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Expert interviews

Learn about legal writing and oral advocacy by watching interviews with expert legal professionals

Quick guide to legal writing

Watch our training videos and learn how to write like a lawyer

Quick guide to oral advocacy

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Featured Videos

2017-02-08-EI-CJ-01 — The Honourable Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma Tao-li (1): What...
An interview with The Honourable Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma Tao-li about features and challenges of good legal writing and what he looks for in the writing that he is exposed to as a judge. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
February 8, 2017/by admin

2016-10-20 Sabrina (QGOA Ep 1) — Oral Advocacy (1): An overview
An instructional video about oral advocacy in mooting. This episode describes the mooting facts that are used in the rest of the series and introduces the mooters.
October 20, 2016/by mwong

2016-03-18 Sabrina — Problem questions (1): An overview
An instructional video about writing legal problem question answers. This episode describes the problem question facts that are used in the rest of the series and introduces IRAC, a tool for legal argument.
March 19, 2016/by Christoph

Latest Videos

2019-01-30-EI-Ian-Mann-03 — Mr Ian Mann (3): Advice on client correspondence
March 20, 2019/by admin

2019-01-30-EI-Ian-Mann-02 — Mr Ian Mann (2): Advice on client Emails and text message...
March 13, 2019/by admin

2019-01-30-EI-Ian-Mann-01 — Mr Ian Mann (1): What makes good client correspondence?
March 6, 2019/by admin

2017-08-10-ST-Janet-Ainsworth — Professor Janet Ainsworth: How does the discourse of poli...
August 10, 2017/by admin

2017-08-08-ST-Audrey-Campbell-Moffat — The Honourable Mrs Justice Audrey Campbell-Moffat: Langua...
August 8, 2017/by admin

2017-08-03-ST-Rajesh-Sharma — Dr Rajesh Sharma: The art and science of advocacy
August 3, 2017/by admin

2017-08-01-ST-Janny-Leung — Dr Janny Leung: Tension and goals in legal communication
August 1, 2017/by admin

2017-07-27-ST-Richard-Bates — Mr Richard Bates: Can we cure lawyers of legalese?
July 27, 2017/by admin

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