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OVERVIEW OVERVIEW

In June 2002, KoGuan School of Law of Shanghai Jiao Tong University was established,

remarking a new episode. With the great support from School as well as community, KoGuan

School of Law has successfully made a breakthrough in the development of law against the

background dominated by Science & Engineering. KoGuan School of Law boasts law education

of high quality, academic researches, excellent professors and international atmosphere.

KoGuan School of Law has been in top 100 in the QS World University Rankings by Law

Subject since 2012, making it one of the fastest growing law schools in mainland China.

OVERVIEW

HISTORY

HISTORY

1901The special class was established in September 1901

1902The political class was established in September 1902

1986 1992 1996The Tesching & Research Section of Law in 1986

The undergraduate law program was launched in 1992The SJTU established the Law Department in 1996

2002 2008The Law School was founded in 2002

The SJTU Law School was named KoGuan School of Law in 2008

2013KoGuan School of Law has moved to the Xuhui Campus in 2013

HISTORY

Cai Yuanpei

Wang Chonghui

ZHENG ChengliangJurisprudence

JI WeidongJurisprudence

KONG XiangjunIntellectual Property Law

YE BifengConstitutional Law and Administrative Law

GAO QuanxiConstitutional Law and Administrative Law

SHEN GuomingJurisprudence

CHAIR PROFESSORS

DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORS

KoGuan School of Law has 67 full-time faculty members. Among them, 2 are Yangtze River

Scholars, 2 are “The National Ten Outstanding Young Jurists”. Nearly 10 members are rated in

“Ten-thousand Talents Program”, “Outstanding Young Scholars Program”, “Millions of talents

project” and “New Century Talents Project”. 29 of them have been awarded the titles of

provincial or ministerial level or above, such as “National Model Teachers”, “National Excellent

Teachers” and “Shanghai Outstanding Teachers”, etc.

57% of the faculty are under the age of 45, 95% are JDs, 88% have overseas experience. The

internationalization level of our faculty ranks in the forefront of domestic law schools.

FACULTY

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03 PROFESSORS

FACULTYFACULTY

WANG XianlinEconomic Law

SHEN WeiInternational Law

Constitutional Law and Administrative Law

XU Xianghua

JurisprudenceCHENG Jinhua

Civil Law and Commercial Law

HAN Changyin

ZHU MangConstitutional Law and Administrative Law

XU DonggenInternational Law

International LawXUE Guifang

FAN Jinxue

HU Jiaxiang

LIN Yan

QIN Yulin

WANG Xi

YE Yonglu

GUO Yanjun

LI Jian

LIN Xifen

SHOU Bu

XU Jingde

ZHANG Shaoqian

HOU Liyang

LI Xueyao

PENG Chengxin

WANG Fuhua

YANG Li

ZHENG Ge

More than 1,100 CSSCI papers and nearly 100 SSCI papers

have been published. The number of published SSCI papers

ranks among Top 3 in China. Also, more than 60 monographs

have been published, among which Professor Bifeng Ye’s

Principles of Administrative Behaviors and Professor

Chengxin Peng’s Study of Modern Rights Theory have been

selected into the National Library of Philosophy and Social

Sciences.

KoGuan School of Law has founded and co-founded six journals, among

which, SJTU Law Review has been selected as an extended edition of

CSSCI journals, and ranked 7th in the reprint rate of the copied materials

of the NPC in 2018.

Asian Journal of Law and Society, an academic Journal jointly established

with Cambridge university press, is the first English journal of legal

sociology in Asia, has been widely acclaimed in the academic circle, and

has been included in Scopus, one of the most important citation

databases in the world.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

KoGuan School of Law is committed to conduct research at the current academic

frontiers, emphasize inter-disciplinary research, and achieve first-class scholarship

that meets the strategic needs of the state, and build the SJTU characterized legal

scholarship. It is the orientation and mission of the academic research of KoGuan

Law, which focuses on the cutting edge issues of academic fields, focusing on

interdisciplinary research, the major strategic needs of the country, and making

first-class academic achievements. In the previous years, our academic research has

made great progress, and carried out a number of influential academic projects,

recognized by domestic and foreign counterparts.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

CURRICULUM (TAUGHT IN CHINESE)

TALENTS CULTIVATIONThe undergraduate law program was established in 1992. In the past two decades, the law

school explored its own style of educating a new generation of law students and future jurists,

and established its own reputation in both academic and practical circles. For the time being,

the law school has a full-scale legal education system covering LLB, LLM, JM, and PhD

programs.

National model course: 1

National excellent video course: 1

Coursera: 9

National bilingual model course: 1

Paragon English-based Course for Foreign Students of MOE: 2

Shanghai model course: 4

TALENTS CULTIVATION

21722%

16116%

22222%

868%

576%

14114%

12312%

Shanghai model course taught in English: 6

Shanghai model course for foreign student: 3

Shanghai Education Committee key course: 8

University model course: 7

University model course taught in English: 4

University core course for general education: 19

The Unique Features and Highlights of Education at KoGuan School of Law

3+3 Special Juris Master Program (LLB/JM dual degree program)

Legal clinic training

Model Courses：

Total student number registered at KoGuan School of Law in December 2018

Undergraduates

Full-time LL.M. Students

Full-time J.M. students (non-law undergraduate)

Full-time J.M. students (law undergraduate)

Part-time J.M. Students

Ph.D. Students

International students

CURRICULUM TAUGHT IN CHINESE

A LIST OF COURSES OFFERED IN SJTU KOGUAN SCHOOL OF LAW

Liberal Studies Courses

Core Law Courses

General Law Courses

Practical Legal Training Courses

Liberal Arts Courses, Social Sciences Courses; Natural Sciences and Engineering Courses; Maths and Logic

Constitutional law; Jurisprudence; General Principles of Civil Law/Criminal Law/Administrative Law, etc.

Legal Writing; International Commercial Arbitration, etc.

Moot Court; Business Negotiation; Legal Clinics, etc.

Teaching ObjectivesCoursesKnowledge blocks

General education

Basic legal education and Fundamental legal education

Cultivating academic talent, and transnational talent

Cultivating practical talent and transnational talent

PRACTICAL COURSE OFFERINGS ACADEMIC COURSE OFFERINGS

ACADEMIC COURSE OFFERINGSThe Master of Laws and Doctor of Laws are two key programs to train high-level legal

academia. KoGuan school of law arranges for full-time PhD students to visit overseas law

schools in order to improve their overall quality.

PRACTICAL COURSE OFFERINGSThe JM degree students are specially trained to become legal practitioners. In 2010, the SJTU

launched the experimental 3+3 Special Class in Law (a LLB/JM dual degree program), which

has been absorbed into the formal JM program supervised by the Ministry of Education. Now

the law school has three types of JM students; full time JM (non-law undergraduate), full-time

JM (law undergraduate), and part-time JM.

3years 2years 2.5years

Full time J.M.(non-law undergraduate)

Full time J.M.(law undergraduate)

Part time J.M.

INTERNATIONAL COURSE OFFERINGS

INTERNATIONAL COURSE OFFERINGSGlobalization has also been embodied as a trend in legal education and training. So far the

law school has established collaborative relationships with an increasing number of

internationally respected universities and carried out several cooperative teaching and

research projects.

FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FOR CHINESE STUDENTS

SJD program

LLM Program in Chinese Law

Summer Program in Chinese Law

student exchange programs

visiting researcher and student progra,etc.

KoGuan law has established a number of overseas study programs, student exchange programs

LLM scholarship programs

visiting scholar programs or co-supervision programs for doctoral students

dual degree programs

summer programs

overseas internship programs, etc.

CURRICULUM (TAUGHT IN ENGLISH)

CURRICULUM TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

The Rt. Hon. Lord Hodge, Justice of the UK Supreme Court &The Hon. Lady Justice Thirlwall, Justice of the Appeal Court of England and Wales, UK visit KoGuan （2018.10.24）

2018 SUMMER PROGRAM IN CHINESE LAW

School of Law, The University of New South Wales

2018 WINTER PROGRAM IN CHINESE LAW

School of Law, University of Melbourne &

School of Law, The University of Adelaide

International Student Blockchain Theme Lecture

Chinese Administrative Law

Chinese Bankruptcy Law

Chinese Competition Law

Chinese Contract Law

Chinese Environmental Law

Chinese Foreign Trade Law

Chinese Intellectual Property Law

Chinese Maritime Law

Chinese Securities Law

Chinese Tax Law and Fintech

Information and technology law

Law and Financial Markets in China

The International Law of The Sea

Chinese and Comparative Financial Law

Chinese Company Law

Chinese Constitutional Law

Chinese Criminal and Criminal Procedural Law

Chinese Foreign Investment Law

Chinese Human Rights and Labour Issues

Chinese Law and Society

Chinese Practice of International Law

Chinese Tax Law

Global Government and Conflict in China

Law and Development in China

Preparing yourself for a legal services

Students’ Internship at The World Bank

Vis International commercial Arbitration Moot, First Prize

Asia-Pacific International Humanitarian Law Moot Court

The 17th Jessup 2019, First Prize

EXCELLENT STUDENTS

EXCELLENT STUDENTS

XU Mengshangraduated with a bachelor

degree in 2008, acquired the offer from the JD program of University of Pennsylvania

XIE Huangraduated with a bachelor

degree in 2012, was the Vice President of the 29th student federation of SJTU and was

also the member of the postgraduate volunteer

teacher group teaching at Inner Mongolia

KONG Shuaigraduated with a bachelor

degree in 2010, acquired the offer from LLM program of

Harvard University

ZHONG YuanCampus news figure honored as the “People Who Moved

SJTU”

MAO Xiao participated actively in area of

criminal justice during bachelor study, was awarded

Rhodes Scholar in 2017, making her the first SJTU

Rhodes Scholar.

YU Xiaotiangraduated in 2018, is

continuing her PhD study in Oxford.

HONORS & PRIZES

CAMPUS LIFECOOPERATION AND EXECUTIVE PROGRAMS

The rapid development of KoGuan School of Law of SJTU cannot do without

the support of the community. KoGuan Law has established a long-term

strategic partnership with administrative and judicial departments, and has

successfully held a number of significant social cooperation projects creating

a new model of college-society cooperation. KoGuan Law strives to make

greater contributions to the development of China and Shanghai.

COOPERATION AND EXECUTIVE PROGRAMS

The Law School is committed to creating and maintaining a community

where the students can not only enjoy their lives, fulfill their professional

dreams, but build a social network and friendships.

Our campus is located in Xujiahui, one of the most popular sites of downtown

Shanghai. This unique setting easily allows our students to enjoy colorful

lives and witness the day-to-day development of the most prosperous

metropolises in the world.

CAMPUS LIFE

National University of Singapore (Singapore)Singapore Management University (Singapore)…… The University of Melbourne (Australia)

The University of Sydney (Australia)The University of New South Wales (Australia)University of Adelaide (Australia)……

University of California, Hastings (USA)Northwest University (USA)UC Berkeley (USA)Emory University (USA)Wisconsin University (USA)New York University (USA)University of Montreal (Canada)University of Ottawa (Canada)……

Waseda University (Japan)

Keio University (Japan)

Taiwan University

City University of Hong Kong……

King‘s College London (UK)University of EBS (Germany)University of Tubingen (Germany)University of Tel Aviv (Israel)University of Hebrew (Israel)KU Leuven University (Belgium)……

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (Chile)