Established in 1952, CUPL, is known as a leading law school in China. CUPL has played, and continues to play, a key part in the formation of China’s legal system: from the drafting of the 1954 Constitution of the People’s republic of China, to the promulgation of the Anti-Secession Law and the enactment and implementation of almost every major law of the Republic.

Spread over two campuses (an undergraduate campus in Changping and the postgraduate campus in Beijing city) the University has a total of 817 full time professors. Among them there are 524 law professors, representing the largest law faculty in the world.