The HKU Rule of Law Education Project (ROLE) was established in April 2012 and was revamped in 2020. The objective of ROLE is to enhance public understanding towards the crux of the rule of law and various basic legal concepts through different educational activities, as well as to give our law students practical teaching and lecture delivery experience. To date, we have organised many face-to-face and virtual seminars and workshop for secondary schools students, non-governmental and other community organisations.

 

ROLE seminars and workshops are designed and conducted by students under the guidance of supervisors within the Faculty of Law of The University of Hong Kong. We create tailor-made learning materials and activities to meet the needs of different target audience. The seminars are free of charge, so are the accompanying teaching materials which we could provide after the event upon request.

 

The details of this year's programme are as follows:

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Date: October 2025 - June 2026

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Duration: 60 - 90 min

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Format: Face-to-Face or Online; Seminar or Workshop

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Language: Cantonese or English

 

Target audience: Form 4 to Form 6 students (please contact us if other forms of students are preferred)

 

Themes and Topics:

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• The Common Law System and its Ideology; The Rule of law in Comparative Context

• The Legislative Process in Hong Kong

• Hong Kong’s Judicial System and the Common Law Tradition

• The Legal Profession in Hong Kong

• Access to justice in Hong Kong: legal aid, duty lawyer services and beyond

• Hong Kong's Jury System

• Hong Kong's Criminal Justice System

• Compliance with the law and the principles of the rule of law

• Protection of Rights in Hong Kong

• Introduction to Tort Law in HK

• Introduction to Contract Law in HK

 

Note: The titles above provide only the main themes; the final contents of the presentation will be determined by the ROLE Project Team. You are also welcome to raise any legal topics that you are interested in.

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If you would like to sign up for a legal seminar or workshop to be delivered at your institute, please fill in the application form and send it back to us via email, fax or by post. We will be in touch with you in due course to discuss the arrangements.

 

In case you have any questions about the events or the ROLE Project, please feel free to contact us at role.admin@hku.hk.