The 2015 Han Kun Youth Legal Scholarship award ceremony was held in the Beijing office of Han Kun Law Offices on July 4, 2015. The scholarship is open to law school students from all of Mainland China’s universities. The award amount of the 2015 Scholarship totaled RMB550,000.
Five winners were awarded a scholarship of RMB 100,000 each:
Jin Xue’er, Peking University, admitted to Graduate Law School of Peking University
Wang Xin, Tsinghua University, admitted to Duke University
Xiao Difei, Peking University, admitted to University of Pennsylvania Law School
Ye Jianjian, Tsinghua University, admitted to Harvard Law School
Zheng Ziyan, China University of Political Science and Law, admitted to New York University
Other 5 finalists were granted an award of RMB 10,000 each:
Chen Jing, Peking University, admitted to University of Oxford
Geng Tianpeng, Renmin University of China, admitted to Duke University Zhang Hong, Shanghai Jiaotong University, admitted to Duke University
Lin Kwun, Tsinghua University, admitted to University of Washington
Dai Xiaodong, China University of Political Science and Law, admitted to Columbia University
Han Kun Law Offices is a full-service new generation law firm specializing in cross-border transactions. For the purpose of encouraging outstanding individuals with legal talents to pursue advanced legal studies, at the end of 2011, Han Kun launched the “Han Kun Youth Legal Scholarship” to award those exceptional young graduates from Mainland Chinese universities who plan on attending top-tier Chinese or foreign law schools for recognized university degrees with the plan to pursue a legal career in Mainland China after the completion of their advanced legal studies in China or abroad.
The previous three sessions of Han Kun Youth Legal Scholarship held were great success. The 2015 Han Kun Youth Legal Scholarship, launched at the end of 2014, is the fourth session of the program. Over hundreds of undergraduates and graduates from law schools throughout China have applied for the Scholarship. After several rounds of selections including paper examinations, written tests and interviews by Han Kun partners, 10 applicants were chosen to participate in the final test. The judging panel for the final was composed of Han Kun partners, and deans and professors from law schools of top Chinese universities. After conducting face-to face interviews, the panel selected 5 students as the winners.
In a statement, Han Kun partners said: “We have personally experienced and are experiencing China’s tremendous changes in the past decade, and have witnessed its ever-growing desire for top-end legal talents. The establishment of Han Kun Youth Legal Scholarship is meant to award those young individuals who have the legal talents and ambition to promote the sustainable development and prosperity of China's legal industry.”
