China-EU School of Law - Organisation and Administration

Organisation and Administration

CESL is based on a Sino-European consortium, consisting of thirteen European universities, two Chinese Universities, the Chinese National Prosecutors College and the Chinese National Judges College. The consortium is co-ordinated by the University of Hamburg. Members provide teaching staff and co-financing. Further assistance is provided by 27 associates, including international law firms and research institutes.

The School’s highest decision making body is the Joint Managerial Committee, who are assisted by the Advisory Board. Chinese representatives on CESL's Advisory Board are: former President of the Supreme People’s Court, Xiao Yang; former Procurator General of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, Jia Chunwang; and professor and civil law expert from the Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Wang Jiafu. European members of the Advisory Board are: former President of the European Court of Justice, Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias; Dean of the China Europe International Business School, Rolf D. Cremer; and former head of the European Union Delegation to China and Mongolia, Serge Abou.