The main objectives are:

• to provide students with a learning opportunity in a real case setting to nurture lawyering skills and professional ethics;
• to provide students with an opportunity to work closely and build connections with practitioners, to learn and obtain instant feedback from them;
• to provide service for unmet legal needs in the community; and
• to nurture a pro bono ethos and long-term commitment to public service.

Continuous Assessment: 100%

1. Client Interview: Students shall demonstrate the ability to communicate with client using appropriate language and style competently and professionally, pay attention to detail and obtain salient facts from client, spot further information required from client, confirm next steps, write proper and detail attendance note.

2. Case Summary: Students shall demonstrate the ability to set out the material facts and issues of the case, pay attention to detail and spot inconsistencies or obscure information.

3. Research: Students shall demonstrate the ability to search for, locate, extract, organise, evaluate and use or present information that is relevant to a particular legal issue.

4. Summary of Advice: Students shall demonstrate the ability to summarise the advice given to the clients by the volunteer lawyers in precise, plain and comprehensible English and a logical structure, which should include a clear opinion, the chance of success and the call to action provided, if applicable.

5. Self-Reflection: Students shall demonstrate the ability to reflect on the academic growth and the impact of the legal clinic, projects or assignments by describing the overall experience, current strengths and weaknesses, and sharing future plans of participation in pro bono work, if any. Students shall also share their views on the challenges that different classes/groups encounter in accessing social justice and whether existing laws and institutions meet the aims of the justice system and propose solutions, if any.

6. Overall Profession Attitude: Demonstrate perseverance, ethics, competence, professionalism and responsibility for clients and the work assigned.

7. The use of Generative AI tools is not prohibited in day-to-day research.