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Courses to be offered in Semester 1 (2021/22)
Undergraduate:
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If I had to describe LITE Lab in one word, it would be DIVERSITY. The course goes beyond what one might expect from traditional law courses and instead fosters creativity, creates community and helps startups to grow.
LLAW3254 [2020]
If I had to describe LITE Lab in one word, it would be DIVERSITY. The course goes beyond what one might expect from traditional law courses and instead fosters creativity, creates community and helps startups to grow.
LLAW3254 [2020]
LITE Lab encourages innovation and interdisciplinary learning, where I could explore new legal issues and use cutting-edge tech to create legal solutions. If you are also motivated to assist the startup community and promote innovation in the legal sector, LITE Lab is the perfect place to start.
LLAW3254 [2020]
LITE Lab encourages innovation and interdisciplinary learning, where I could explore new legal issues and use cutting-edge tech to create legal solutions. If you are also motivated to assist the startup community and promote innovation in the legal sector, LITE Lab is the perfect place to start.
LLAW3254 [2020]
LITE Lab@HKU provides us with an opportunity that embraces collaboration with entrepreneurs, practical project impact and exposure to latest legal-tech trends. Unique hands-on experience is also rewarding!
LLAW3254 [2020]
LITE Lab@HKU provides us with an opportunity that embraces collaboration with entrepreneurs, practical project impact and exposure to latest legal-tech trends. Unique hands-on experience is also rewarding!
LLAW3254 [2020]
I would particularly recommend this to students interested in cyberlaw, tech start-up law, or even commercial law- as it included practical experience and exposure to the business dimension of startups.
LLAW3254 [2020]
I would particularly recommend this to students interested in cyberlaw, tech start-up law, or even commercial law- as it included practical experience and exposure to the business dimension of startups.
LLAW3254 [2020]
I cannot find any other courses that offer similar, if not the same, content (tech + law) or experience (hands-on experience in using tech tools). The interdisciplinary nature and skillset taught are truly remarkable. I believe for students, especially those who are in a professional degree like law, it is a course getting them out of their comfort zone and exposing them to new challenges and possibilities.
LLAW3254 [2020]
I cannot find any other courses that offer similar, if not the same, content (tech + law) or experience (hands-on experience in using tech tools). The interdisciplinary nature and skillset taught are truly remarkable. I believe for students, especially those who are in a professional degree like law, it is a course getting them out of their comfort zone and exposing them to new challenges and possibilities.
LLAW3254 [2020]
LITE breaks down the components of a startup in a non-intimidating way and gave me the opportunity to actually be part of a de facto startup. I was excited and engaged in these self-evolving projects, and learned that the best startups need the interdisciplinary aspect LITE has – where people with all different expertise come together to innovate.
LLAW3254 [2020]
LITE breaks down the components of a startup in a non-intimidating way and gave me the opportunity to actually be part of a de facto startup. I was excited and engaged in these self-evolving projects, and learned that the best startups need the interdisciplinary aspect LITE has – where people with all different expertise come together to innovate.
LLAW3254 [2020]
LLAW3254 is a great course to help you develop all-rounded abilities, from collaboration skills to technical capabilities and legal thinking.
LLAW3254 [2020]
It is a valuable opportunity for law students to create stuff from scratch and produce our deliverables through adopting design thinking methods and tackling issues faced in LITE Lab.
LLAW3254 [2020]
The experiential learning components of LITE Lab is really beneficial to students’ own studies and their career path.
LLAW3254 [2020]
LITE Lab will be an innovative pioneer in Hong Kong LawTech development and a great supporter of startup founders who need legal support.
LLAW3254 [2020]
Aside from legal knowledge, the course also allowed me to improve my research, communication and project management skills.
LLAW3254 [2020]
Instead of reading cases and writing essays, students have the opportunity to explore different lawtech tools and work in teams to prepare for the LITE Lab website. This course is a perfect choice for students who are interested in law and business and enjoy working with other people!
LLAW3254 [2020]
LITE Lab@HKU offers a great spectrum of not just legal knowledge but legal design thinking, business storytelling and team skills that could not be found in any textbook.
LLAW3254 [2020]
It is an amazing interdisciplinary programme for law students with a view to addressing the frontier issues surrounding the intersection of law and technology. It is an exciting opportunity for anyone interested in how a start-up is conceived, operated and brought to success.
LLAW3254 [2020]
This course helped me apply the legal principles and understand how laws affect a company in particular start-up.
LLAW3254 [2020]
LITE Lab is a fusion of teamwork, business and legal knowledge to bring an actual impact to the startup community. It is a rewarding experience to learn the combination of law and tech!
LLAW3254 [2020]
As a social enterprise owner in the healthcare space, coming from a scientific background with a limited understanding of legal know-how, I’m grateful that LITE Lab exists, giving us access to relevant and practical resources where we can simply ‘plug and play.’
LLAW3254 [2020]
Students enjoy a high degree of autonomy in deciding what they want to do in LITE Lab and learn a lot of practical knowledge outside of textbooks. Most importantly, students’ deliverables in this course are actually useful for stakeholders in society.
LLAW3254 [2020]
It summarizes the perspective in running a start-up, and it gives an intuition of the outlook of lawtech. People who want to do a startup can gain an overview of the field.
LLAW3254 [2020]
LITE Lab@HKU is innovative and ground-breaking for students desiring to start their own businesses. Its entrepreneurial nature is definitely its edge over other courses.
LLAW3254 [2020]
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LLAW 3254 (2020/21) Cohort – digital platform team
Product and Design
Technology
Operations & People
Marketing
Development
| Instructor | Email Address |
|---|---|
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Brian Tang |
bwtang@hku.hk |
Technology entrepreneurs often seek new and innovative ways of introducing products and services, whether through new business models (eg, fintech, online marketplaces, software-as-a-service) and/or new technologies (eg, use of artificial intelligence (AI), distributed ledger technology (DLT)/ blockchain, Internet of things (IoT)). Inevitably, these intersect with the law and regulations, many of which are still evolving and differ across borders.
This survey course introduces students to the entrepreneurial and legal journey of tech startups and social entrepreneurs, broadly covering the myriad of laws applicable to such entrepreneurs, including organization establishment, operations, funding, negotiating partnerships, protection of assets, and consumer protection, as well as to more cutting-edge areas of data privacy and ABCD technologies (AI, blockchain, cloud and data).
This course welcomes both law and non-law students across the university(regardless of their discipline).
Students in this course are engaged in blended learning/ flipped classroom with curated course content that include online webinars and tools to be reviewed prior to class to enable classroom discussions to be more facilitated and interactive.
Students are also introduced to the innovation and technology methodologies of organisations (startup and established), including the business model canvas, design thinking, and agile project management.
Assessment is primarily based on students creating digital artifacts to demonstrate their learnings, using tools to create document automation, infographics, legal animation explainers, flowcharts, blogs and even chatbots as proposed to and approved by the course instructor on one or more of the class subjects covered. Subject to approval of the course instructor, students may elect to work on larger projects as a team. The semester will end with a final student presentation including invited guests from our ecosystem partners.
Selected final projects will have the opportunity to be hosted on the LITE Lab@HKU website to serve as a resource to more broadly benefit the Hong Kong innovation and technology ecosystem.
This is the foundational course of LITE Lab@HKU programme. It is highly recommended but not required for enrolment in LITE Lab@HKU’s experiential and interdisciplinary classes, such as:
- Law, Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship – Tech Startup Law (LLAW3255 Semester 2);
- Law, Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship – Lawtech & Regtech Sandbox (LLAW3272, Semester 1);
- Law, Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship Internship (LLAW3271, Semester 2).
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
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Classroom participation |
5% |
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Peer assessment and review |
10% |
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LITE Lab@HKU website project (team-based) |
20% |
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Final deliverable (individual; team-based upon approval by course instructor) |
60% |
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Final presentation |
5% |
NGOs share how LITE Lab’s students and tech scale their impact at A2J Virtual Showcase 2021
Legal Departments share how LITE Lab students accelerate their innovation journeys at PoC Final Presentation 2021
If you would like to stand out from the crowd in your future legal career, make the first step by taking this course. It opens your eyes to the possibility of legal technology and enables you to creatively apply legal technology to work in real projects with big corporations.
LLAW3272 [2021]
With a supportive community and resourceful instructor, you will find yourself in an almost ‘incubator environment to pursue the lawtech project of your interest. You will connect with partners across the globe and lead the advancement of lawtech in Hong Kong. Do not hesitate and embark on this journey!
LLAW3272 [2021]
A one-of-its-kind practical learning experience that you should never miss. It will be the most exciting time in your university life, and potentially bringing you a change in your career planning direction. Meeting new partners, working for new corporations – all that you can and cannot think of, all in one course.
LLAW3272 [2021]
Through working side by side with multinational corporations to co-design proof-of-concept projects, it is a one-of-a-kind experience that one should not miss.
LLAW3272 [2021]
This course provides boundless rooms for students to implement their lawtech ideas and create value for our community. The ‘sandbox’ setting with multiple law-tech tools and no-code platforms offered to students is the highlight that differentiates it from other courses.
LLAW3272 [2021]
Do take this opportunity to brush up your communication and collaboration skills, and learn about the recent developments in the legal industry. You will not regret it as this is one of the most practical courses you can take in HKU.
LLAW3272 [2021]
Get ready to embrace the future of LawTech! If you are trying to explore the different possibilities of LawTech, you would not want to miss any course offered by LITE Lab!
LLAW3272 [2021]
LITE Lab lawtech and regtech sandbox really is an eye-opening experience for me since the delivery of the content contrasts starkly with other conventional law courses. The Instructor is exceptionally liberal and allows us maximum freedom in project design or progress management.
LLAW3272 [2021]
It is a really rewarding class in that your project could have a real impact on NGOs and businesses.
LLAW3272 [2021]
Lawtech and Regtech Sandbox is an unconventional law course which connects students with the future of the legal field – innovation and technology.
LLAW3272 [2021]
This course is especially suitable for one with an entrepreneurial spirit and open mind. Distinguishing from traditional law electives, the course focus on actual practice and innovation, which encourages one to test their vision and concept in life.
LLAW3272 [2021]
I would recommend this class because it is a unique opportunity for students to develop and create something that would make life easier.
LLAW3272 [2021]
I think the course helps students broaden their horizons in terms of the application of technology to legal and societal problems and provides them with ample opportunities to explore this cross-over through the project and the IronTech Invitational.
LLAW3272 [2021]
| Instructor | Email Address |
|---|---|
|
Brian Tang |
bwtang@hku.hk |
The provision of legal, regulatory compliance and justice services, like many other industries, is being transformed by innovation and technology. Private practitioners, legal and compliance departments and non-governmental organisations fostering access to justice (A2J) alike are on this challenging journey, with the advent of new business models and competitors (such as alternative legal service providers, lawtech firms and online dispute resolution), as well as new technologies, such as automation, artificial intelligence and distributed ledger technology/ blockchain.
This experiential and interdisciplinary course seeks to prepare students to better understand and engage in the future of the legal profession and inclusive delivery of legal services by enabling them to co-design and co-create proof-of-concept (PoC) lawtech or regtech tools with real-world project partners.
This course welcomes students across the university (regardless of their discipline) who are keen to be part of the transformation of the legal profession and delivery of legal regulatory compliance and justice services in Hong Kong.
Students are also introduced to the innovation and technology methodologies of organisations (startup and established), including the business model canvas, design thinking, and agile project management.
Students may elect to co-design and co-create a PoC lawtech or regtech tool with one of the following categories of under-resourced project partners:
- A non-governmental organization (NGO) on innovative A2J tech solutions
- A private sector legal organization, such as a legal and compliance department, initially on automation lawtech PoCs to solve real-world painpoints
Students who elect to work on A2J tech with an NGO will have the opportunity to represent HKU Law Faculty in international competitions such as Georgetown Law’s Iron Tech Lawyer Invitational, HSBC – Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups AI Future Tense and HKU Innovation Academy’s Engineering InnoShow.
Projects are expected to be team-based, as they would in a real-world lawtech or regtech startup, legal department or law firm.
Selected final projects will have the opportunity to be hosted on the LITE Lab website to serve as a resource to more broadly benefit the Hong Kong innovation and technology ecosystem.
LITE Lab@HKU outreaches to Hong Kong’s NGO and inhouse legal community as project partners. Students will have the opportunity to visit and work at the offices of the project partners, as may be mutually agreed.
LITE Lab@HKU’s Lawtech & Regtech Sandbox has been recognized as the only university initiative nominated for the Financial Times Innovative Lawyer’s Collaborative Innovation Award 2021.
It is highly recommended but not required that students also enrol in LITE Lab@HKU’s foundational course LLAW3254.
| In 2021/22, all experiential courses from the Faculty of Law will be offered only on a pass/fail basis. |
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| Drop option is only available with the instructor’s consent. |
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Postgraduate:
Founders share how LITE Lab students assist their tech startups and social enterprises
LITE Lab has given me the opportunity to work with local startups and to help them achieve their goals. Getting the chance to having so much responsibility while still being a student made me feel empowered and was a great learning experience.
LLAW6302 [2020]
This is a unique experiential course where students have much larger autonomy to decide their research process and deliverables in this course. It is also a test for students to solve real-life problems and challenges when dealt with startups.
Students have a great chance to see how the real business world is and learn to get along with their partners and communicate with stakeholders within the project here with the LITE Lab courses.
LLAW6302 [2020]
This is a different, dynamic experience compared to other lecture-based classes. It is good to interact with different people, build confidence, learn from other people, and express your opinions in an ongoing period, not just once on an exam paper. It is good for networking, having real-life business experience, and learning from valuable instructors. I recommend this to any student who wants to put their ideas and skills into practice.
LLAW6302 [2020]
I had the privilege of having 2 brilliant instructors for this course with a lot of experience but different backgrounds. The course materials are abundant and very updated as per the current technology, markets, and startup ecosystem. It also includes legal elements which are very suitable for law and business students who are interested in technology and startups.
LLAW6302 [2020]
If people want to know more about tech startups and gain pre-work experience, this course is also highly recommended.
LLAW6302 [2020]
This is a class like no other, especially as part of a Law School program. The opportunity to work with a real startup and make an impact on their project is not to be missed.
LLAW6302 [2020]
The course demonstrates the vast amount of opportunities and I think students should participate in this course to understand the benefits and obstacles that a start-up could face, as they could well be the next start-up themselves.
LLAW6302 [2020]
The course offers a unique opportunity to both familiarize yourself with a specific are an area of law, and to also experience some of the more practical sides of working with real-life companies.
LLAW6302 [2020]
LITE Lab is a life-changing experience and the things I learnt and the entire experience as a whole is not something that everyone gets a chance at during Uni Life or a normal Masters Degree, and it is absolutely invaluable.
LLAW6302 [2020]
This course is one of the most practical courses in my LLM programme. And I learned a lot of practical skills in this class, which encourages me to explore and the question raised by clients and use my legal method and mindset to help others to solve their real problems.
LLAW6302 [2020]
In this course, we can talk to project partners who are real startup owners and discuss with other students our projects. The projects do not only allow us to learn but also actually benefited the startup ecosystem and the community.
LLAW6302 [2020]
The choice of project partners was also very diverse and allowed students to be matched with projects that were complementary to their interests. The course teachers are inspirational and energetic. They enable the students to push their boundaries!
LITE Lab has offered me a unique experience which can hardly be provided by other courses. Recommended for those who want to have in-depth interaction with and make an impact in startups.
LLAW6302 [2020]
The course has broadened my horizons giving me a glimpse into the startup community in Hong Kong. LITE Lab series is definitely a choice for students who would like to create their own startups or students who would like to work with startups.
LLAW6302 [2020]
| Instructor | Email Address |
|---|---|
|
Brian Tang |
bwtang@hku.hk |
Technology entrepreneurs often seek new and innovative ways of introducing products and services through new business models and/or new technologies. Inevitably, these intersect with the law and regulations, many of which are still evolving and differ across borders.
This experiential and interdisciplinary course enables students to co-design and create legal research and legal document primers in conjunction with tech startups and social entrepreneurs as real-world project partners. LITE Lab works with our ecosystem partners to outreach to Hong Kong’s startups to be our project partners. Students will have the opportunity to visit and work at the offices of the tech startups and social entrepreneurs, as may be mutually agreed.
During class, students are also introduced to the innovation and technology methodologies of organisations (startup and established), including the business model canvas, design thinking, and agile project management.
Examples of past student legal research projects cover areas such as data privacy, legal protection of artificial intelligence, web scraping, virtual assets, environment, social and governance (ESG) issues, cybersecurity and online platform and cross-border liabilities.
Subject to the approval of the course instructor and the relevant project partner, students may elect to work on larger projects as a team, as they would in a real-world tech startup or social enterprise.
Selected final projects will have the opportunity to be hosted on the LITE Lab website to serve as a resource to more broadly benefit the Hong Kong innovation and technology ecosystem.
This student legal research course is not a clinical course supervised by a licensed legal practitioner, and accordingly, students cannot and do not give any legal advice.
| In 2021/22, all experiential courses from the Faculty of Law will be offered only on a pass/fail basis. |
|---|
| Drop option is only available with the instructor’s consent. |
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Courses to be offered in Semester 2 (2021/22)
Undergraduate:
LLAW 3255 2019/2020 cohort
LLAW 3255 2020/2021 cohort
Founders share how LITE Lab students assist their tech startups and social enterprises
This is a very unique course in terms of what students can learn and gain practical, as the project owners are very flexible about deliverables and based on what you want to learn most. The amount of ownership and also challenges to put what you’ve learnt in other more academic and theoretical law courses to use is a great experience overall.
LITE lab was a great opportunity for me to gain exposure to rapidly evolving areas of law such as data privacy laws and Blockchain laws. Furthermore, students can derive a great sense of satisfaction from this course, since final deliverables from the course would contribute materially to a startup, as opposed to being mere academic works.
LITE Lab@HKU is a very unique learning experience, which is hands-on, practical, and akin to learning through an internship. Students can also develop communication, project and management skills.
Carrying out a real project with an active startup was the best part of the LITE Lab@HKU experience. I think it is meaningful that I got to experience the whole journey of a project, instead of getting involved partly in the process.
LITE Lab@HKU is a great experiential course. You learn a lot of things such as real project management with actual startup owners, and you don’t normally have those chances in ‘textbook courses’.
This is a very unique course in terms of what students can learn and gain practical, as the project owners are very flexible about deliverables and based on what you want to learn most. The amount of ownership and also challenges to put what you’ve learnt in other more academic and theoretical law courses to use is a great experience overall.
If you’re looking for a chance to practice legal skills in a real-world environment and have the freedom to dictate the kind of project you want to work on, this is a fantastic course.
LITE Lab@HKU gave me a taste of legal practice (especially with startups and entrepreneurs with a tech focus), the satisfaction of assisting a client and also learning practical skills that will contribute towards my future practice.
| Instructor | Email Address |
|---|---|
|
Brian Tang |
bwtang@hku.hk |
Technology entrepreneurs often seek new and innovative ways of introducing products and services through new business models and/or new technologies. Inevitably, these intersect with the law and regulations, many of which are still evolving and differ across borders.
This experiential and interdisciplinary course enables students to co-design and create legal research and legal document primers in conjunction with tech startups and social entrepreneurs as real-world project partners. LITE Lab outreaches to Hong Kong’s startups to be our project partners. Students will have the opportunity to visit and work at the offices of the tech startups and social entrepreneurs, as may be mutually agreed.
During class, students are also introduced to the innovation and technology methodologies of organisations (startup and established), including the business model canvas, design thinking, and agile project management.
Examples of past student legal research projects cover areas such as data privacy, legal protection of artificial intelligence, webscraping, virtual assets, environment, social and governance (ESG) issues, cybersecurity and online platform and cross-border liabilities.
Subject to approval of the course instructor and the relevant project partner, students may elect to work on larger projects as a team, as they would in a real-world tech startup or social enterprise.
Selected final projects will have the opportunity to be hosted on the LITE Lab website to serve as a resource to more broadly benefit the Hong Kong innovation and technology ecosystem.
It is highly recommended but not required that students also enrol in LITE Lab@HKU’s foundational course LLAW3254.
This student legal research course is not a clinical course supervised by a licensed legal practitioner, and accordingly students cannot and do not give any legal advice.
| In 2021/22, all experiential courses from the Faculty of Law will be offered only on a pass/fail basis. |
|---|
| Drop option is only available with the instructor’s consent. |
|---|
LLAW3271 2020/21 cohort
I think that the internship has been a fruitful experience, from which I met lots of different key players from the industry and gained valuable insights from their perspective regarding Intellectual property right protection.
LLAW3271 [2021]
I think that the internship has been a fruitful experience, from which I met lots of different key players from the industry and gained valuable insights from their perspective regarding Intellectual property right protection.
LLAW3271 [2021]
LITE Lab lets you explore areas that you, as a law student, have only a partial knowledge in. It could be consulting, education, policy-making, IT, or virtually anything.
LLAW3271 [2021]
LITE Lab lets you explore areas that you, as a law student, have only a partial knowledge in. It could be consulting, education, policy-making, IT, or virtually anything.
LLAW3271 [2021]
LITE invited everyone to the table and encouraged us to learn from each other. Through LITE, I’ve worked with a startup for the first time and overcame my fear of sleek “startup founders” (who seemed like they had it all together). I enjoyed listening to their vision for the startup firsthand, tracing their career and personal life journeys, and feeling like part of their family. LITE is also unique as an academic course; the assignments give me the freedom to be creative, adventurous and even silly.
LLAW3271 [2021]
LITE invited everyone to the table and encouraged us to learn from each other. Through LITE, I’ve worked with a startup for the first time and overcame my fear of sleek “startup founders” (who seemed like they had it all together). I enjoyed listening to their vision for the startup firsthand, tracing their career and personal life journeys, and feeling like part of their family. LITE is also unique as an academic course; the assignments give me the freedom to be creative, adventurous and even silly.
LLAW3271 [2021]
LITE Lab is like no other class I had before, and I can see the potential of its growth. I would be my honour to be part of it and being attached only makes me the beneficiary. After completing this internship, I understand that there is a long way to go from being tech-literate to tech-savvy so this is a journey that does not end!
LLAW3271 [2021]
LITE Lab is like no other class I had before, and I can see the potential of its growth. I would be my honour to be part of it and being attached only makes me the beneficiary. After completing this internship, I understand that there is a long way to go from being tech-literate to tech-savvy so this is a journey that does not end!
LLAW3271 [2021]
| Instructor | Email Address |
|---|---|
|
Stephanie Biedermann |
sbied@hku.hk |
Technology entrepreneurs often seek new and innovative ways of introducing products and services through new business models and/or new technologies. Inevitably, these intersect with the law and regulations, many of which are still evolving and differ across borders.
This internship course gives students the first-hand learning opportunity to spend the equivalent of 1 day a week interning with an organization involved in the area of innovation and technology. LITE Lab outreaches to Hong Kong’s innovation and technology ecosystem to be our host companies. In light of the ongoing pandemic, students and our host companies will mutually agree the extent to which the relevant student internships will be in person or remote.
During class, students will be introduced to practical communication and writing skills as well as the innovation and technology methodologies of organisations (startup and established), such as the business model canvas, design thinking, and agile project management.
Examples of past student internship tasks include drafting white papers, organizing legaltech and regtech pitch competitions, and creating online training materials.
It is highly recommended but not required that students also enrol in LITE Lab@HKU’s foundational course LLAW3254.
This student internship course is not a clinical course supervised by a licensed legal practitioner, and accordingly students cannot and do not give any legal advice.
Please note that relevant Hong Kong employment and immigration ordinances will need be complied with, and certain prior university approvals will be need to be obtained for student enrolment of this course, especially by overseas students.
| In 2021/22, all experiential courses from the Faculty of Law will be offered only on a pass/fail basis. |
|---|
| Drop option is only available with the instructor’s consent. |
|---|
Postgraduate:
LLAW6301 2020/21 cohort
This internship sits squarely in my internship portfolio. It fills the gap perfectly in giving me a touch of what the funds practice looks and feels like. It might be in some way more cutting-edge than the funds practice in law firms given that some of the funds are crypto-related. It has piqued my interest in the funds practice and given me an edge in choosing an area of qualification that matches my skillset and interests. It also shows me that working at law firms or as an in-house legal counsel are not the only ways out for a law student.
LLAW6301 [2020]
This program provides a valuable opportunity for students to bridge the gap between the academic world and the “real world”, by completing the given challenges in our internship experience. I have gone through a process of self-exploration and change, where I recognized my competence and also the areas I have to improve on.
LLAW6301 [2020]
Through the LITE Program, I gained valuable insight into the start-up community in Hong Kong and a greater understanding of a start-up’s activities and daily operations. Overall, it was a great learning experience, which allowed me to confront my legal knowledge with the needs of a start-up.
LLAW6301 [2020]
Not only have I gained some practical experience, but I also had the opportunity to participate in the establishment and operation of startups, and work with people from different backgrounds. As a law student, I begin to try to consider the problem from a business perspective which I have never done before.
LLAW6301 [2020]
| Instructor | Email Address |
|---|---|
|
Stephanie Biedermann |
sbied@hku.hk |
Technology entrepreneurs often seek new and innovative ways of introducing products and services through new business models and/or new technologies . Inevitably, these intersect with the law and regulations, many of which are still evolving and differ across borders.
This internship course gives students the first-hand learning opportunity to spend the equivalent of 1 day a week interning with an organization involved in the area of innovation and technology (which could be a tech startup, social enterprise, non-profit trade association, governmental organization, or even law firm). LITE Lab works with our ecosystem partners to outreach to Hong Kong’s innovation and technology ecosystem to be our host companies. In light of the ongoing pandemic, students and our host companies will mutually agree the extent to which the relevant student internships will be in person or remote.
During class, students will be introduced to practical communication and writing skills as well as the innovation and technology methodologies of organisations (startup and established), such as the business model canvas, design thinking, and agile project management.
Examples of past student internship tasks include drafting white papers, organizing legaltech and regtech pitch competitions, and creating online training materials.
This student internship course is not a clinical course supervised by a licensed legal practitioner, and accordingly, students cannot and do not give any legal advice.
Please note that relevant Hong Kong employment and immigration ordinances will need to be complied with, and certain prior university approvals will need to be obtained for student enrolment of this course, especially by overseas students.
| In 2021/22, all experiential courses from the Faculty of Law will be offered only on a pass/fail basis. |
|---|
| Drop option is only available with the instructor’s consent. |
|---|