Souvenir
  • A Legal Journey
  • Gala Dinner
  • Gallery
  • Beyond 50

LOGO MOBILE HKU Law at Fifty

2020
20 February

LGB Human Rights in Europe, Taiwan, and Hong Kong

13 February

Fraudulent Sex Criminalization in Australia: Disparity, Disarray and the Unresolved Question of Punishing Relationship Lies

10 February

Is Reform of Hong Kong’s Riot Law Overdue? - A Preliminary View

07 February

HKU-Boase Cohen & Collins Criminal Law Lecture - Free Speech in Universities

06 February

Judicial Studies Programme - Foreign Judges on Local courts: Pacific Experiences and Comparative Reflections for Hong Kong

21 January

Civil Unrest in Hong Kong Conference

 

Date: January 21, 2020 (Tuesday)
Time: 10:30am - 19:15pm
Venue: Moot Court, 2/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

2019
25 November

Is Reform of Hong Kong’s Riot Law Overdue? - A Preliminary View

 

Date: November 25, 2019 (Monday)
Time: 12:30 - 2:00pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

24 November

[Social and Alumni Activities] Gala Dinner

 

Date: November 24, 2019 (Sunday)
Time: 6:00 - 9:00pm
Venue: Convention Hall, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

 

23 November

Book Launch “A Special Standing in the World - A History of the Faculty of Law at The University of Hong Kong” Dr Christopher Munn

 

Date: November 23, 2019 (Saturday)
Time: 10:00 - 12:15pm
Venue: Room 608, HKU SPACE United Learning Centre,
6/F United Centre, Admiralty

 

13 November

The Cutting Edge of the Law Lecture Series by Professor Henry Litton

 

Date: November 13 & 22, 2019 (Wednesday & Friday)
Time: 6:00 - 7:00pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

12 November

Judicial Studies Programme - Foreign Judges on Local courts: Pacific Experiences and Comparative Reflections for Hong Kong

 

Date: November 12, 2019 (Tuesday)
Time: 12:30 - 1:30pm
Venue: Room 723, 7/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

31 October

Who will Save the Redheads? Towards a Bully Theory of Judicial Review and the Protection of Democracy

 

Date: October 31, 2019 (Thursday)
Time: 1:00 - 2:00pm
Venue: Room 723, 7/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

30 October

The UN Human Rights System: Current Challenges and Debates

 

Date: October 30, 2019 (Wednesday)
Time: 12:30 - 1:30pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

21 October

[50th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture] Five Decades of Space Law: Opportunities and Challenges in the Era of Space Commercialization

 

Date: October 21, 2019 (Monday)
Time: 6:30 - 7:30pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

18 October

Conference on Experiential Learning and Innovations in Legal Education 2019

 

Date: October 18-19, 2019 (Friday & Saturday)
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

26 September

Hong Kong Protests and Corporations: Navigating through Profit, Principles and Pressure

 

Date: September 26, 2019 (Thursday)
Time: 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

24 September

[50th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture] A Cosmopolitan Legal Order: Kant, Constitutional Justice, and the European Convention on Human Rights

 

Date: September 24, 2019 (Tuesday)
Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

19 September

[50th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture] Is Transformative Constitutionalism an Illusion?

 

Date: September 19, 2019 (Thursday)
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

18 September

Panel Discussion and Book Launch: Proportionality in Constitutional Adjudication

 

Date: September 18, 2019 (Wednesday)
Time: 4:00pm - 5:40pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

17 September

Conflict of Fundamental Rights and the Double Proportionality Test

 

Date: September 17, 2019 (Tuesday)
Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Venue: Moot Court, 2/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

16 August

2012-2019,中國青年女權行動的見證反思

 

Date: August 16, 2019 (Friday)
Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Venue: Room 723, 7/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

16 July

Book Talk - Law, Technology and Society: Reimagining the Regulatory Environment (1st Edition)

 

Date: July 16, 2019 (Tuesday)
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Venue: University Bookstore, Centennial Campus,
The University of Hong Kong

 

16 July

Discretionary Referendums in Constitutional Amendment

 

Date: July 16, 2019 (Tuesday)
Time: 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Venue: Room 723, 7/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

15 July

Challenges and Opportunities for International Commercial Arbitration and Investor-State Dispute Settlement in the Asia-Pacific Region

 

Date: July 15, 2019 (Monday)
Time: 1:30pm - 5:35pm
Venue: Room 723, 7/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

15 July

The Inaugural HKU Technology Law Symposium - Rising to Legal Challenges in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

 

Date: July 15, 2019 (Monday)
Time: 9:00am - 6:00pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

11 June

Extradition Law and Human Rights: Does the Hong Kong Government’s Bill Provide Sufficient Safeguard for Our Rights?

 

Date: June 11, 2019 (Tuesday)
Time: 4:00pm - 7:30pm
Venue: Moot Court, 2/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

24 May

HKU FinTech Conference: Market Developments and Regulations

 

Date: May 24, 2019 (Friday)
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

20 May

Human Rights Seminar Series - Indigenous Communities, Collective Rights, and the Collective Voice

 

Date: May 20, 2019 (Monday)
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Venue: Room 723, 7/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

17 May

What is Hong Kong “surrendering”? A closer look at the proposed amendments to the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance

 

Date: May 17, 2019 (Friday)
Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

14 May

Human Rights Seminar Series - Role of a Defence Lawyer in the Prevention of Investigative Torture

 

Date: May 14, 2019 (Tuesday)
Time: 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Venue: Room 723, 7/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

08 May

[50th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture] Lawyering and the Rule of Law in Dark Times

 

Date: May 8, 2019 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

07 May

FinTech in Africa Conference 2019

 

Date: May 7, 2019 (Tuesday)
Time: 8:30am - 2:30pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

26 April

互聯網運動式管理與治國的路徑依賴

 

Date: April 26, 2019 (Friday)
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Venue: Room 724, 7/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

25 April

The Quickening Pace of Money and Payments Digitization: Operational and Legal Aspects

 

Date: April 25, 2019 (Thursday)
Time: 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

18 April

Four Neuroscience Insights for Better Negotiating

 

Date: April 18, 2019 (Thursday)
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

12 April

International Labour Law Now: Towards the Transnational Governance of Work

 

Date: April 12, 2019 (Friday)
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Venue: Room 723, 7/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

12 April

變遷中的中國公民社會發展 ——以性少數平權、環保、法治領域“自下而上”公共參與為例

 

Date: April 12, 2019 (Friday)
Time: 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Venue: Room 723, 7/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

09 April

Lost in Transformation: Social Rights Under a Contradictory Constitution

 

Date: April 9, 2019 (Tuesday)
Time: 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Venue: Room 723, 7/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

04 April

Custodians of Intellectual Property: A Sharing Session

 

Date: April 4, 2019 (Thursday)
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Venue: Moot Court, 2/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

04 April

Human Rights Seminar Series - Advancing the UN Business and Human Rights Treaty Project Through International Criminal Law: Ensuring Legitimacy and Effectiveness

 

Date: April 4, 2019 (Thursday)
Time: 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Venue: Room 723, 7/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

03 April

How feminists have changed China since the 1995 UN World Conference on Women in Beijing

 

Date: April 3, 2019 (Wednesday)
Time: 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

02 April

A Review of Copyright Decisions in the United States 2018: From Air Jordan to Blurred Lines

 

Date: April 2, 2019 (Tuesday)
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

29 March

Human Rights Seminar Series: What is the right to live in the community?

 

Date: March 29, 2019 (Friday)
Time: 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Venue: Room 723, 7/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

26 March

[50th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture] The Modernization of the Judiciary in Taiwan

 

Date: March 26, 2019 (Tuesday)
Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

25 March

內地大學生推動防治性騷擾立法的得與失

 

Date: March 25, 2019 (Monday)
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

25 March

Associate Dean X Alumni Advising Series – Sharing: “Outcasts” of Law Graduates

 

Date: March 25, 2019 (Monday)
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Venue: LG.08, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

25 March

Challenges to Citizenship in the United States

 

Date: March 25, 2019 (Monday)
Time: 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Venue: Room 723, 7/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

22 March

Reform of Investor - State Arbitration - The Role of UNCITRAL Working Group III

 

Date: March 22, 2019 (Friday)
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

20 March

Primer on Digital Identity - Blockchain, Philosophy and the Law

 

Date: March 20, 2019 (Wednesday)
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

17 March

[Social and Alumni Activities] Sports Spectacular

 

Date: March 17, 2019 (Sunday)
Time: 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Venue: HKU Stanley Ho Sports Centre, 10 Sha Wan Drive,
Sandy Bay, Hong Kong

 

15 March

[50th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture] Five Decades of Constitutional Change in Hong Kong and East Asia: A Macro-historical Perspective

 

Date: March 15, 2019 (Friday)
Time: 6:15pm - 7:45pm
Venue: Moot Court, 2/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

14 March

Foundational Patents in Artificial Intelligence

 

Date: March 14, 2019 (Thursday)
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

14 March

Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Medicine: Ethical Challenges

 

Date: March 14, 2019 (Thursday)
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre, 2/F, Block T, Queen Mary Hospital

 

11 March

Corporate Liability and the Criminalisation of Failure

 

Date: March 11, 2019 (Monday)
Time: 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

11 March

Efforts towards Better Respect for International Humanitarian Law: Global Perspectives and the Crossroads with China

 

Date: March 11, 2019 (Monday)
Time: 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Venue: Room 723, 7/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

07 March

The reality of law

 

Date: March 7, 2019 (Thursday)
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

06 March

Consumer Protection for Insurance Services: Evaluating Hong Kong’s Sector-specific Approach

 

Date: March 6, 2019 (Wednesday)
Time: 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

25 January

[HKU-Boase Cohen & Collins Lecture Series] “International Criminal Law: Can it be Enforced?” by Geoffrey Robertson QC

Date: January 25, 2019 (Friday)
Venue: Large Moot Court, 2/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

10 January

[50th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture] HKU Law at 50 Distinguished Lecture Series: The Theory and Methods of Legal Futurism

Date: January 10, 2019 (Thursday)
Venue: Academic Conference Room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

2018
21 December

When Sharing Platforms Fix Sellers Prices

 

Date: December 21, 2018 (Friday)
Time: 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

17 December

Environmental Integration in Competition and Free-Movement Laws

 

Date: December 17, 2018 (Monday)
Time: 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

13 December

[Conference/ Symposium] 11th East Asian Conference on Philosophy of Law “Justice, Dignity and the Rule of Law

 

 Date: December 13-14, 2018 (Thursday)
Venue: Academic Conference Room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong
Details

 

22 November

[50th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture] Distinguished Lecture by Professor Douglas Arner

 

Date: November 22, 2018 (Friday)
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

21 November

Law as a Product: Competition for Corporate Charters

 

Date: November 21, 2018 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

19 November

Does Agency Structure Affect Agency Decisionmaking? Implications of the CFPBs Design for Administrative Governance

 

Date: November 19, 2018 (Monday)
Time: 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

17 November

[Social and Alumni Activities] HKU Law Alumni Choir Alumni Concert

Tickets on sale at Cityline (www.cityline.com) or Tom Lee Outlets from 16 October.

05 November

[Public lecture/ Book talk] The 2018 WYNG-Hatton Lecture

 

Date: November 5, 2018 (Monday)
Time: 5:30pm - 6:45pm
Venue: Moot Court, 2/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

03 November

Information Day 2018

 

Date: November 3, 2018 (Saturday)
Time: 9:00am - 6:00pm
Venue: Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

02 November

The Digital Innovation - Smart Contract and Blockchain Anti-Fraud Solution

 

Date: November 2, 2018 (Friday)
Time: 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

26 October

Double Insurance and Contribution

 

Date: October 26, 2018 (Friday)
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Venue: Academic Conference room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

25 October

Superwomen in Intellectual Property: A Sharing Session

 

Date: October 25, 2018 (Thursday)
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Venue: Moot Court, 2/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

Law Library: Guided tour for Law Alumni

 

11 October

[Public lecture/ Book talk] 香港大學法律學院五十周年書話:拱心石下 公義路上

 

Date: October 11, 2018 (Thursday)
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Venue: Moot Court, 2/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong
Photos

 

04 October

[50th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture] Distinguished Lecture by Professor Scott Veitch

 

Date: October 4, 2018 (Thursday)
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Venue: Academic Confrence Room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong
Photos

 

21 September

[Conference/ Symposium] Blockchain and Financial Institutions - Pandora or Panacea for all Ills

 

Date: September 21, 2018 (Monday)
Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm
Venue: Academic Confrence Room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

21 September

[Conference/Symposium] A Semiotics Perspective of Copyright Fair Dealing/Fair Use and Trademark Infringement/Dilution

 

Date: September 21, 2018 (Thursday)
Time: 6:00am - 7:00pm
Venue: Academic Conference Room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

17 September

[Conference/Symposium] The Moral Reading of Legal Pluralism

 

Date: September 17, 2018 (Monday)
Time: 12:00nn - 1:00pm
Venue: Small Moot Court, 723 Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

13 September

[Conference/Symposium] The International of Financial Services Regulatory Policy

 

Date: September 13, 2018 (Thursday)
Time: 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Venue: Academic Conference Room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

12 September

[Conference/ Symposium] Brexit as a Catalyst for Change? Re-Framing UK Collective Fund Regulation

 

Date: September 12, 2018 (Wednesday)
Time: 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Venue: Academic Conference Room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

04 September

[Conference/Symposium] Tackling Cyberbullying: A Comparative and Interdisciplinary Symposium

 

Date: September 4, 2018 (Tuesday)
Time: 10:00am - 5:30pm
Venue: Academic Conference Room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

 

28 June

The Emergence of Computational Legal Studies Conference

http://www.lawtech.hk/the-emergence-of-computational-legal-studies-2018/

27 June

Kick-off Ceremony

  • Speech by The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma, Chief Justice, Court of Final Appeal 
  • Speech by Professor Andy Hor, Acting President and Vice-Chancellor
  • Video previewing the 50th Anniversary Activities 
  • Highlight Video
  • Photos
25 June

2018 Annual Conference of The International Society of Public Law (ICON-S)

https://50.law.hku.hk/icon-s2018/

10/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam, Hong Kong
(+852) 3917 2951  lawfac.50@hku.hk
© 2018 HKU Faculty of Law. All rights reserved.