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Peking University Law School

1904

Founded

Peking University Law School (Also known as PKU LAW or PKULS, simplified Chinese: 北京大学法学院; traditional Chinese: 北京大學法學院) is the law school of Peking University, located in Haidian District, Beijing, China.

Founded in 1904 as the law department of Peking University, it is the oldest law School in China and is generally considered to be one of the most prestigious law schools in Asia. Since 2015, the School has been ranked first in Mainland China and one of top three law schools in Asia every year by QS World University Rankings. PKU LAW has been generally regarded as the most competitive and selective law school in China. The school's LL.B students have the highest average scores in China's college entrance examination among all law schools in China, the average acceptance rate of LL.M. and J.M. is less than 10% in 2017. CUAA, the most widely cited Chinese University Rankings ranks PKU LAW the first in its 2017 list.

Peking University Law School confers five legal degrees:LL.B., LL.M., J.M., Ph.D., and a special Chinese LL.M degree for international students. As of 2017, PKU LAW employees more than 70 professors and has established 36 research centres. Four of PKU LAW's disciplines including Legal Theory Studies, Constitution and Administrative Law Studies, Economic Law Studies, and Criminal Law Studies are ranked the best in China. The school publishes 11 legal journals including Peking University Law Journal (edited by staff members) and Peking University Law Review (edited by students).

Peking University Law School has produced a significant number of luminaries in both law and politics, PKU LAW's alumni include China's incumbent Prime Minister Li Keqiang and four of the current Justices of China's Supreme Court, Jiang Bixin, Nan Ying, Sun Huapu and Pei Xianding. According to a survey conducted in 2017, 246 partners of China's top 8 law firms are PKU LAW alumni, more than the second and the third ranked law school combined. The school also hosts some of the most prominent legal scholars in China, including Zhang Qianfan, Chen Xinliang and He Weifang.

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