STL Celebrates the Class of 2015

On Friday, July 3, 2015, the STL community celebrated the fourth Commencement Ceremony of Peking University’s School of Transnational Law. The commencement recognized the extraordinary achievement of the 67 students who entered STL in 2011 and who graduated in 2015 after successfully completing four extremely demanding, rigorous years of law school, for which they have been awarded two degrees, a Juris Doctor (J.D.) and a Juris Master (J.M.). Like the STL graduates before them, the 2015 graduates are leaving STL for positions of leadership that will serve them, the law school, their families, and China extremely well — (i) as lawyers with leading Chinese and foreign law firms, Fortune 100 companies, State-Owned Enterprises, highly selective government offices, and top public interest organizations around the world; (ii) as clerks with important courts and tribunals in China and abroad; and (iii) as post-doctoral students at leading universities like Beida, Harvard, and Vanderbilt.

During the commencement ceremony, the graduates and their families and friends heard from Philip McConnaughay, Dean of STL and Vice Chancellor of the Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School; Hai Wen, Vice Chairman of the Peking University Council, Acting Chancellor of the Shenzhen Graduate School, and Dean of the HSBC School of Business; STL’s Founding Dean Jeffrey Lehman; Professor Jin Zining; graduating students Zheng Tianyuan and Liu Xiinger; and the keynote speaker, Judge Liang Xiangyang of the First Circuit Court of the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China.

On July 4, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School celebrated its campus-wide commencement. STL Professor Mark Feldman was invited to give the address on behalf of the PKUSZ faculty.

Congratulations Class of 2015!