The Dickson Poon and Yeoh Tiong Lay gifts
The Dickson Poon Gift
In 2012 King’s embarked on a £40million programme of investment in the School of Law. This ambitious initiative was made possible by a personal gift of £20 million from Sir Dickson Poon CBE, a well-known Hong Kong-based philanthropist.
Read more about the gift here.
The Transnational Law Institute
Founded in 2014, The Dickson Poon Transnational Law Institute (TLI) is an interdisciplinary research and teaching centre with a particular focus on transnational and comparative law, legal theory and jurisprudence, collaborative research and legal education.
Distinguished Visitors Programme
The Dickson Poon Distinguished Visitors Programme enables distinguished leaders from the business world, academia, the judiciary, government and the third sector to take up a period of residence in the School and thereby contribute to the School’s research and teaching culture.
During their residence, Dickson Poon Distinguished Visitors are provided with support and facilities to assist them in the many and richly varied projects and initiatives in which they are involved and through which they contribute to public life, while at the same engaging actively with the School’s academic and student community.
The Rt Hon Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
The School welcomed Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers as the School’s first Dickson Poon Distinguished Visitor in November 2012.
Lord Phillips was Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2005 to 2008, and the first President of the UK Supreme Court.
King’s Transnational Law Summit 2018
In April 2018, The Dickson Poon School of Law hosted The King's Transnational Law Summit, bringing together academics, lawyers, activists and artists to discuss some of the major challenges facing society. Watch an introduction to this ambitious project and find out more about the Summit on its website, featuring recordings of keynotes, panel discussion and lectures.
Transnational speaker series
The Transnational Speaker Series has seen the School host leading thinkers and practitioners from across the world to discuss law under globalisation. Guest speakers have included thinkers such as Professors Sally Engle Merry, Greg Shaffer, and Peer Zumbansen, Judge Joan E. Donoghue of the International Court of Justice, and William Neukom, President and CEO of the World Justice Project.