Hi all,
I am doing my first steps towards understanding the law school scene in HK. Between Chinese U and City U, which one is considered better academically?
Thanks,
AL

Chinese U has a better reputation overall (THES 2007, CU ranked 38th to CityU's 148th). The law school is new though, while CityU's law school has been around for a while. Local students are going to prefer the CU brand to CityU though, so expect Chinese U law to get a good reputation quite soon. I have done law at HKU and CityU and can say that there's no difference academically.

HKU and its law school are the oldest in the territory. HKU law school is traditionally considered the best in HK, and apparently it is the largest in terms of academic staff (more than 70) if not also student body (more than 1000). Many HK judges, politicians and senior counsels are HKU law grads.

HKU is ranked overall 18 in the world in THES 2007.

HKU relies on its reputation to attract the best students who go on to do well despite the poor standard of lecturing there. The faculty is concerned more with research output (ranking/funding) than teaching, hence the large number of academics who can't teach and students who'd rather learn from the notes than go to lectures.