Prof. Richard Wu

Richard has secured a record number of six General Research Fund (‘GRF’) grants and one Public Policy Research  (‘PPR’) grant from Hong Kong Research Grant Council (‘RGC’) for my department and established myself as a global law scholar focusing on comparative, empirical and interdisciplinary legal research.

Research Leadership

In the past decade, Richard has developed research leadership in the fields of comparative legal education and legal professionalism, focusing on Greater China and Asian countries. He has obtained five consecutive GRF grants to develop a global, comparative and empirical study of ethical values of future lawyers in fourteen countries/jurisdictions: Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, India, Philippines, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Russia and South Africa. This comparative study of the ethics of future lawyers has enabled him to compare data collected in different countries and to generate research outputs in the form of articles in top journals.

Research Grant Record

In the past 15 years, Richard has obtained both external research grants, particularly GRF and PPR grants, and internal research grants, such as HKU Teaching Development and Knowledge Exchange grants. In particular, he obtained six (6) GRF grants and one PPR grant from RGC, which generated a total amount of HK$4,557,780. In addition, he obtained three (3) Teaching Development Grants and three (3) Knowledge Exchange Impact Grants. Both his external and internal grants have broken the grant record in his department.

Research Output

In 2020, Richard published an article on legal professionalism and ethical challenge for legal education in Greater China in “China Quarterly”, the top-tiered journal for interdisciplinary China studies with two other local scholars. Currently, with Professor Adrian Evans, Emeritus Professor of Monash University Faculty of Law, and Professor Xu Shenjian, Dean of the Juris. Master Programme at the Chinese University of Political Science and Law, he is completing a book manuscript titled “The Good Chinese Lawyer”. It will be published by Cambridge University Press.

Apart from legal ethics, legal education and the legal profession, Richard has also generated research output on Chinese banking regulation, comparative land title registrations and comparative communications regulation. Currently, he is working on a book manuscript titled “Legal Gradualism for Reforming Chinese State Owned Banks: From State Cashiers to “Belt and Road” Financiers” which will be published by Routledge. In 2009, he also received a GRF grant to study the global development of land title registration systems and published journal articles based on my findings. On communication law and policy, Richard received a PPR grant to study the global development of unified communication in 2008. He has also published a book chapter on local communications regulation in 2021.

International Research Collaboration 

In the past four years, Richard’s research output has increased substantially as a result of collaboration with international legal scholars. For example, he compared legal education in Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia focusing on students training in practice skills and pathways to admission in an article published in “Journal of Legal Education” with Associate Professor Andrew Godwin (University of Melbourne, Australia). With Professor JaeWon Kim (Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea), he co-authored an article on how ‘Americanized’ legal education has impacted the Confucian ethics of future lawyers in South Korea and the article was accepted for publication by University of Pennsylvania Asian Law Review.

Research Impact 

Richard’s research on the values of future lawyers has contributed to the rapid development of legal ethics education in Greater China – Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan. In 2018, he designed two legal ethics courses, namely, “Ethical Lawyering for Public Interest” for HKU Faculty of Law, and “Engaging with Professionalism and Legal Ethics in Globalized Legal Practice Through Experiential Learning” for the School of Transnational Law, Peking University, China. In 2020, he designed a third legal ethics course titled “Innovation, Creativity and Ethics in Globalized Legal Practice” at HKU Faculty of Law and National Chiao Tung University School of Law, Taiwan.

In addition, Richard has created impact on local community through three university knowledge exchange impact grants to promote common law concepts and values through experiential learning workshops with local school teachers and parents. The projects provided an opportunity for Richard to bring together academics in disciplines such as law, education, psychology and journalism and to integrate interdisciplinary research and teaching with service to local communities.

PhD Thesis Supervision

Over the years, Richard has provided quality supervision to PhD students in writing up and submitting their theses in time. His past PhD students include the former the Director of the Telecommunications Authority of Hong Kong. Currently, he has two PhD students from Hong Kong and Kazakhstan respectively.

Throughout the years, Richard have delivered continuing professional development (“CPD”) to Hong Kong lawyers qualified both locally and internationally. In 1998, he gave a seminar to members of the Hong Kong Bar Association on the law relating to title requisitions.

In 2019, Richard was invited to teach an Overseas Lawyer Qualifying Examinations (‘OLQE Examinations’) Preparatory Course for lawyers who were qualified in countries such as Australia, China, India and United Kingdom. The course helped participants pass the OLQE and become qualified local lawyers. In 2020, he was invited by an international law firm to give a webinar on the law and practice on building management in Hong Kong.

Richard has also impacted on legal literacy of local school teachers and parents by three university knowledge exchange impact grant projects respectively titled ‘Engaging Local School Teachers with Common Law Concepts and Values Through Experiential Learning (2017)’, ‘Engaging Local School Stakeholders with Common Law Concepts and Values Through Experiential Learning (2019)’ and ‘Empowering Local School Teachers’ Capabilities in Responding to Covid-19-Related Legal Issues Through Experiential Learning (2020)’.

Outside Hong Kong, Richard has created impact on legal professionalism development in China and Taiwan, particularly the Greater Bay Area. He has engaged with civil law students China and Taiwan about legal professionalism in common law tradition and has promoted awareness of legal professionalism and advanced legal ethics education in the two Chinese societies.

Richard has also actively participated in the PCLL Academic Board, established by the government and including members of the judiciary, the two branches of the legal profession, the Department of Justice and the general public since its establishment in 2002. As a founding member of the board, he has contributed to the PCLL reforms on ongoing basis in the past two decades. He was also instrumental in establishing the PCLL Conversion Examination Authority (‘PCEA’) in 2009 and has remained as a member since then. In the past 12 years, he has represented the HKU Law Faculty in PCEA, a body responsible for implementing conversion examination for overseas law students wishing to come to study the PCLL in Hong Kong.

Richard has secured three HKU Knowledge Exchange Impact Grants between 2017 and 2020 to organizes three series of public legal education workshops to teach local school teachers and parents common law concepts, such as discrimination through experiential learning. 249 teachers participated in the first series of public legal education workshops and our surveys revealed that the workshops had significantly enhanced all participating teachers’ legal knowledge. In May 2021, an online webinar was held on legal issues arising from Covid-19, and 600 local school teachers enrolled for the webinar.

Service to International Professional Organizations

At the level of international professional organization, Richard serves on the Advisory Board of the leading international journal of Legal Ethics (‘the board’) and is the only member from Hong Kong and China. He was also one of the founding members of the East Asian Law and Society Collaborative Research Network (‘CRN’), and helped in establishing the current Asian Law and Society Association. He also helped in organizing the Inaugural East Asian Law and Society Conference at HKU in 2010. His roles in these international professional organizations involve liaising with other members of the board and CRN, and necessitating good interpersonal skills and clear, timely and effective communication. In addition, he has also provided peer review services for a number of leading interdisciplinary journals like Regulatory Governance because of his interdisciplinary research profile.

Service to Local Professional Organizations

At the level of local professional organizations, Richard served the Hong Kong Bar Association in 1998 by giving a seminar to its members on the law relating to title requisitions together with Mr. Edward Chan, QC, the then Bar Chairman. He also helped in establishing the PCLL Conversion Examination Authority (‘PCEA’) in 2009, and has remained as a member since then. In the past 12 years, he represented HKU Law Faculty in PCEA, which is a body consisting of representatives from the Judiciary, the Hong Kong Law Society, the Hong Kong Bar Association, and the three local schools. The PCEA is responsible for implementing conversion examination for overseas law students wishing to come to Hong Kong to study PCLL. In 2019, he was also invited to teach an Overseas Lawyer Qualifying Examinations Preparatory Course for lawyers from other countries like Australia, China, India and United Kingdom to help them in preparing for the conveyancing examination paper. In 2020, he was invited by an international law firm to give a webinar on the law and practice on building management in Hong Kong.

Service to the University (including mentoring of junior staff)

At the university level, Richard served as the Associate Dean of HKU Faculty of Law between 2002 and 2005. During his associate deanship, he launched a Law Mentorship Programme in 2002 and invited law alumni to serve as life and career mentors for current law students. The programme was so successful that his university introduced a university-wide mentorship programme one year later. He also worked as Admission Tutor of the PCLL programme between 2006 and 2010, and regularly conducted interviews with prospective local and overseas students during those four years.

Richard has also been actively involved with the PCLL reform in the past two decades, and has been a founding member of the PCLL Academic Board since its establishment in early 2000s. In 2005, he was instrumental in launching a part-time Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (‘PCLL’) programme at HKU. He as its founding director has played a leading role in expanding the programme in the past 16 years to enable more working-class people who cannot afford full-time study at PCLL for personal and family reasons to get qualified as local lawyers through completing this only part-time PCLL programme in Hogn Kong. The programme has grown to become of the most popular and successful part-time programme at HKU through his leadership and about 800 students have completed the programme.

Richard also serve on a number of faculty committees, including the faculty research committee. He also takes a leadership role in mentoring junior colleagues, and strives to foster a collaborative and collegiate atmosphere in his department and faculty. In the past few years, he collaborated with four colleagues in his department and faculty to secure three teaching development grants and three research integrity grants from his university. Moreover, he designed and taught three undergraduate courses with two colleagues in both HKU Faculty of Law and Faculty of Social Science respectively. The success of these teaching and research collaborations demonstrated his efforts and contributions in mentoring junior colleagues and faculty members.

In addition, Richard actively participates in university knowledge exchange projects to serve the local communities. Between 2017 and 2020, he secured three university knowledge exchange grants to promote common law concepts and values through experiential learning workshops among local schools in the school setting. These knowledge exchange projects provide excellent opportunity for him to bring together academics in different local universities across diverse disciplines like law, education, psychology and journalism to serve the local communities through experiential learning workshops. These projects necessitate working closely between the university and local school stakeholders like teachers and parents and have presented an excellent opportunity to him to work with a diverse team of academics and integrate interdisciplinary research and teaching with service to local communities.

CURRICULUM VITAE

RICHARD WU, WAI SANG

LLB Bsc MBA LLM LLB LLM LLM PhD

Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

     +852 94608441 (mobile)

 

ACADEMIC EDUCATION

(2006) PhD, University of London

(2002) LLM (IT and Telecommunications Law), Strathclyde University

(2000) LLM, Peking University

(1997) LLB, Peking University

(1995) LLM, University of London

(1993) MBA, The University of Warwick

(1988) BSc (Econ), University of London

(1985) PCLL, The University of Hong Kong

(1984) LLB, The University of Hong Kong

 

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong SAR

Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales

Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory

Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Republic of Singapore

Barrister of the High Court of Australia

 

EMPLOYMENT

(2009 – Present), Associate Professor (tenured), Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong

(2001 – 2009), Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong

(2002 – 2005), Associate Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong

(1998 – 2001), Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong

(1994-1998), Partner, Johnson Stokes & Master, Solicitors and Notaries, Hong Kong

 

(NB. Johnson, Stokes and Master (now renamed as Mayer Brown) used to be the oldest and largest local law firm in Hong Kong between 1890s and 1990s).

 

ADJUNCT AND VISITING POSITIONS

(2020- Present) School of Law, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, Adjunct Professor

(2020- Present) School of Law, University of Phayao, Phayao, Thailand, Adjunct Professor

(2015 – Present) School of Transnational Law, Peking University, China, Adjunct Professor

(2009-2010) Tsinghua University School of Law, China, Visiting Professor

(2017) T C Beirne School of Law, Queensland University, Australia, Visiting Scholar

(2016) Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Israel, Visiting Professor

(2014) University College London Faculty of Law, UK, Visiting Academic

(2013) Melbourne Law School, Australia, Visiting Scholar

(2012) Jiaotung University School of Law, China, Visiting Scholar

(2007) Peking University School of Law, China, Visiting Scholar

 

PUBLICATIONS

Monograph

Evans, A; Wu, R & Xu, S.J (2022)., “The Good Chinese Lawyer” (Singapore: Cambridge University Press)(forthcoming)

Wu, R (2022), “Commercialization, Globalization and Deglobalization: Legal and Policy Evolution for  Chinese State Owned Banks from Pre-WTO Period to Post Covid-19 Era” (Singapore: Routledge) (forthcoming)

 

Journal Articles

Wu, R. & Kim, J.W. (2021), An Empirical Study of Values of Law Students in South Korea:         

            Does ‘Americanized’ Legal Education Impact Their Confucian Ethics?, UPenn

Asian Law Review (forthcoming)

Wu, R., Lo, C., & Liu, N. (2020). Legal Professionalism and the Ethical Challenge for Legal

Education: Insights from a Comparative Study of Future Lawyers in Greater China.

              The China Quarterly, 244, 1118-1139. doi:10.1017/S0305741020001095

Wu, R. & Zul Kepli, MYB (2017) An Empirical Study on the Ethics and Motivating Values of

Law Students in Malaysia, International Journal of Business, 10-20.

http://hdl.handle.net/10722/277783

Wu, R. (2017) An Empirical Study of Hong Kong Law Students’ Ethical Values: Does

Common Law Education Enhance Their Professionalism?, Legal Ethics, 1-26.

https://doi-org.eproxy.lib.hku.hk/10.1080/1460728x.2017.1295509

Godwin A. and Wu, R. (2017) Legal Education, Practice Skills, and Pathways to Admission:

A Comparative Analysis of Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia, Journal of

Legal Education, 66:2, 212-236

Wu, R. (2016) A Comparative Study and Empirical Study of Ethical Values of Law Students

in Beijing, Taipei and Hong Kong: Implications for Legal Education and Law Schools

in Mainland China, The Journal of Comparative Law, 11:2, 258-282

Wu, R. (2015) Open Access to Case Information: Recent Measure to Strengthen Procurators’

Ethics in China, Legal Ethics, 17(3), 454.

Wu, R. & Chan, KW. (2012) Regulatory regimes for lawyers ethics in Japan and China: a

comparative study, Tsinghua China Law Review, 5(1), 49-69.

Wu, R & Zul Kepli, MYB. (2011) Implementation of Land Title Registration System in Malaysia:

Lessons for Hong Kong, Malayan Law Journal, 1, lxvi-lxxvii.

Wu, R. & Dilena, M. (2011) Promoting feedback through second chance assessment: The

Hong Kong experience, The Law Teacher, 45(2), 181-193.

Wu, R. (2011) Strengthening Judicial Ethics in China—The New Principles and Regulation

Legal Ethics, 14(1), 135-137.

Wu, R & Leung, G. (2010) The Law and Policy for Implementing a Unified Communications

Regulator in the United Kingdom and Lessons for Hong Kong. Hong Kong Law

Journal, 40(1), 111-128.

Wu, R., & Zul Kepli, MYB. (2010) Malaysian communications and multimedia commission: a

model of unified communications regulator for Hong Kong, Malayan Law Journal, 2, 78-109.

Wu, R. (2010) Two Recent Developments in Judicial and Lawyers’ Ethics, Legal Ethics, 13(1),

101-103. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5235/146072810791655260

Wu, R. (2009) The changing regime for regulating loans of state owned banks in China:

towards a system of prudential banking, UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal, 26(2), 107-141.

Wu, R. & Leung, G. (2009) Competition regulation in the Hong Kong telecommunications sector-

Challenges and reforms, Telecommunications Policy, 32(9-10), 652-661.

Chow, W., Wu R., & Chan, F. (2006) Developing active learning of skills in professional legal education

in Hong Kong: from theory to ethnography, Asian Journal of Comparative Law,1(1), 1-19.

Wu, R. (2001) Law and Policy for Resolving Domain Name Disputes in Hong Kong: Present and Future,

Hong Kong Law Journal, 31(1), 68-89.

Wu, R & Leung, G. (2000). Media Policy and Regulation in the Age of Convergence-The Hong Kong

Experience. Hong Kong Law Journal, 30, 454.

 

Book Chapter

Leung, G. & Wu, R. (2021, forthcoming) One Servant Cannot Serve Two Masters: A Struggle for Divided

Loyalties of Media Regulation in Hong Kong, In: Handbook of Communication Rights,

              Law, and Ethics, 228-240.

 

CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PRESENTATION

Wu, R & Leung, G. (2020), One Servant Cannot Serve Two Masters: A Struggle for Divided

Loyalties of Communication Regulation in Hong Kong, 24th Annual

Conference of Law and Technology, Taiwan, 3 December

Wu, R. (2020), Developing a Global Ethics Course for Greater China”, International Legal

Ethics Conference of Juris Master Education, Beijing, October 10-11

Wu, R. & To, J. (2019), Promoting Interdisciplinary Study of Law by Future Social Workers

Through Pedagogical Innovations and Experiential Learning: A Legal Education

Experiment in Hong Kong, Asian Law and Society Association Annual Conference,

December 12-15

Wu, R. & Lau, V. (2019) Engaging School Parents with Common Law Concepts and Values

through Experiential Learning – a Hong Kong Public Legal Education Project, Asian

            Law and Society Association Annual Conference, December 12-15

Wu, R. (2019) Reforming and Regulating Legal Education and Admission to Practice in the

Greater China Region in an Age of Globalisation: A Comparative Study of China,

Hong Kong and Taiwan, International Conference on Global Regulatory Governance,

Hong Kong, 4 to 6 July.

Wu, R (2019), Needs, Satisfaction, Motivation and Well-Being of Future Lawyers in Hong

Kong and Implications for Legal Professionalism Development for Chinese

Societies, Tsinghua-Toronto-HKU Law School Annual Forum, Beijing, China,

May 31-June 1

Wu, R.& Lau V (2018) Engaging School Teachers with Common Law Concepts and Values

through Experiential Learning – the Hong Kong Experience, Asian Law and Society

Conference, Gold Coast, 29 November to 1 December.

Wu, R., Jen J. and Bartlett F. (2018) The Changing Professional Identity of Hong Kong

Women Lawyers: From Local to Transnational Practitioners, Asian Law and Society

Association Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, 29 November to 1 December.

Wu, R. (2018) Engaging with Legal Ethics and Professionalism in Globalized Legal Practice

Through Experiential Learning, The Advanced Forum On Professional Legal Ethics:

Fundamental Issues On Professional Legal Ethics, Beijing, China, 29 September

Wu, R., Lo C. and Liu N. (2018) Money, Professional Ideals or Public Interest? A Cross-

legal System Analysis of Career Orientations Of Future Lawyers, Change, Contradictions

And The State: Higher Education In Greater China, Chinese University Of Hong Kong,

Hong Kong, 13-14 September

Wu, R., Jen J. and Lau V. (2018) Engaging School Teachers with Common Law Concepts and

Values Through Experiential Learning – The Hong Kong Experience, Asian Law and Society

Association Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, 29 November to 1 December.

Wu, R. and Evans A. (2018) Empirical Studies of Ethical Values of Law Students in Australia and Their

Relevance to Asian Civil Law Students, International Legal Ethics Conference, Melbourne

University, 6 to 8 December 2018.

Wu, R. and Kinoshita M. A (2018) Comparative and Empirical Study of Ethical Values of Law Students

in Japan, International Legal Ethics Conference, Melbourne, 6-8 December 2018. (2018)

Wu, R. (2018) Needs Satisfaction, Motivation and Well Being of Future Lawyers: Implications for Legal

Professionalism in Chinese Societies, HKU Peking U Conference, Beijing, China, 27 October 2018.

Wu, R. (2018) Empirical Studies of Ethical Values of Law Students in Australia and their Relevance to

Asian Civil Law Countries, International Legal Ethics Conference VIII, Melbourne, 6 to 8

December 2018.

Wu, R. and Nguyen V.Q. A (2018) Comparative Study of Ethical Values of Law Students in Vietnam,

International Legal Ethics Conference, Melbourne, 6-8 December,

Wu, R. and Kim J.W. (2018) A Comparative and Empirical Study of Ethical Values of Law Students in

South Korea, International Legal Ethics Conference, Melbourne, 6-8 December,

Wu, R., Jen J. and Bartlett F. (2018) The Changing Professional Identity of Hong Kong Women Lawyers:

From Local to Transnational Practitioners, Asian Law and Society Conference, Gold Coast,

29 November to 1 December.

Wu, R. and Leung G. (2017) Shifting of Regulatory Paradigm in Hong Kong: Revisit the HKTV Licensing

Saga, 67th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association,

San Diego, CA, USA, 25-29 May.

Wu, R. and Leung G. (2017) Civic Data Management and Its Political Implications: Hong Kong’s Experience

in Legislative Council Election 2016, The 14th International Telecommunications Society Asia-Pacific

Conference, International Telecommunications Society Kyoto, 24-27 June.

Wu, R.(2017) Legal Ethics On Two Sides Of The Taiwan Strait: A Comparative And Empirical Study Of Ethical

Values Of Law, Students In China And Taiwan , Asian Law and Society Association Annual Conference,

15-16 December.

Wu, R. and Zul Kepli M.Y.B. (2016) Comparing Law Students’ Values in Hong Kong and Malaysia: Two Common Law

Jurisdictions in Southeast Asia, International Legal Ethics Conference, 2016, New York, USA, 14-16 July

Wu, R. and Jen J. (2016) Women Lawyers in Hong Kong: Chinese Professionals in a Westernized Society, 13th Asian

Law Institute Conference, 19-20 May, 2016, Peking University, Beijing, China.

Wu, R. and Leung G. (2016) When Law Meets Creative Media in Hong Kong and China: Reflective Learning of Common

Law Concepts and Values Through Movies, Law and Society Association Annual Conference, New Orleans,

USA. 2-5 June,

Wu, R. (2016) Legal Ethics in the Chinese Common Law City: An Empirical Study of Ethical Values of Law Students in

Hong Kong, Inaugural Asian Law and Society Association Conference, , National University of Singapore,

Singapore, 22-23 September

Wu, R. and Leung G. (2015) Ethical Perceptions of Future Lawyers in Hong Kong: An Empirical Study, Australian and

New Zealand Legal Ethics Colloquium: Sustainable Legal Ethics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia,

3-4 December,

Wu, R. and Leung G. (2015) How Did the Politicization of Regulatory Regime Affect the Advancement of New Media

Technologies in Hong Kong?, International Communication Association Annual Conference, Puerto Rico.

Wu, R. (2015) A Comparative Study of Ethical Values of Law Students in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan:

Their Similarities and Differences, Public Lecture, The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College,

London, UK.

Wu, R. and Leung G. (2015) A Comparative and Empirical Study of Law Students’ Perceptions of Their Values

in Greater China Region, Law and Society Association Conference, Seattle, USA.

Wu, R. and Leung G. (2015) Western Professionalism in the Asian World City: An Empirical Assessment into Hong

Kong Law Students’ Perceptions of Their Values, 3rd HKU-UNSW Research Symposium, 3-4 December,

2015, UNSW, Sydney, Australia.

Wu, R. and Leung G.(2015) A Comparative and Empirical Study of Ethical Values of Law Students in Greater

China Region: Implications for Legal Education and Law Schools in Mainland China, 1st UK-China

Comparative Public Law Symposium, Jinan, China.

Wu, R. (2015) An Overview of the Codes of Professional Conduct in Hong Kong, 4th Asia Pro Bono Conference

and Legal Ethics Forum 4th Asia Pro Bono Conference and Legal Ethics Forum, Mandalay,

Myanmar, 3-6 September.

Wu, R. (2015) Law Students’ Perceptions of Their Values in the Greater China Region: A

Comparative and Empirical Study, 12^th Asian Law Institute Conference, Taipei,

Taiwan.

 

GRANTS

2020 (On-going), Knowledge Exchange Impact Project Grant, Empowering Local School Teachers’ Capabilities in Responding to Covid-19-Related Legal Issues Through Experiential Learning, GBP 8,491

2019 (On-going), Knowledge Exchange Impact Project Grant, Engaging Local School Stakeholders with Common Law Concepts and Values Through Experiential Learning, GBP 9,439

2018 (On-going), General Research Fund, An Empirical and Comparative Study of Law Students’ Perceptions of Their Values in Four Emerging and Transitional Economies: China, Russia, South Africa and Kazakhstan, GBP 86,669

2018 (Completed), Teaching Development Grant, Enhancing the Interdisciplinary Study of Law by Future Social Workers at HKU Through Pedagogical Innovations and Experiential Learning, GBP 17,317

2017 (On-going), General Research Fund, An Empirical and Comparative Study of Law Students’ Perceptions of Their Values in Four Fastest-Growing Asian Countries: China, India, Thailand and Philippines, GBP 79,752

2017 (Completed), Knowledge Exchange Impact Project Grant, Engaging Local School Teachers with Common Law Concepts and Values Through Experiential Learning, GBP 9,439

2016 (Completed), Seed Fund for Basic Research, A Study of the Law and Policy for Creative Industries and Innovation in Hong Kong, GBP 7,596

2015(Completed), General Research Fund, An Empirical and Comparative Study of Law Students’ Perceptions of Their Values in Four Asian Civil Law Countries: China, Vietnam, Japan and South Korea, GBP 75,372

2014 (Completed), General Research Fund, An Empirical and Comparative Study of Law Students Perceptions of Their Values in Three Asian Common Law Jurisdictions: Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia, GBP 64,243

2014 (Completed), Teaching Development Grant, Enhancing Experiential Learning in HKU Law Faculty by Strengthening Clinical and Transactional Law Education Through Adopting Effective Practices from Australian Law Schools, GBP 16799

2013 (Completed), General Research Fund, Comparing Law Students Perceptions of Their Values in Hong Kong, China and Taiwan: An Empirical Study, GBP 59,876

2013 (Completed), Seed Fund for Basic Research, Representation of the Legal Profession in the Chinese Visual Media, GBP 4,767

2011 (Completed), Leung Kau Kui Research and Teaching Endowment Fund

Teaching Grants, Effective Teaching of Common Law Concepts and Values to Chinese Students in Hong Kong, GBP 7,080

2009 (Completed), General Research Fund, The Legal and Policy Implications of Implementing a Land Title Registration System in England: Lessons for Hong Kong and China, GBP 29,381

2009 (Completed), Small Project Funding, Lawyers’ Image and Ethics in Hong Kong Television and Films, GBP 6,773

2008 (Completed), Teaching Development Grant, Improving Assessment Practices for Legal Education, GBP 16,886

2008 (Completed), Public Policy Research Grant, The legal and policy implications of establishing the Communications Authority in Hong Kong, GBP 34,926

2007 (On-complete), Leung Kau Kui Research and Teaching Endowment Fund Teaching Grants, Promoting the Teaching of Legal Ethics and Professionalism: Assessment for Curriculum Reform in Professional Legal Education, GBP 9,439

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Courses taught

(2020 – Present), Innovation, Creativity and Ethics in Globalized Legal Practice

(undergraduate elective)

(2018 – Present), Ethical Lawyering for Public Interest (undergraduate elective)

(2018 – Present), Law and Social Administration (undergraduate compulsory)

(2018- Present), Engaging with Professionalism and Legal Ethics in Globalized Legal

Practice Through Experiential Learning (postgraduate elective)

(2016), Law and Legal Practice in the People’s Republic of China (postgraduate elective)

(2011 – 2012), Law, Justice, and Ethics in Global Cinema (undergraduate elective)

(2009 – Present), Property Transaction I (postgraduate compulsory)

(2009 – Present), Property Transaction II (postgraduate elective)

(2009 – present), China Practice (postgraduate elective)

(2003 – 2004), Telecommunications Law (postgraduate elective)

(1998 – 2009), Conveyancing (postgraduate compulsory)

 

PhD Thesis Supervision

(2018- Present) Alimanov Zhanat, “Combating Money Laundering: A Comparative Analysis of the Legal and Ethical Frameworks Regulating Lawyers in the US, the EU and the UK, and Their Implications for Developing Countries”. Submission due in 2022

(2012- Present) Lee Chun Man John, “Managing Conflicts of interest: Challenges for International Law Firms”. Submission due in 2022.

 

(2009-2015) Au Man Ho, “Rethinking Access Regulation from the Transaction Cost Economics Perspectives: A Comparative Analysis of the Legal and Policy

Developments for First and Next Generation Access Networks in the US, the UK, Australia, and Hong Kong”

 

PhD Examination

(2020) Xin Yuan, “A Critical Examination of the Chinese Juris Master Degree with Recommendations for Its Improvement”. External Examiner, Griffith University, Australia.

 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE

Administrative Roles

(2005 to Present) Part-time PCLL programme, Programme Director

(2006-2010) Admission Director, PCLL Admission Committee

(2004-2005) 35th Anniversary Celebration, Chief Organizer

(2002-2005) Faculty Newsletter, Editor

(2002-2003) Law Mentorship Programme, Chief Organizer

(2002-2005) Associate Dean, Faculty of Law

(2002 to present) Academic Board of PCLL, Member

(1999 to 2005) Law Lectures for Practitioners, Editor

(1998 to Present) Board of the Faculty of Law, Member

 

Knowledge Exchange

(2020 – Present) Empowering Local School Teachers’ Capabilities in Responding to Covid-19-Related Legal Issues Through Experiential Learning, with local teachers and parents

(2018- 2019) Engaging Local School Parents with Common Law Concepts and Values Through Experiential Learning, with local teachers and parents

(2017-/2018) Engaging Local School Teachers with Common Law Concepts and Values Through Experiential Learning with local teachers and parents

 

Membership

Editorial Board of Legal Ethics