CENTRE FOR LEGAL INNOVATION AND DIGITAL SOCIETY (CLINDS)

The Centre for Legal Innovation and Digital Society 法律創新與數碼社會研究中心 (CLINDS)  facilitates and encourages cutting-edge and innovative research in law and technology at CUHK LAW.

It is the mission of CLINDS to

  • provide institutional support for first-class research in the areas of law and technology;
  • foster collaborative and interdisciplinary research projects within CUHK LAW and with external parties;
  • facilitate research with high impact beyond academia;
  • develop policy proposals for consideration by government bodies in Hong Kong and abroad;
  • be recognized as the leading centre of excellence in the area of law and technology in Asia;
  • be dedicated to teaching excellence across the University by promoting interdisciplinary approaches to course design and materials, as well as teaching-related collaboration with other Faculties;
  • serve as a premier local, regional and international forum of inter-institutional collaborations in the law and technology;
  • contribute to the betterment of society through knowledge transfer activities, including media engagement and collaboration with law firms, business entities, international organizations and non-governmental entities.

CLINDS was previous known as the CUHK LAW Centre for Financial Regulation and Economic Development (CFRED) founded by Professor David Donald in 2010 to support and facilitate research in all areas of law affecting commerce and business. In 2017, CFRED changed the direction of its activities towards research projects related to law and technology. In 2022, CFRED was re-organized and re-named as CLINDS to better reflect the centre’s new focus thus mirroring CUHK LAW’s strength in law and technology.

Prof. Chao XI (Chairman)
Dean, Faculty of Law
Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Law
Associate Professor
Professional Consultant
Professor of Practice in Law
Executive Dean of the Dickson Poon School of Law at King’s College London
Professor
Executive Director, CLINDS
Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Law
Professor
Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management
CUHK

Prof. Roger Brownsword

Professor of Law,
King’s College London,
United Kingdom

Prof. Guobin Cui

Dean and Professor,
School of Law,
Tsinghua University,
Chinese Mainland

Prof. Matthias Leistner

University Professor and
Chair for Civil Law, Intellectual Property and Competition Law,
Faculty of Law,
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich,
Germany

Prof. Lawrence Lessig

Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership,
Harvard Law School,
USA

Prof. Frank Pasquale

Professor of Law,
Cornell Law School & Cornell Tech,
USA

Prof. Martin Senftleben

Professor of Intellectual Property Law and
Director of the Institute for Information Law (IViR),
Amsterdam Law School,
Netherlands

Dr. Jason Si

Vice President of Tencent and
Dean of Tencent Research Institute,
Chinese Mainland

Professor
Executive Director, CLINDS
Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Law
Professor
Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Law
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Professor
Assistant Professor
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Professional Consultant
Professional Consultant
Research Assistant Professor
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Wei Lun Professor of Law
Dean, Faculty of Law
Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Law

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E-mail:clinds.law@cuhk.edu.hk
Address:Faculty of Law
6/F, Lee Shau Kee Building
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong