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Professor Danny Friedmann's Co-Authored Article on The Value of NFTs Published in Asia Pacific Law Revi...
2021 was a miraculous year for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which led to confusion among observers of the phenomenon from both the art industry and regulatory authorities. This article provides a dispassionate analysis of the value of NFTs from an artist’s and intellectual property (IP) perspective. In the longer term, NFTs could improve the fate of artists to authenticate their works, set their conditions and get a resale compensation per transaction.
Congratulations! STL Moot Team Ranked Top 3 in FDI Moot Shenzhen 2022
The team, formed in mid-april this year, consists of four students from Class 2020: Wang Yanchao, Du Simin, Sun Fanbo, Zhang Xue. Since all four team members had previous experience in moot court.
STL Featured in new Oxford University Press Book on Global Legal Education
The chapter, China and the Globalization of Legal Education: A Look Into the Future, was co-authored by Dean Philip McConnaughay and STL's former Vice Dean, Colleen Toomey, now Senior Associate Dean of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs in New York City.
STL Professors Reappointed to the China International commercial Court's Expert Committee
On August 24, 2022, China’s Supreme People’s Court reappointed one current and one former STL professor to the International Commercial Expert Committee (Expert Committee) of the China International Commercial Court (CICC).
STL Alumna Cai Jinlan Listed on 2022 LEGALBAND China Elite Lawyer 30 Under 30
Jinlan Cai graduated from STL in 2019 and practiced at Tian Tong Law Firm and Jun He Law Firm. Her main practice area is commercial dispute resolution, and she has accumulated rich industry experience.
STL Holds Commencement Celebrations for the Class of 2022
Peking University School of Transnational Law (“STL”) held its 2022 commencement on July 3 to celebrate the graduation of 124 J.D./J.M. and 4 LL.M. graduates. In his remarks, STL Dean Philip J. McConnaughay said, “You, and your fellow STL graduates before you, are setting new standards of professionalism for the Chinese legal profession. It is…
Keynote Speech at 2022 Commencement by He Zhonglin, First Deputy Chief Judge of the Intellectual Proper...
HE Zhonglin is a Senior Judge, a national expert in trial operations, and has a Ph.D. in Law. He was appointed as First Deputy Chief Judge of the Intellectual Property Court of the SPC in 2020.
Speech at 2022 Commencement by Professor Hai Wen
It is our hope that students of STL can serve the enterprises in an international context, which means you should not only protect their legitimate rights and interests, but help them understand international laws and regulations so that unnecessary conflicts and losses can be avoided to the largest extent.
Speech at 2022 Commencement by Philip J. McConnaughay
“You, and your fellow STL graduates before you, are setting new standards of professionalism for the Chinese legal profession. It is your individual responsibility, to yourselves, to your clients, to your families, and to your law school, to live up to these expectations. These are the attributes that will account for your professional reputation. The example you set will be one of your greatest contributions to China, and to STL.”
Speech at 2022 Commencement by Professor Huang Hui
“there is no perfect world but a way to cope, no perfect life but a mood for improvement.”,“Our choice of profession dictates that we must intervene in right and wrong and clarify real disputes…I hope we don’t just love life because law is about life, but love life because we live it.”