Dean Philip McConnaughay presented an invited paper at “The Globalization of Legal Education: A Critical Study” symposium hosted by the University of California Irvine’s Center on Globalization, Law and Society and Australian National University, September 8-9 in Irvine, California.

STL Professor Ray Campbell was a keynote speaker at the 2017 Shenzhen In-House Legal Summit organized by Asian Legal Business (ALB) on September 7.

The Times Higher Education (“THE”) has ranked Peking University the 27th best university in the world in the prestigious “World University Rankings.”

On September 1, STL hosted Dr. Henry Chang-Yu Lee, the renowned forensic scientist, for a public lecture and Q&A on “Using Forensic Evidence to Solve Crimes 用科学证据破案.”

On August 25, 2017, Peking University School of Transnational Law co-sponsored and hosted the 2017 Securities Compliance Litigation Forum, organized by the Financial Law Committee of the Guangdong Lawyers Association.

The Summer Honors Program (“SHP”) at Peking University School of Transnational Law (“STL”) is an opportunity for outstanding college students from China and around the world to spend a week in residence experiencing the academic and daily life in China’s most innovative law school setting.

Dong Shaoling, a 2016 graduate of Peking University School of Transnational Law, has been named to the Forbes China “Top 30 Under 30” in Media, Marketing and Advertising for 2017.

Professor Sang Yop Kang, a prominent scholar of corporate law and governance, was honored by Tsinghua University’s Law Review with the “Tsinghua China Law Award for Excellence in Academic Research of 2017”.

Four 3L students spending their summer break in the United States spent July 21 visiting the International Monetary Fund (“IMF”) in Washington D.C.