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Type | Law school |
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Established | 1904 |
Parent institution | Peking University |
Academic staff | 70 - 80 |
Undergraduates | 700 |
Postgraduates | 1100 |
200 | |
Location | , China 40°48′25″N 73°57′37″W / 40.80694°N 73.96028°W |
Website | law.pku.edu.cn |
Peking University Law School (Chinese: 北京大学法学院) is a law school of Peking University, a public research university in Beijing, China.
Founded in 1904 as the law department of Peking University, it is the oldest law school in China.[1] From 2015 to 2017, it was ranked first in Mainland China and one of top three law schools in Asia by QS World University Rankings.[2] It has been generally regarded as one of the most competitive and selective law schools in China.[3] As of 2017 the school's Bachelor of Laws students had the highest average scores in China's college entrance examination among all law schools in China, with the average acceptance rate of Master of Laws and Juris Master being less than 10% in 2017.[4][5]
Peking University Law School confers four types of law degrees: Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws, Juris Master, and Doctor of Laws. As of 2017, PKU LAW employed more than 70 professors and had 36 research centers. Four of the law school's disciplines including Legal Theory Studies, Constitution and Administrative Law Studies, Economic Law Studies, and Criminal Law Studies were ranked the best in China as of 2017.[6] The school publishes 11 legal journals, including Peking University Law Journal (edited by staff members) and Peking University Law Review (edited by students).[7]
Peking University Law School alumni include China's former Premier Li Keqiang and as of 2017 four of the justices of China's Supreme Court, Jiang Bixin, Nan Ying, Sun Huapu and Pei Xianding.[8] According to a survey conducted in 2017, 246 partners of China's top 8 law firms were PKU LAW alumni, more than the second and the third-ranked law school combined.[9] The school is also the workplace for legal scholar Zhang Qianfan.