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Ceremony of 2018-19 Admission Scholarships,

Sir Oswald Cheung Memorial Fund PCLL Scholarship &

2017-18 Outstanding Performance in Mooting Competitions

4 April 2019

Vivian Tsoi

The School of Law, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) held the Ceremony of 2018-19

Admission Scholarships, Sir Oswald Cheung Memorial Fund PCLL Scholarship & 2017-18

Outstanding Performance in Mooting Competitions on 2 April 2019. The Ceremony was well

attended by award recipients, their family members, distinguished guests, coaches of mooting

competitions, relevant programme directors and faculty members.

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Recipients of 2018-19 Admission Scholarships

Bachelor of Laws Master of Laws in Arbitration and

Mr CHAN Wai Sing Johnny Dispute Resolution

Mr HO Kin Li Mr MOK Cheuk Yuen

Mr LAM Sze Chung

Mr WONG Yuk Wang

Postgraduate Certificate in Laws Ms CHENG Kei Man

Ms CHOI Long Yi Nicola

Ms CHOI Po Yan

Mr FONG Yan Hon Enoch

Ms KWAN Vanessa

Ms LIU Amy Yue

Ms SHUM Kwan Yee Queenie

Ms VAN May Juin Jacqueline

Ms WANG Zhuxin

Ms WONG Yuen Kiu Yuki

Master of Laws

Ms GONG Chunfen Ms JARATPATTHARAROJ Kankanit

Ms LI Luling

Dean Professor Geraint HOWELLS

welcomed all participants to the

Ceremony. He congratulated all the

awardees and thanked the efforts of the

school principals, teachers and families of

the Scholarship recipients. He praised

mooters for their determination and

commitment, extended his heartfelt

congratulations to all the mooters and

expressed appreciation to the coaches and

staff involved in mooting.

In order to reward outstanding students

who are admitted to the School of Law’s

programmes, the School has established

admission scholarships. Four LLB, ten

PCLL, three LLM and one LLMArbDR

students were awarded the 2018-19

Admission Scholarships. Our Associate

Dean, Professor LIN Feng and respective

Programme Directors presented the

Admission Scholarships to the programme

students.

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The School was honoured to have Mr MAK Yip Shing Andrew, Director of Sir Oswald Cheung

Memorial Fund, our Dean, Professor Geraint HOWELLS and the PCLL Programme Director,

Ms Theresa LOW, to present the award to the following PCLL student.

Recipient of 2018-19 Sir Oswald Cheung Memorial Fund PCLL Scholarship

Postgraduate Certificate in Laws Mr WAN Wan Sang

The School’s mooting team achieved outstanding performance in different mooting competitions

in 2017-18, including:

The 2018 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (Hong Kong

Regional Round) held on 25 February 2018

- First Runner-Up

- Second Best Overall Memorial

- One of the team members (Kay CHENG): Best Oralist

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The 15th Annual Willem C. Vis (East)

International Commercial Arbitration

Moot held in Hong Kong from 11 March

to 18 March 2018

- Eric Bergsten Award for prevailing

team in Oral Arguments - Sixteenth

Finals

- Honorable Mention for David

Hunter Award – Best Claimant

Memoranda

- Honorable Mention for Fali Nariman

Award – Best Respondent

Memoranda

- One of the team members (Vamika

PURI): Honorable Mention for Neil

Kaplan Award – Best Oralists

The 8th Asia-Pacific M&A Moot Competition held on 9 March 2018

- Prize of the Best M&A Deal

- Prize of the Best M&A Letter of Intent

- One of the team members (WEN Han): Prize of the Best Oralist

- One of the team members (HE Yi): Prize of the Best Team Member

The 25th Annual Willem C. Vis International

Commercial Arbitration Moot held in Vienna

from 23 to 29 March 2018

- Advanced to the top 64 out of 357 teams

- 3rd highest overall oralist score in elimination

rounds

- Honorable Mention for Werner Melis Award

Best Memorandum for Respondent

- Honorable Mention for Pieter Sanders Award

Best Memorandum for Claimant

- Two team members (CHOI Po Yan and

Vanessa KWAN): Honorable Mention (Martin

Domke Award for Individual Oralists)

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Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition held in Adelaide from 11 to 13 April

2018

- Second Best Memorial

- One of the team members (SO Pik Wah Natalie): 2nd highest oralist award

Mrs. Catherine LI, Principal of

Marymount Secondary School attended the

Ceremony and shared the joy of one of the

School’s alumni, Ms PURI Vamika.

Vamika took part in the Vis (East) Pre-

Moot Hong Kong, the Vis (East) Moot, the

Budapest Pre-Moot and the Vis (Vienna)

Moot. She won the Honorable Mention for

Neil Kaplan Award – Best Oralists from the

Vis (East) Moot.

Mrs Lydia LAM, the Head of Academic

of St Paul's Convent School and Ms

Karen LAU, English teacher of St Paul's

Convent School representing the

Principal, Sister Margaret WONG,

attended to share the joy of their former

student, Ms SUNG Priscilla Sze Ying

who took part in the Manfred Lachs

Space Law Moot Court Competition.

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Recipients of 2017-18 Moot Team Members

The 2018 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (Hong Kong

Regional Round) – Jessup Moot

Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Performance

Ms CHAN Wai Shan Judy (LLB)

Ms CHENG Kay (PCLL)

Ms CHIU Ko Shong (LLB)

Ms OR Hoi Yan (JD)

Ms WONG Yuen Kiu Yuki (JD)

The 8th Asia-Pacific M&A Moot Competition – M&A Moot

Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Performance

Ms HE Yi (PCLL)

Ms NG Hau Yi (LLB)

Mr WEN Han (JD)

Ms ZUO Wei (JD)

Mr HUANG Kai (BEcon & Fin)

Ms YAO Mingjun (BEcon & Fin)

The 15th Annual Willem C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot &

The 25th Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot – Vis Moots

Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Performance

Ms CHOI Po Yan (LLB)

Ms KWAN Vanessa (JD)

Ms LAM How Woon (JD)

Mr LAM Oliver Hiu Fung (JD)

Ms LO Mandia Yat Man (JD)

Ms PURI Vamika (LLB)

Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition – Lachs Moot

Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Performance

Ms SO Pik Wah Natalie (PCLL)

Mr SUEN Warren Lampson (JD)

Ms SUNG Priscilla Sze Ying (LLB)

The School’s mooting team attained great achievements in these competitions. That was mainly

due to the great effort of the students and also the training and encouragement of their coaches.

Our Dean Professor Geraint HOWELLS presented the certificates to them to thank them for

their hard work and great contributions.

2017-18 Moot Team Coaches

Mr Vod CHAN – Vis Moots

Mr David HOLLOWAY – Vis Moots

Dr Mark KIELSGARD – Jessup Moot and Lachs Moot

Ms Theo LI – Jessup Moot

Dr Yu-Hsin LIN – M&A Moot

Dr Vernon NASE – Lachs Moot

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The School was honoured to have the presence of the following distinguished guests:

Mr MAK Yip Shing Andrew, Director of Sir Oswald Cheung Memorial Fund, delivered a speech

to show support and share the joy of the scholarship recipients and mooters. He also thanked the

School for the support of the Fund and encouraged the students to join the legal profession and

contribute to the society.

Mr Philip DYKES SC, Chairman of Hong Kong Bar Association encouraged students to bear in

mind the practicalities when doing advocacy.

Mr C.M. CHAN, Vice-President of the Law Society of Hong Kong shared with the audience that

the knowledge and skills of advocacy learnt from the legal study would be beneficial to students'

lifelong use.

After the speeches delivered by the guests, Dr

Mark KIELSGARD, Director of Mooting praised

the high quality of the CityU Mooting teams with

their great effort, focus and commitment of the

mooters. The mooters are the best embassadors of

our law school to the legal industry. He also

expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the support from

the University, the Law School, the administrative

staff, the coaches and the parents along the way.

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A group photo with all distinguished guests

All distinguished guests with admission scholarship recipients

Dean Professor Geraint HOWELLS presented the souvenirs to all distinguished guests,

followed by a group photos with them.

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All distinguished guests with moot recipients