This course aims to enable students to discover how Family Law operates in real-life situations. It prepares students to enter the legal profession as a trainee solicitor or a bar pupil undertaking family law work in Hong Kong. Students will apply family law principles, procedures, and practice in the following areas:

- Main suit, including the jurisdiction issue

- Custody

- Children's non-removal and relocation cases

- Child abduction

- Concept of parental responsibility

- Ancillary relief

- Domestic violence

- Enforcement proceedings

- Appeal against interlocutory or final orders

- Alternate dispute resolution, including mediation, collaborative law practice and private financial adjudication

- Drafting skills

The structure of the course will be in the form of 8 large group lectures and 8 small group sessions. Guest lecturers will be invited on relevant topics (see detailed syllabus below). Small groups will provide students with the chance to engage in practical, hands-on activities as described below in the detailed syllabus.