Governance Structure

CUHK LAW is unitary in character combining both a faculty and a teaching department. The governance structure of the Faculty has been designed to suit the practical and operational needs of staff and students. The principal bodies governing the operations of the Faculty are set out below.

Advisory Board of the Faculty of Law

The Faculty of Law receives strategic advice and guidance on its development and operation from distinguished representatives from the judicial, legal, educational and business communities. Membership of the Board from 1 August 2019 to 31 July 2021 is as follows:

Chairman:	The Honourable Mr. Justice Syed BOKHARY, GBM Non-Permanent Judge Court of Final Appeal HKSAR
Honorary Members:	The Honourable Dr. Annabelle BENNETT AO, SC Chancellor Bond University, Australia Professor Christopher F. FORSYTH Sir David Williams Professor of Public Law University of Cambridge, U.K. Professor Andrew STOCKLEY Dean, The City Law School City, University of London, U.K.
Members:	Mr. Wang Ngai, Joseph CHEUNG Mr. Vincent CONNOR The Honourable Elsie LEUNG, GBM, JP Former Secretary for Justice HKSAR Professor Pak Wai LIU Research Professor, Lau Chor Tak Institute of Global Economics and Finance The Chinese University of Hong Kong Dr. Anthony NEOH, SC Mr. Martin ROGERS Professor Lutz-Christian WOLFF Dean, Faculty of Law The Chinese University of Hong Kong (ex officio)
Secretary:	Ms. Joyce WONG

Board of the Faculty of Law

The Board of the Faculty is the main arm of Faculty governance. While membership of the Board is formally constituted according to the relevant Statute, the Faculty adopts a participative management style and encourages all academic staff and invited student representatives to attend Board meetings as observers. Membership of the Board from 1 August 2020 to 31 July 2021 is as follows:

Chairman:	Professor Lutz-Christian WOLFF Dean, Faculty of Law
Members:	Professor Rocky TUAN (ex-officio member) Vice-Chancellor/President, CUHK Professor Anatole BOUTE Professor Kevin CHENG Professor David DONALD Mr. Elliot FUNG Professor Steven GALLAGHER Professor Gregory GORDON Professor Stuart HARGREAVES Professor Dennis HIE Professor Robin HUANG Mr. Christopher KNIGHT Professor Queenie LAI Professor Jyh-An LEE Professor Chin Leng LIM Professor Mara MALAGODI Professor Luke MARSH Professor Benoît MAYER Professor Bryan MERCURIO Professor Noam NOKED Professor Christopher ROBERTS Professor Chao XI Miss WONG Ngo Yin* Professor Yuhong ZHAO *Full-time Student Member
Secretary:	Ms. Joyce WONG

Terms of Reference
The Board of the Faculty of Law shall co-ordinate the activities within the Faculty and it shall be its function to consider and deal with the recommendations of Committees of the Faculty – on the content of courses for the degree or degrees; and on the details of syllabuses

The Executive Committee of the Faculty of Law

The Executive Committee is the executive arm of the Board of the Faculty of Law, and acts on behalf of the Board in routine and non-controversial matters. Another important function of the Board is to give advice to the Dean on all matters including planning and budget.

Chairman:	Professor Lutz-Christian WOLFF Dean, Faculty of Law
Members:	Professor Steven GALLAGHER Professor Dennis HIE Professor Chin Leng LIM Professor Mara MALAGODI Professor Chao XI Professor Yuhong ZHAO
Secretary:	Ms. Serena SO

Faculty Academic Personnel Committee

Chairman:	Professor Lutz-Christian WOLFF Dean, Faculty of Law
Members:	Professor Anatole BOUTE Professor Robin HUANG Professor Chao XI Professor Yuhong ZHAO
Secretary:	Ms. Serena SO

COMMITTEE ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY

Chairman:	Professor Michelle MIAO
Members:	Ms. Linda CHOI Mr. Rudi COHRSSEN Professor Jae Woon LEE
Secretary:	Ms. Serena SO

Committee on Research and Scholarship

Chairman:	Professor Chao XI
Members:	Professor Kevin CHENG Professor Jyh-An LEE Professor Chin Leng LIM Professor Sandra MARCO COLINO Professor Samuli SEPPÄNEN Professor Dicky TSANG Professor Lutz-Christian WOLFF Professor James ZENG
Secretary:	Ms. Grace HO

Committee on Teaching and Learning

Chairman:	Professor Steven GALLAGHER
Members:	Professor Rehan ABEYRATNE Professor Anatole BOUTE Professor Surabhi CHOPRA Mr. Elliot FUNG Mr. Christopher KNIGHT Mr. Ian LEE Professor Jyh-An LEE Professor Michael LOWER Professor Dicky TSANG Professor Lutz-Christian WOLFF
Secretary:	Mr. Derek LEUNG

Committee on Undergraduate and Graduate Studies

Chairman:	Professor Steven GALLAGHER
Members:	Professor Rehan ABEYRATNE Professor Anatole BOUTE Professor Fernando DIAS SIMÖES Mr. Elliot FUNG Professor Dennis HIE Mr. Christopher KNIGHT Professor Jyh-An LEE Professor Ryan MITCHELL Professor Christopher ROBERTS Professor Lutz-Christian WOLFF Professor Chao XI Professor Hao ZHANG Professor Yuhong ZHAO
Secretary:	Ms. Claudia NG

Committee on Academic Advising

Chairman:	Professor Steven GALLAGHER
Members:	All Level I and Level II Advisors of the LLB Programme One representative from among the Level I and Level II Advisors of the TPg/RPg Programmes nominated by the Dean
Secretary:	Ms. Erin SHING

Faculty Student Disciplinary Committee

Chairman:	Professor Peter RHODES
Members:	Professor Queenie LAI Professor Jae Woon LEE Professor Mara MALAGODI Professor Noam NOKED Professor Dicky TSANG Professor Yuhong ZHAO
Secretary:	Ms. Claudia NG

Staff-Student Consultative Committee

Chairman:	Professor Steven GALLAGHER
Members:	Professor Kevin CHENG Mr. Alan GIBB Mr. Arthur LEE Professor Michael LOWER Professor Mara MALAGODI Student Representatives of LLB, JD, LLM, PCLL and RPg Programmes
Secretary:	Ms. Linda CHOI

ABOUT US

DEAN OF LAW - PROFESSOR LUTZ-CHRISTIAN WOLFF

ASSOCIATE DEAN (RESEARCH) & HEAD OF GRADUATE DIVISION - PROFESSOR CHAO XI

ASSOCIATE DEAN (TEACHING AND LEARNING) - PROFESSOR STEVEN GALLAGHER