Team
Dr. Christoph A. Hafner

Christoph Hafner is Associate Professor in the Department of English at City University of Hong Kong. His main research interests include specialized discourse, language learning and technology, and digital literacies. He has co-edited a book on language and law entitled Transparency, Power and Control: Perspectives on Legal Communication (Ashgate, 2012).
Email: c.hafner at cityu.edu.hk
Mr. John Burke
John Burke is the Co-course Leader for Interlocutory Advocacy and Advising and Trial Advocacy and the Course Leader for Professional Conduct in the PCLL at City University of Hong Kong. Jack has received four Teaching and Development Grants from CityU and has produced 9 DVDs on skills based activities, primarily in the area of advocacy training.
Email: jasburke at cityu.edu.hk
Prof. Katherine Lynch
Katherine Lynch is the founding Director of the LL.M. in Arbitration & Dispute Resolution program and an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong. She specializes in arbitration and dispute resolution generally, as well as in the areas of business associations and company law.
Email: klynch at hku.hk
Prof. Anne Scully-Hill
Anne Scully-Hill is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her research interests are child law, family law, judicial review and legal education.
Email: ascullyhill at cuhk.edu.hk
Dr. Rajesh Sharma
Rajesh Sharma currently teaches in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies at RMIT University Melbourne. His publications are in the areas of WTO law, international trade, arbitration and dispute resolution, commercial law, and banking law.
Email: rajesh.sharma at rmit.edu.au
Mr Ian Mann (3): Advice on client correspondence
March 20, 2019/by adminMr Ian Mann (2): Advice on client Emails and text messages
March 13, 2019/by adminMr Ian Mann (1): What makes good client correspondence?
March 6, 2019/by adminProfessor Janet Ainsworth: How does the discourse of police interrogation create risks for false confession?
August 10, 2017/by adminThe Honourable Mrs Justice Audrey Campbell-Moffat: Language and communication – Does one size fit all?
August 8, 2017/by adminDr Rajesh Sharma: The art and science of advocacy
August 3, 2017/by adminDr Janny Leung: Tension and goals in legal communication
August 1, 2017/by adminMr Richard Bates: Can we cure lawyers of legalese?
July 27, 2017/by adminDr Christoph A Hafner: Promoting effective legal communication: An Interdisciplinary collaboration
July 25, 2017/by adminMr Harprabdeep Singh (3): My composing process
July 19, 2017/by adminMr Alexander Mak (2): Advice on oral advocacy
July 12, 2017/by adminMr Alexander Mak (1): Advice on legal writing
July 5, 2017/by adminAbout Us
We are a team of law teachers and English language teachers working at universities in Hong Kong. We have designed this website for law students, their teachers, and anyone with an interest in language and the law.
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Latest Videos
Mr Ian Mann (3): Advice on client correspondenceMarch 20, 2019 - 12:00 am
Mr Ian Mann (2): Advice on client Emails and text messagesMarch 13, 2019 - 5:41 am
Mr Ian Mann (1): What makes good client correspondence?March 6, 2019 - 12:00 am
Professor Janet Ainsworth: How does the discourse of police interrogation create risks for false confession?August 10, 2017 - 9:52 am