Aix-Marseille University’s faculty of law and political science boasts a centuries-old history that started in 1409 and welcomes more than 10,000 students every year on three campuses (Aix-en-Provence, Marseille and Arles). Yet, our faculty demonstrates indisputable modernity by gathering its members around a common and ambitious project in education, research, innovation and prestige. Our faculty performs high-quality research and develops a well-defined policy, both responsible and optimistic, at the service of our students. All the decisions we take, whether in education, science, human resources, heritage or finances, aim at providing our students with the best chances of success in their studies and careers.

Our educational offer at the faculty of law and political science enjoys clarity and guarantees our students a promising future. The professional success of our students is our primary goal. We promote innovative teaching methods, the use of digital technology and distance learning. We encourage apprenticeship trainings, a key factor towards the improvement of professional integration, and keep our educational offer in line with the needs of the legal and socio-economic world. The first-rate education we provide is based on highquality research, very well ranked by national and international authorities. Our faculty produces research in all legal areas, even the most innovative, and trains highprofile researchers and teachers-researchers.

The faculty of law and political science provides employment opportunities in all areas of law, whether in public or private sectors. It offers 11 apprenticeship/ training degrees for Bachelors and Masters. Our doctoral school – one of the most important in France when it comes to legal and political sciences – prepares students for careers in fundamental and applied research. At our faculty, ensuring good teaching and learning conditions, encouraging campus life through student and associative activities, and providing physically challenged students with the facilities they need take centre stage. Our Bachelor courses are available in Marseille, Aix-enProvence and Arles, and most of our Master courses in Marseille and Aix-en-Provence. The faculty also develops many law clinics. For many years, the faculty has focused its policy on opening up internationally. Around one hundred cooperation agreements have been set up with foreign universities on all continents. These agreements make it possible for students and staff to go on study trips and teaching missions, and for the faculty to benefit from scientific collaboration (playing host to foreign professors for instance). We are part of many Erasmus partnerships and actively participate in the construction of the European Higher Education Area. We give our students the possibility of studying abroad for one semester or one year in one of our fifty partner universities, located in nineteen countries. The Faculty also offers double degrees with international partners.

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is one of the leading independent research centres for international and comparative law in the world. Our high quality research projects, seminars and publications encompass almost all areas of public and private international law, comparative law and European law, and we are at the forefront of discussions on the many contemporary issues of international and comparative law. BIICL includes within it the innovative Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, which has a particular focus on the many rule of law issues world-wide.

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) exists to develop and advance the understanding of international and comparative law in the UK and around the world, and to promote the rule of law in national and international affairs. Through our work, we seek to improve decision-making which will help to make the world a better place and have a positive impact on people's daily lives.

Our organisational vision is for BIICL to be an independent leader in applied legal research and ideas: informing debate, policy and practice; upholding and maintaining humane and democratic values; promoting evidence-based decision-making; and contributing to the upholding of the international legal order and the rule of law in the UK and worldwide.

The School of Law of City University of Hong Kong was established in 1987 as the Department of Law.The inauguration of the Department of Professional Legal Education in 1992 and the Faculty of Law in March 1993 marked the dynamic commitment of City University of Hong Kong to legal education. The two departments merged into one new school that was renamed as School of Law in July of 1998.

The principal objective of the School is to support and improve the provision of legal education and training in Hong Kong. The School seeks to achieve this objective through teaching, research, international publications, and specialist projects. Distinguished teachers and scholars from Hong Kong, the Mainland and abroad have been recruited over the years to achieve these goals.

The School aims to become an internationally-renowned centre for research and teaching of law in the Asia-Pacific region. As part of that objective, close links have been developed with the legal profession in Hong Kong as well as agencies of the legal system and users of legal services. Additionally, the School of Law has developed close institutional links, through our GLOBAL GATEWAY® Programme and international exchange programmes, with a variety of overseas institutions.

The University's law library is one of the finest in Asia, with an outstanding collection of Chinese and western materials. The School has a strong commitment to common law scholarship and to comparative and international law scholarship, with a special emphasis on Chinese law. The School has also developed expertise in a range of fields including commercial law, environmental law, Hong Kong Basic Law, constitutional law, criminal justice, international trade and investment law, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution.

Erasmus School of Law is an international oriented faculty with its heart and soul rooted in Rotterdam. Our faculty is a breeding ground for academic talent in the field of (Tax) Law and Criminology. We aim to be a partner of legal practice, government, business, science and art. Erasmus School of Law facilitates education and research at an outstanding level.

Erasmus School of Law tends to educate our students to be the leaders of tomorrow based on our motto Active Academic Learning. The interactive educational model, the Erasmus Law College, aims to give each student the individual attention they need. Furthermore, the model is inspired by our scientific research and is connected with professional practice.

The fundamental premise underlying academic research conducted at Erasmus School of Law is that law cannot be considered in splendid isolation or as an end in itself. It is embedded in an economic and social context that shapes law. At the same time, the law itself shapes society and defines economic relationships. In line with this vision, the mission of Erasmus School of Law is to conduct innovative research on the function of law in its economic and social context. Erasmus School of Law research has a strong social and business-driven orientation. Erasmus School of Law is committed to promoting international and interdisciplinary research. It is against this background that Erasmus School of Law has formulated objectives that form the basis for our research policy:

To offer a high-quality and internationally competitive PhD programme in the Erasmus Graduate School of Law; To conduct high-quality research that has high visibility and a solid reputation in the national and international academic community; To achieve high output and a significant impact as regards scientific publications in national and international refereed journals, along with monographs and edited volumes with leading national and international publishers; To achieve a high societal impact with scientific output; To offer legal education that reflects scientific insights on the part of Erasmus School of Law researchers.

The Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) traces its origins to 1969, when a Department of Law was established within the Faculty of Social Sciences. Beginning with four teachers and 40 students, the Department taught a three-year LLB degree and, from 1972, a one-year Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL). The department was Hong Kong's first law school, and its LLB and PCLL were the first local university qualifications to be recognized for admission to legal practice in Hong Kong. Formerly, all barristers and most solicitors had trained and qualified in the United Kingdom. Law had been taught at HKU in the 1920s and 1930s, but only as part of a broad-based Arts curriculum. From 1964 to 1969 the Department of Extra-mural Studies at HKU had also taught part-time courses leading to an external LLB degree from the University of London. The law school at HKU was designed to increase the supply of lawyers, train lawyers in Hong Kong law rather than just English law, and make formal legal education available without the need for students to go overseas.

In 1978 the Department of Law split from the Faculty of Social Sciences to become the School of Law, with an autonomous Board of Studies. In 1984 the School became a full-fledged Faculty of Law with two departments: the Department of Law and the Department of Professional Legal Education. Student intake expanded rapidly in the 1970s and 1980s as the demand for lawyers increased with rising prosperity and more complex laws. The Faculty developed special expertise in Chinese law, as China opened its economy and reformed its legal system, and in constitutional law, human rights and bilingual laws, as Hong Kong prepared for its new status as a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China from 1 July 1997. A taught LLM degree was introduced in 1986, focusing initially on Chinese and international trade law, and later including a variety of specialist streams. A Master of Common Law degree, designed for graduates from non-common law jurisdictions, especially Mainland China, was introduced in 1997. The LLB curriculum was gradually transformed from a primarily vocational qualification into a broad programme providing both a training in the law and a liberal education. Joint degrees with other faculties began in the late 1990s. In 2004 the present four-year LLB was introduced.

From the beginning the Faculty developed links with law schools throughout the common law world and in the Asia-Pacific region through staff and student exchanges and other collaborative projects. Always international in composition and outlook, the Faculty now consists of over 60 full-time academic staff from jurisdictions around the world and has some 2,300 students, many from outside Hong Kong. Over the years Faculty members have established Hong Kong law as a field of study during a time of fundamental political and social change and have contributed widely to law reform during Hong Kong's historic transition from colony to special administrative region. The Faculty is an internationally recognized centre of research in various areas of law, including public law, comparative Chinese law, commercial and financial law, intellectual property and IT law, and international economic law. Law graduates from HKU now make up a large proportion of Hong Kong's legal profession and more than half of its Judiciary. Graduates have also made substantial contributions in government, politics, journalism and other fields.

The Graduate School of Law and Faculty of Law (GSL&FL) is an integral part of Kobe University's nationally renowned Social Sciences departments. Its academic roots dates back to 1902 when the Higher Commercial School was established under the pre-Second World War education system. GSL&FL has since consistently maintained its position in both education and research as one of Japan’s leading institutions in the fields of legal and political studies.

GSL&FL is home to many exceptional researchers. The faculty members are on the forefront of academic research that has been well-regarded both in Japan and the world. They regularly present their research at a wide array of international conferences and publish their articles on renowned peer-reviewed journals or books from notable publishers. Many serve as key leaders within their respective academic research networks both at home and abroad. We have always welcomed foreign visiting researchers who wish to conduct research here.

GSL&FL provides a solid curriculum that is designed to enable both graduate and undergraduate students to acquire advanced knowledge and practical experience in the fields of law and political studies. We possess one of the best faculty-to-student ratios compared to other national universities’ law and political studies departments in Japan. Naturally this leads to closer contact between students and professors.

GSL&FL has rich tradition of having students from all over the world enrolled at both the graduate and undergraduate programs. Its strong departmental support includes “tutors” assigned to each international student and a dedicated full-time “international student lecturer” who provides academic guidance to students who are not familiar to Japanese law or political institutions. The Kobe University International Center offers assistance in other areas, such as placement in dormitories, extra-curricular activities, scholarship information, and financial assistance through employment as TA/RAs.

A recent addition to our tradition of international education is a Double-Degree master's program with the University of Essex (UK) and the Jagiellonian University (Poland) to strengthen educational cooperation between the EU and Japan.

By providing excellent education and research opportunities in law and political studies, it is our mission to create global leaders who can tackle 21st century challenges facing the international community. This is by no means an easy task, but it is most definitely an exciting one. I will look forward to you becoming such a person through your years at Kobe University.

The National University of Singapore Faculty of Law is widely regarded as Asia’s leading law school. Staffed by an outstanding permanent faculty diverse in origin and qualifications, NUS Law is dedicated to building a vibrant community and creating an environment that facilitates critical thinking and reflection on the fundamental legal issues confronting our interconnected world.

Located in Singapore, which for more than a century has been a commercial hub at the crossroads of Asia, NUS Law is very much Asia’s Global Law School. Since 1957 our curriculum has been infused with perspectives from other jurisdictions and disciplines. This tradition has accelerated in recent years, providing a legal education that is comparative, international, and multi-disciplinary. The Law School hosts many visiting faculty and students from every continent, offering a lively, cosmopolitan atmosphere both inside and outside the classroom.

The strength of the NUS Law curriculum lies in the broad and diverse range of subjects it offers. In addition to a rigorous core curriculum, students can choose electives in areas ranging from Asian legal studies to banking and finance, from public international law to intellectual property, or from arbitration to jurisprudence. The aim is to provide a liberal education that enables our graduates to think critically and creatively, as globally-oriented lawyers with a strong sense of their role in society.

Global, regional, and uniquely Singaporean perspectives on legal issues are all evident in the research produced by our faculty. The professors at NUS Law are not only engaged in a constant search for better legal solutions to the issues that confront all societies, but are also continually challenging accepted wisdom and conventional norms by raising new questions and problems to be confronted. Their work stretches across all aspects of law and appears in the most prestigious journals as well as books published by leading university presses around the world.

Singapore is an ideal place to study or research law, with excellent facilities and infrastructure, cutting edge legal work, and exceptional faculty and students. Singapore epitomizes all that is best in Asia, seamlessly blending old world charm with new age technology. It enjoys a geographical advantage as a natural meeting point between East and West and a perfect entry point to visit and explore Asia.

Peking University (PKU) Law School was officially inaugurated on June 26, 1999. Its precursor was the Law Department of Peking University, which was founded in the year of 1904, and therefore the institution with the longest history of modern legal education in China. In the 1952 “grand adjustment of law departments,” it was once merged into Beijing Politics and Law College. In 1954, however, PKU Law Department regained its independency, supported directly by Vice Premier Dong Biwu, then director of the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of the Government Administrative Council of China's Central People's Government . During the “Cultural Revolution” (1966-76), PKU Law Department was one of the only two law departments survived on the Chinese mainland.

Since China's reform and opening-up of 1978 and the resume of the national college entrance exam, PKU Law Department has developed rapidly for the past 30 years. It remains in the frontier of Chinese legal education, in terms of recruiting the most talented faculty, breaking the new grounds of research, cultivating outstanding students, and building and rebuilding China's legal system. From 1977, Prof. Chen Shouyi, Zhang Guohua, Zhao Zhenjiang, Wei Zhenying，Wu Zhipan and Zhu Suli served successively as Dean of PKU Law Department/School.

Now, PKU Law School has 40 full professors, of who 29 are Ph.D. Candidate Supervisors (in addition to five adjunct Ph.D. Candidate Supervisors). Meanwhile, there are 33 associate professors, nine lecturers, and 23 teaching and administrative staff. They are playing an important role in delivering the top quality legal education, cutting-edge research, responsive works for legislation and enforcement of the law.

PKU Law School grants Ph.D. degrees in all sub-fields of law, establishes stations for postdoctoral researchers, and provides Master degree programs in 10 different sub-fields. Currently there are 217 Ph.D. candidates, 1128 master's candidates, 704 undergraduate students, 28 students for the second bachelor's degree of intellectual property rights, and 1200 students enrolled in the continue education program for master's degree. PKU Law School has also offered in-service bachelor's programs for cadres of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate of China.

In June 1995, the first intellectual property rights school ever in China was founded at PKU Law Department, which has since enrolled both the second bachelor's degree and master students nationwide. Meanwhile, PKU Law School is now training 107 foreign students coming from all across the world. In Hong Kong, 340 bachelors and masters have been cultivated through the joint program by PKU Law School and Hong Kong Shue Yan University.

There are four disciplines of the law in PKU Law School which top the nation's list, to wit, Legal Theory Studies, Constitution and Administrative Law Studies, Economic Law Studies, and Criminal Law Studies.

PKU Law School has long been the pioneer for Legal Theory Studies, and granting the Ph.D. degree in five sub-fields: Jurisprudence, the lawmaking studies, law and society, law and economy, and comparative law. Scholars such as Prof. Chen Shouyi, Shen Zongling, Zhu Suli, Zhou Wangsheng, and He Weifang are all internationally recognized.

The Constitution and Administrative Law Studies was initiated at PKU Law School some 50 years ago. In 1978, it started to enroll postgraduates in majors of Chinese constitution, foreign constitution, etc., followed by those in the administrative law and administrative procedure law, and Hong Kong and Macao basic laws. Its Ph.D. program dated back to 1989 in the fields of Chinese constitution, foreign constitution, administrative law, administrative procedure law, foreign administrative law and Hong Kong and Macao basic laws. Prof. Xiao Weiyun, Luo Haocai, Jiang Ming'an are the leading authorities in the academic community of the Chinese constitution and administrative law.

PKU Law School was the first to set up postgraduate and undergraduate programs in Economic Law Studies, and its Ph.D. program kicked off in 1996. With Prof. Yang Zixuan, Wu Zhipan, Zhang Shouwen, Liu Jianwen, etc. as the representatives, PKU Law School economic law discipline has long been put in the highest regards, particularly in the areas of economic law theory, fiscal and tax law, finance law and antitrust law.

Similarly, the Criminal Law Studies of PKU Law School was one amongst the earliest in China to offer postgraduate programs: Master's since 1978 and Ph.D. since 1991. Eminent scholars in this discipline like Prof. Chu Huaizhi, Zhang Wen, Liu Shoufen, and Chen Xingliang have shaped the research in this field, such as Chinese criminal law, foreign criminal law and policy, criminology and criminal law enforcement (including prison law).

Besides the subjects of above-mentioned four disciplines, PKU Law School is offering a wide range of noted courses and researches in international Law, civil and commercial law, litigation law, legal history, environmental law and so forth. In recent years, through bringing in elites at home and abroad, further improvements have been achieved on the quality of teaching, research and management, which lay the solid foundation for building up a world-class law school.

PKU Law School is very proud of its 30-plus research institutes, including Economic Law Research Institute, International Law Institute, Institute of International Economic Law, Labor and Social Security Law Institute, Institute of Criminal Law Theory, the World Trade Organization Legal Research Center, Public Law Research Center, Research Center for Tax Law, Financial Law Institute, Human Rights Research Center, and Legal Information Center. Every single year, these institutes organize many professional or academic activities. Moreover, they provide graduate students with numerous opportunities for the academic exchange and discussion, which have tremendously contributed to creating a vibrant atmosphere of learning.

The law library attached much to the appealing of PKU Law School, for its volume collection and level of high technology. Now, there are more than eighty thousand copies of Chinese and foreign books, 190 reading seats, two electronic reading rooms, and a total of 50 computers, which enable the students and faculty to keep up with the pace of the legal developments worldwide.

With respect to international exchanges, PKU Law School has spared no efforts in vigorously carrying out the overseas research and education cooperation, offering the faculty and students chances to broaden their academic horizon and enhance international visions. Frequent and in-depth external academic exchanges and large numbers of overseas alumni and friends throughout the world make it possible for PKU Law School to establish close ties with law schools, institutions for legal education and research, law firms, government agencies and judicial instrumentalities globally.

Up to date, PKU Law School has built sustained and steady relationships of exchange and cooperation with Japan, Singapore, Canada, the US, the UK, Taiwan, Hong Kong, as well as many international organizations including the World Trade Organization, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, and the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal. In addition, great achievements have been accomplished through the scholar exchanges, joint research, exchanges of library materials and information, and student exchanges.

The prosperity in legal study and education has further attracted scholars from all corners of the country and the world to join. PKU Law School has held numerous high-ranking and large-scale international conferences and other academic activities in recent years. There are hundreds of scholars or legal professionals at home and abroad coming to visit, such as the US Supreme Court Justices Anthony Kennedy and Sandra O'Connor, Prof. Chase from Harvard, Prof. Schwartz from Yale, and Prof. John Jackson from Georgetown who was best known as the father of GATT. They have brought the latest development of laws abroad alive to PKU Law School.

At the same time, an increasing number of scholars of PKU Law School go abroad for exchanges and visits, introducing their legal research and the achievements in Chinese legal system to the whole world. Among the others, Prof. Wang Tieya was appointed as judge of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, and Prof. Zhao Lihai was serving as judge for the International Maritime Tribunal, both of who have won great honors for China.

Currently, more than 30 international students from Europe, America, Asia and Africa are studying in PKU Law School each year. The school also cooperates with Missouri Kansas City School of Law of the US to hold a three-week “China law workshop” on the annual basis. Commissioned by the Department of Justice of the HKSAR, PKU Law School offers bi-annual training program on laws of the Chinese mainland. In April 2003, the Doha Development Agenda Advanced Training Program for Senior Government Officials from Asia-Pacific countries was founded in PKU Law School, aiming at training senior trade officials of the WTO members in the Asia-Pacific region.

With great passion and determination, Peking University Law School is committed to building a world-class law school.

Queen Mary, part of the prestigious University of London, is one of the top UK research universities and a member of the Russell Group of leading UK universities.

Established in 1965, the School of Law has grown from 30 students and four academic staff, to 1,939 students and 115 academic staff in 2014-15.

The School of Law has as its central focus the role of law and its institutions in contemporary international society and it is divided into two organisational units: the Department of Law and the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS).

The Department of Law covers the full spectrum of legal studies and is based at the University's Mile End campus.

The Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) specialises in the knowledge and skills in commercial law that can be placed at the service of government, public bodies, overseas institutions, the legal profession, industry and commerce. CCLS is based in the postgraduate law centre at the Lincoln's Inn Fields campus.

In 2019 we were ranked 32nd best university in the world by QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019.In 2018, the School of Law was voted 37th best university in the world to study law by Times Higher Education subject ranking 2018.

We are firmly established as a centre of national and international excellence in legal study and research. In the latest Research Assessment Exercise (REF 2014) we were ranked ninth in England, based on 86 per cent of our research activity classed as world-leading (4* the highest score possible) or internationally excellent (3*). The independent assessment of research quality takes into account the quality of research outputs, research environment and research impact. Read about research in the School of Law.

At the end of the 19th century, Mr. Sheng Xuanhuai and a group of men of foresight founded the Nanyang Public School in Shanghai—the predecessor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University-- in the belief that "the top priority for strengthening the nation is to cultivate talents, and to cultivate talents, we must first run good schools". On December 14, 1920, the school was renamed as the Jiao Tong University.

Law education at the university can be traced back to the special political curriculum offered in the period of the Nanyang Public School. Presided over by Mr. Cai Yuanpei, the curriculum was initiated in 1901, and included courses on constitutions, international public law and international treaties. Eminent alumni such as Xu Mo, Li Shutong (Master Hong Yi) and Wang Chonghui were from this class. Xu Mo was the first Chinese judge in the UN International Court of Justice, Li Shutong was the earliest scholar translating and introducing juristic works from the West, and Wang Chonghui was the first Foreign Minister of the Government of the Republic of China, who signed the UN Charter as the delegate of the Chinese Government and was twice appointed judge in the UN International Court of Justice.

The history of the Law School of Shanghai Jiao Tong University can be traced back to the Teaching and Research Department of Law established in 1986. After six years' exploration, the undergraduate program in law was formally established in 1992. The first group of undergraduates in law was admitted in 1993, thus starting the modern history of professional education in law in the university. In 1996, the Law Department was established, which acquired the right to confer master's degrees in law in 1998. On June 8, 2002, the Law School was established, and RMB 25 million yuan was earmarked to carry out the first phase of construction. The Law School thus entered into a period of rapid development. While sticking to its core mission of educating law undergraduates, the School obtained the right to confer master's degrees in 8 grade-2 disciplines and grade-1 disciplines in law, the right to confer the Juris in law specialty, as well as the right to confer the doctoral degree in constitutional law and administrative law.

On July 31, 2007, the Leo KoGuan Foundation of the United States generously donated USD 30 million to the Law School to construct a law building on the Xuhui campus of the university, engage famous professors in law, build an academic brand and cultivate talents for governing the country and teaching the next generation of law majors. On September 20, 2008, the Law School of Shanghai Jiao Tong University was renamed the "Leo KoGuan School of Law of Shanghai Jiao Tong University" in order to commemorate the magnanimous act of the Leo KoGuan Foundation.

The China Institute for Socio-Legal Studies (CISLS) is an interdisciplinary independent research center at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and with links to the KoGuan School of Law. Besides its main function as an advanced social science research institute, it also performs the additional function of a non-governmental thinktank.

The predecessor of the CISLS, the Law and Society Center (LSC) at the KoGuan School of Law, was established in 2009. Over the past decade, the Law and Society Center has made significant achievements: establishing the only Chinese Law and Society Association in Shanghai operating under the umbrella of the China Law Society, launching the first English journal in Asia in the domain of law and society – the Asian Journal of Law and Society – in collaboration with Cambridge University Press, publishing several book series on socio-legal studies, hosting three nation-wide annual conferences on social-legal studies in China and organizing several international symposia. Given the expanding range of activities, the LSC at the school level had to transform into an independent research center at the university level, i.e. the CISLS, that is taking the lead in moving socio-legal studies in China to their next milestones.

In 2019, after more than a year of preparation and communication, Shanghai Jiao Tong University approved of the establishment of the CISLS as an independent entity. The new Institute encourages interdisciplinary research on the paradigm of legal innovation through field investigations and empirical analyses on legal issues as well as explorations of new theoretical frontiers and institutional designs. After integrating existing resources from the Law and Society Center and opening up to new research areas, the CISLS acts a central research platform linking various activities, including but not limited to research projects and forums, journal and book series, seminars and workshops as well as annual conferences.

The CISLS’s principal mission is to investigate the deep mysteries of legal order and institutional change in China – against the background of a super-large-scale, network, risk and data-driven society and to propose workable solutions to problems in China and beyond based on empirical studies and cognitive science. The CISLS is committed to establishing a theoretical system of “Science, Social Engineering and Legal Order (SSELO)” through free academic discussion, substantial international collaboration and empirical research, thereby rendering distinctive contributions to law and society research in China and beyond.

The Law School of Shanghai Maritime University (SMU) was originated from the Law Department in the College of Transport and founded in 2008. From the 1960s, never did the labelled feature of “shipping” fade away from the education and research of law at SMU in over half a century. The education and research of maritime and shipping law holds the leading position in China and also plays a fairly influential role in the world. Several professors were the main drafters of China’s shipping laws and regulations including the Maritime Code, the Port Law, the Regulations on International Maritime Transport and the maritime judicial interpretations of the Supreme People's Court. Furthermore, they also provide decision-making advices for the major maritime and shipping legislations and policies of the Ministry of Transport of China and the construction of Shanghai International Shipping Center.

As one of the first groups which could grant the master’s degree in international law in China, the Law School of Shanghai Maritime University set up the major of master of international economic law (maritime law) in 1981 and the same major of bachelor in 1985. In 2005 the International Law (Maritime Law) of the Law School was ascertained by Shanghai Municipal Education Commission as one of Shanghai Key Construction Disciplines, and the Institute of Maritime Law was also ratified as the main research center of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Shanghai General Colleges and Universities in 2007. The Law School attained the right to grant the Juris master’s degree in law in 2009, and then established master program of the first level law subject in 2010 and doctoral program of shipping management and law in 2011. Later the Law School was approved by Shanghai Municipal Education Commission to be the international excellent legal talent training base of Shanghai in 2012, and became the research center of marine judicial protection theory of the Supreme People’s Court of China in 2015. In the year of 2019, the major of law of the Law School was also selected as one of the first groups of national first-class undergraduate major construction points.

Since its founding in 1920, Tsinghua University’s Law School has graduated many prominent legal scholars, judges and lawyers. Among its ranks are the late Judges Tieya Wang and Ruao Mei, and Justice Duanmu Zheng of the Supreme People’s Court. The restructuring of the higher education system in China led to the Law School’s merger with Peking University and other universities in 1952. In 1995, Tsinghua Law School was reestablished to answer the call for establishing and enhancing the rule of law in China. Backed by the rich history, academic strength, and reputation of Tsinghua University, the Law School has progressed to become a leading institute in legal education and research in China.

Comprised of state-of-art facilities and the finest faculty members in China, many of whom have foreign legal backgrounds, Tsinghua Law School has attracted over 1,300 students who are currently enrolled in its various undergraduate and graduate programs. Ming Li Building, a name given to the Law School by Mr. Yiren Rong, former Vice President of the People’s Republic of China, houses the entire faculty.

Construction of the building was funded by the “Friends of Tsinghua Law School”, a trust fund established by Mr. Zhijian Rong, Justice Andrew Kwok-Nang Li, Ms. Elsie Leung, and Professor Albert Chen. Within the complex is a comprehensive Law Library, moot court, online legal information center, computer labs, classrooms and faculty offices. Tsinghua Law School prides itself in its top-notch education programs and facilities, and strives to provide the best learning conditions for its students and scholars.

The Faculty of Law was one of the historical cornerstones of the University, which was found-ed in 1457. Under Ulrich Zasius (1461-1535), the author of the new city constitution for Freiburg dating back to 1520, it flourished and experienced a golden age during the period of humanism at the beginning of the sixteenth century.

The Faculty of Law at the University of Freiburg offers a broad programme of study options. Alongside the standard undergraduate programme of legal studies leading to the first examination, which con-sists of university examinations in specialized areas as well as the German state examination in man-datory areas, there are numerous additional qualifications that can be worked towards parallel to one´s regular degree studies. Advanced courses are available for graduate students, namely the EU-COR Masters, the LL.M. and a doctoral programme.

The faculty pursues cooperations at an institutional level with the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law and with the Faculty of Computer Science at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. It has further links with the Freiburg Ernst Mach Institute (Fraunhofer Institute) via the centre “Security and Society”.

Located in Sydney, close to beaches and the heart of the city, we offer a progressive and rigorous legal education. We teach in small groups that integrate the newest forms of technology. Our academics inspire students, and many staff have won prestigious teaching awards.

We prioritise experiential learning and our degrees involve learning inside and outside the classroom. We are proud to offer more clinics and internships than any other Australian law school. Every Undergraduate and Juris Doctor student spends time at our on-site community legal centre, Kingsford Legal Centre (KLC), and one in two of our students completes part of their degree overseas.

We are a world leader in legal research in many fields, ranging from private and public law through to international law, commercial law, criminal law, legal theory, and law and technology. Our contributions reflect our ethos and commitment to the notion that the law must serve the needs of the community.

Much of our research is interdisciplinary and collaborative. It is supported by a wide range of leading research centres, which participate in national and international debates, and enable our work to achieve societal change. The success of these centres is supported by deep partnerships with leading law schools, governments and industry leaders around the globe.

Our success as a law school is reflected in the quality of our graduates and their achievements as our alumni. Our students have become senior politicians, judges and leaders of global law firms, as well as innovators in a wide range of industries and professions, including journalism, banking, technology, community service, diplomacy and entertainment. We train our students to achieve their potential, and to be adaptable and successful in whatever career path they pursue.

Western Sydney Law School excels in research,teaching and engaging with the community and is ranked in the top 3% of universities worldwide. Notably, the university has just been ranked as number 1 in the world for achieving gender equality in the sustainable development goals, and in the top 10 universities for working towards social inclusion. We are very proud to have achieved this recognition as we are situated in Western Sydney, one of the most culturally diverse areas of Australia and with one of the largest Indigenous populations in Australia. This richness informs our Law School’s scholarship, teaching and community engagement.

During your studies you will be challenged and stimulated as you learn about law and you will be able to connect with the reasons why you chose to study through engaging with the legal profession and thinking about how you can contribute to the community. We teach our students to think critically about the law, and equip them with the skills and knowledge they need to work in a fast changing, technology focussed society. Our students have the opportunity to study internationally, and to work in social justice agencies through our clinical program. Our academics engage in cutting edge research and many are international experts in their fields. You will have the opportunity to learn from them and to participate in a range of opportunities including mooting and negotiation competitions.

We look forward to meeting with you and supporting you as you study at Western Sydney Law School.

Durham Law School is a world leader in legal education and research. Our award-winning academic staff produce ground-breaking research with impact and we are active in public engagement both nationally and internationally. Durham Law School is in the QS World Rankings top 50 law schools and our research was ranked 3rd best in the UK's last national Research Excellence Framework in 2014.

We are proud to deliver some of the best results for student satisfaction and employability – and our graduates include some of law’s leading figures, such as current members of the UK Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, Members of Parliament and in Government. Our top-ranked global law courses are very competitive with an excellent and diverse student population from across the world delivering a cutting-edge, research-led curriculum with a commitment to small group teaching through seminars and tutorials much prized by employers.