The Law Society of Hong Kong is a professional association for solicitors in Hong Kong vested with statutory powers to regulate the professional conduct of solicitors, trainee solicitors and foreign lawyers. It was incorporated in 1907 as a company limited by guarantee.
The Law Society speaks for the solicitors’ profession in Hong Kong and ensures our voice are accurately and purposefully communicated to relevant parties
The Law Society is dedicated to providing relevant and effective support to our members including professional training and legal practice updates.
The Law Society is committed to facilitating the attainment and maintenance of the highest professional standards by our members in the interest of the community
The Law Society reaches out and maintains a wide local and global network for knowledge exchange, experience sharing and collaboration between our members and different sectors of both the local and international communities.
The Law Society strives to raise general public legal awareness, facilitate public access to legal services and promote a culture of giving back to the community among our members.
The Law Society of Hong Kong has been dedicated in promoting the collaboration of legal communities between the Mainland and Hong Kong, with youth education as one of the priorities. In April 2019, The Law Society and the Peking University Law School signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen collaboration.
Against this background, a 32-hour course, titled “An Introduction to Legal Services and Risk Management for Cross-border Transactions”, was conducted by the Law Society on weekends in Beijing in 2019, and virtually in 2020 and 2021.
To enrich the contents, the 2022 law course comprised 16 two-hour lectures is conducted in English in April and May. New topics for this year included Initial Public Offerings, Fintech, Special Purpose Acquisition Company, and commercial crimes.
The lecturers in April included Council members Ms. Careen Wong, Mr. Justin Yuen, GCLAC members Mr. Daniel Leung, Mr. William Ling, Mr. Patrick Mak, Pro Bono Committee member Mr. Arthur Chan, as well as Ms. Natalie Li and Ms. Amelia Lo.
The Law Society held an online briefing session for volunteer lecturers of the law course in March.
