Global connections

The law school also attaches great significance to international learning and exchange, maintaining close ties and collaborations with major institutions, including the University of Gottingen in Germany, Northeastern University in the United States and the University of Sheffield in Britain.

Every year, Wuhan University itself sends about 100 undergraduate, master's and doctoral students abroad for studies and exchange programs. The school also hosts an average of more than 30 major lectures a year conducted by legal scholars and specialists from across the world.

Kennedy Gastorn, secretary-general of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization, a global governmental group for international law and cooperation in legal matters, said his organization and the university maintain important ties, including many leadership positions played by its alumni.

"The resumption of legal education at Wuhan University took place in a cradle of optimism and marked a true turning point in the scholastic history of China," Gastorn said, with the standards of its students in international law setting "a benchmark for other institutions of higher learning".

Gastorn also highlighted the law school's efforts in promoting Asian-African solidarity in areas such as customary international law and international cyberspace law, and expressed the hope that the university and his organization would further strengthen cooperation on all issues of common concern.

"We in AALCO are committed in reaching out to the next generation of international lawyers and scholars from Wuhan University," he said.