Peking University School of Transnational Law
The Peking University School of Transnational Law (STL or PKUSTL) (Chinese: 北京大学国际法学院) is located in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The school started in the fall of 2008 as a part of the Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University. It is the first law school to offer a traditional western-style Juris Doctor (J.D.) curriculum alongside a Chinese-style Juris Master (J.M.) curriculum. The program is four years and graduates receive both the Chinese Juris master's degree and, by special authorization by the Chinese government, a J.D. Jeffrey S. Lehman is the Founding Dean. Philip McConnaughay is the current Dean.
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Admissions
In order to be eligible for admission to STL, PRC students must have (i) earned exemption from China’s national graduate school entrance exam by virtue of being one of the top few graduates of one of China’s top-tier universities, (ii) scored at least as high as the PKU “cut score” on the national graduate school entrance exam, which is the highest cut score in China, or in a few instances, (iii) achieved a high score on the Law School Admissions Test, or “LSAT,” to compensate for a slightly lower cut score. Additionally, before being offered admission to STL, students within one of these three academically elite groups must survive a rigorous in-person interview by STL faculty that tests each candidate’s English language proficiency.
STL is establishing a post-graduate LL.M. (Master of Laws) degree for foreign students who already have a first degree in law and who already may be practicing lawyers in their home nations. STL’s LL.M. program will enroll students beginning in Academic Year 2015-16.[1]
Distinguished Faculty[2]
STL’s full-time resident faculty includes scholars of international trade law, food safety policy, public international law and private dispute resolution, along with scholars of investment treaty arbitration, capital markets, securities regulation, comparative corporate governance, Chinese legal history and philosophy, Chinese environmental regulation and administrative law, China civil law, and several other fields of law.
Competitions and Student Organizations
STL sponsors students to compete in several moot court competitions, including Jessup International Moot Court Competition, Vis (east) International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Competition, International Criminal Court (ICC) Trial Competition and ELSA WTO Moot Court Competition. STL has several student organizations, including Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF), Society of Women in Law, etc.
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