Academic Staff

Katherine Lynch

Associate Professor
B.A., LL.B., LL.M., J.S.M., J.S.D. Candidate

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Other University Responsibilities, Community Activities

FACULTY OF LAW

Associate Dean, July 1999 - July 2002

Editorial Committee, Hong Kong Law Journal, 1994 - Present

Sexual Harassment Officer, Faculty of Law (along with Professor Johannes Chan), October 1998 - September 1999

Faculty Advisor Legal Referral Scheme, Faculty of Law, 1991 - Present

Other Faculty of Law Committees:
Outside Funding and External Relations Committee Chairman (1999 - Present)
Admissions Committee (1997 - Present)
Scholarships and Awards Committee (1997 - Present)
Committee on Discontinuance (1997- Present)
International Moot Competition Committee (1992 - 1995, Chairman - 1995)
Computer Committee (1994 - 1996)
Faculty Research Committee (1993 - 1996)
Advisory Committee (1995 - 1996)

DEPARTMENT OF LAW

Member of Board of Management (1999-2000)
Visiting Students' Tutor, Department of Law, September 1998 - Present

Judge, Compulsory and Voluntary Moot Programmes, 1991 - Present

Second Year Course Co-ordinator (1995)

UNIVERSITY

Member of Executive Committee, Women's Studies Research Centre, University of Hong Kong, 1997 - Present. Co-organizer of 1998 Spring Workshop on Gender Issues and Curriculum Reform.

Member, Centre For Information Technology in (School and Teacher) Education, University of Hong Kong, April 1998 - -Present.

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Advisory Board member, Journal of Business Law (2000)
Member, Dispute Resolution Sub-Committee, Inter-Pacific Bar Association, 1997 - Present

Member, Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR), 1998-Present

Member, Legal and Finance Committee, Canadian Chamber of Commerce (Hong Kong), 1997 - Present

Member, Professional Development Sub-Committee, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, (East Asia), 1994 - 96

Member of the Hong Kong Dragonboat Team, 1993 - 1998. Represented Hong Kong at World Dragonboat Championships in China in 1995, Asian Dragonboat Championships 1995 & 1997 and various dragonboat and outrigger canoe races throughout Asia and the United States.

Club Captain and Executive Committee Member, Hong Kong Island Paddle Club, 1992 - Present. Club Member and provide voluntary legal advice on the Club's operations and activities.

MEMBERSHIPS

Member - Bar of the Supreme Court of British Columbia and Law Society of British Columbia

Member - Canadian Bar Association; International Bar Association; Inter-Pacific Bar Association; Law Asia; Centre for International Legal Studies; Hong Kong Federation of Women Lawyers; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (East Asia Branch); Hong Kong International Commercial Arbitration Centre, Mediation Group, and Canadian Chamber of Commerce (Hong Kong).