【學苑專訊】日前，香港大學校長馬斐森向法律學院師生發電郵，表示法律學院現任院長何耀明於 2019 年任期屆滿後，不再尋求續任院長一職，卸任後將回復至法律學院教授。

港大會成立物色委員會來覓選下任法律學院院長，委員會將由馬斐森或下任校長擔任主席。物色委員會成員，包括首席副校長譚廣亨、一名港大校外委員、一名中央管理小組的非學術人員、法律學院的院務委員會主席、兩名教師（其中一人要為教授級，而且二人不能來自同一部門或學科）和一名學生，會向主席馬斐森或下任校長建議院長人選。法律學院稍後將會選出物色委員會的相應代表。

電郵原文：

Message from Professor Peter Mathieson, President and Vice-Chancellor

To all staff and students in the Faculty of Law:

Deanship of the Faculty of Law

I write to inform you that Professor Michael Hor has decided not to seek a renewal of his deanship after completion of his current term in June 2019. Upon the completion of his deanship, Professor Hor will revert to his appointment as Professor in the Department of Law. I wish to take this opportunity to record our appreciation of his contributions to the Faculty and to the University over the past years.

In view of the impending expiry of Professor Hor’s deanship, the University will need to initiate the search process for a new Dean. The search, which will be conducted in accordance with the established guidelines, will take the form of an open search exercise to be administered by a Search Committee to be set up to advise me/the next President on the appointment. The composition of the Search Committee as approved by the Council comprises myself/the next President as Chairman, a lay member of the Council, the Provost, a non-academic member of the Senior Management Team, the Chairman of the Faculty Board, two teachers in the Faculty (at least one of whom will be a Chair Professor/Professor and the other a non-Chair Professor/Professor, and are not from the same department/discipline), and a student in the Faculty. The Faculty Office will be requested to initiate an election exercise to elect two teachers and a student to serve on the Search Committee. Further details on the search process will be communicated to staff and students in due course and at various stages.

Professor Peter Mathieson
President and Vice-Chancellor