𝗢𝘅𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱–𝗛𝗞𝗨 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘄 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲!

📣 Join us for the 𝗢𝘅𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱–𝗛𝗞𝗨 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘄 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲!

Co-organized by the Oxford Chinese Law Discussion Group and the Law and Technology Centre, The University of Hong Kong, this two-day workshop will take place on 4–5 June 2026 at the University of Oxford.

This year, we received 152 submissions from around 80 institutions. We are grateful for the remarkable response and only wish we could have accommodated more of the excellent work submitted.

The workshop brings together a diverse group of junior researchers working across Chinese law, comparative law, and emerging legal questions. It features several timely panels at the intersection of law, technology, and institutions, including:

🔹 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲
🔹 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘀, 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
🔹 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀
🔹 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲

Across these panels, speakers will explore questions including data-secured financing, digital governance, AI and litigation, judicial authority, environmental courts, companion robots, AI social risks, generative AI and fair use, AI-enabled crime, and synthetic legal evidence.

The full agenda also includes panels on international economic law, law, time and community, and frontiers of international law practice.

We are especially pleased to highlight the keynote speech by Professor 𝗫𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗲 from HKU Law, on “How Do Chinese Judges Make Decisions? A Study on Leniency for Battered Women Who Kill.”

Scholars, researchers, postgraduate students, and others working in or around Chinese law are warmly invited to attend the workshop’s open panels and keynote sessions.

📅 Dates: 4–5 June 2026
📍 Venue: Faculty of Law, University of Oxford

Join us in Oxford for two days of ideas, exchange, and conversation showcasing emerging scholarship on Chinese law and the questions shaping law’s future.

Generously sponsored by Thornhill Legal, with support from both the ECLRHub and the University of Oxford China Centre.

View full program here: https://www.law.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Oxford-HKU-workshop-2026-Programme.pdf