On February 20, 2017, STL students and faculty began the spring semester in the law school’s brand new signature building on the Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School Campus.

Professor Sang Yop Kang, a leading scholar of corporate law and governance, was invited by Harvard Law School’s Corporate Governance Program to spend January 25 to February 8, 2017 in residence conducting research, attending corporate law seminars, and collaborating with Harvard Law scholars and professors about mutual research interests.

Professor Norman P. Ho has been appointed a Visiting Fellow at the Asian Law Institute (“ASLI”) of the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law (“NUS Law”).

Students in STL’s Small Business Entrepreneurship Clinic successfully secured a patent for their client, Urban Forest (都市之森), a new company based in Shenzhen.

On January 14-15, 2017, Professor Ray Campbell and STL students Deng Zhicong (3L), Li Yidan (3L) and Zhou Yibin (3L) attended the “LawWithoutWalls” Kickoff at Harvard Law School.

STL alumni Zhao Feng and Liu Di have been successively listed in 2018 LEGALBAND China Elite Lawyer 30 Under 30 and Elite Law Counsel 30 Under 30 based on their professionalism and rich experience in practical areas.

STL’s 2016 WTO Moot Court Team won Best Written Submission and swept the Best Oralist Awards, earning Team Second Prize overall, at the Fifth Annual China WTO Moot Court Competition in Beijing on December 17-19, 2016.

On December 12, 2016, STL’s Peking University Transnational Law Review was invited to participate in the “Symposium on the Development of English-Language Legal Journals in China,” hosted jointly by China Legal Science and Frontiers of Law in China.

Building on Peking University School of Transnational Law’s (STL) tradition of exceptional performance in the CIETAC Cup, the school’s 2016 Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot team placed third out of forty-six teams from across China.