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LW5612 - Legal Placement

Offering Academic Unit
School of Law
Credit Units
3
Course Duration
A minimum of 160 contact hours (equivalent to 4-week full time work) for the full time or the part-time legal placement to be done within 2 semesters of an academic year. (3 semesters may be allowed in the same academic year subject to course leader's approval)
Pre-requisite(s)
For all cohorts: Only JD students with a CGPA of 2.85 or above immediately prior to undertaking the placement are allowed to take this course. In order to complete this course, students must have their application for internship approved by the Course Leader prior to commencement of the placement. The approval of the Course Leader is required for all internships whether arranged through the SLW or Join-in (Self-Solicited). Only an application approved by the Course Leader prior to commencement of the placement will be considered as an eligible basis for this course. 
 
LW5601 Hong Kong Legal Systems LW5622 Legal Methods, Research and Writing, and LW5602A Law of Contract I
Equivalent Course(s)
LW4612 Legal Placement
Course Offering Term*:
Semester A 2025/26, Semester B 2025/26, Summer 2026

* The offering term is subject to change without prior notice
 
Course Aims

The aims of this course is  

  1. to provide students with a structured opportunity to obtain practical experience from working in a law office or a legally related working environment, doing law related work relevant to their level of competence and experience and to enable potential employers to give structured feedback on the student's potential;
  2. to provide students with structured means to apply their knowledge into a new legal environment and discover solutions in practice;
  3. to prepare students to practice professionally in the legal field; and
  4. to develop the student's ability to apply academic knowledge in real life situations.

Assessment (Indicative only, please check the detailed course information)
Continuous Assessment: 100%
 

Grading of Student Achievement:


Students will be assessed on a pass/fail basis.

Percentage of coursework, examination, etc.: 100% coursework plus receipt of a satisfactory reference.

This course will be assessed by coursework. The student will complete a paper, with a maximum word limit of 2500 words, to be submitted to the General Office, SLW. The submission deadline will be notified by the Course Leader in due course. The subject of the paper must be agreed in advance with the student's academic supervisor and workplace supervisor and must relate to a substantive aspect of the legal work undertaken by the student during the placement. Before the coursework can be assessed the Course Leader must receive a satisfactory reference from the student's workplace supervisor. Therefore, in order to pass this course the student must achieve a satisfactory reference from the workplace supervisor and must gain a minimum of 40% for the coursework.

 
Detailed Course Information
LW5612.pdf