Wuhan University School of Law

History

• In 1909, the law school was first established as the Wuchang University of Law.
• In 1926, the school was incorporated into Wuchang Zhongshan University, which later became National Wuhan University in 1928.
• In 1949, Hankou Law School, a private institution, merged with the law department.
• In 1958, Department of Law of Wuhan University was removed from the main campus and merged into Hubei University along with Zhongnan College of Finance, Zhongnan College of Law, and Zhongnan School of Politics and Law.
• In 1979, Wuhan University reestablished its law department.
• In 1986, Department of Law was renamed as School of Law.

  Overview

• Faculty
• *132 faculty members and staff
• **49 professors
• **30 associate professors
• **48 Doctors mentors
• Students
• *2000+ graduate students
• *1000+ undergraduate students
• Degrees granting
• *Doctor
• *Master
• *Post-doctor
• *Bachelor

  Notable faculty and alumni

• Wang Shijie
• Zhou Gengsheng
• Han Depei
• Ma Kechang: one of the defense lawyers for Gang of Four after Cultural Revolution.
• Mei Ju-ao：one of the judges in Tokyo Trial.
• Wan Exiang: Vice President of the Supreme People's Court of China. He received his B.A degree from Wuhan University in 1980, LL.M. degree from Yale Law School in 1987 and LL.D. degree from Wuhan University School of Law in 1988. After graduation, he joined the faculty of Wuhan University. Wan was elected as the vice president of the Intermediate People's Court of Wuhan in 1996, vice president of the High People's Court of Hubei in 1999, and Vice President of the Supreme People's Court of China in 2000. He was elected as Vice President of the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang in 2002.
• Huang Jin: President of China University of Political Science and Law. He received LL.D. from Wuhan University School of Law, and was the dean of Wuhan Law until he left.
• Karim Massimov: Prime Minister of Kazakhstan.