Ziyue Zhou

Ph.D. Candidate in Law · The University of Hong Kong
Competition Law · Computational Legal Studies · Law & Economics

About

I am a Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong. Before HKU, I received my LL.M. from The University of Chicago (2022) and LL.B. from Peking University (2021).

My research sits at the intersection of competition law, law and economics, and computational methods. I am particularly interested in how advances in machine learning and LLMs reshape the methodology of empirical legal studies.

Education

• Ph.D., The University of Hong Kong · 2023 – Present
• LL.M., The University of Chicago · 2021 – 2022
• LL.B., Peking University · 2017 – 2021

Publications

• Catalyst for Common Law Evolution: Experiment with ChatGPT and a Hypothetical Common Law Jurisdiction (with Kwan Yuen Iu), Asian Journal of Law and Economics, vol. 15, no. 1 (2024), pp. 55–82.

Projects

• LexSim — Legal Case Prediction Engine
  
• Great-econometrics — AI agent plugin for empirical researchers
  

Honors & Awards

• Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) · 2023
• HKU Presidential PhD Scholarship (HKU-PS) · 2023

Contact

The best way to reach me is by email at ziyue@connect.hku.hk. I welcome conversations on computational legal study, law and economics, antitrust, and any other interdisciplinary collaborations.