He received his J.D. Degree from American University Washington College of Law in the United States and his Ph.D. in Law from Wuhan University in China. Dr. Bachner is the first overseas scholar to receive his Ph.D. in Law from a mainland university. He is Program Leader of the City University of Hong Kong's LLM (Fast-Track) Program. He is also Managing Editor of Asia Pacific Law Review, a publication of LexisNexis Butterworths. The current focus of his teaching and scholarship is intellectual property rights and environmental law.