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What makes a good lawyer?

A mini-documentary about the qualities of a good lawyer and the role that excellent English language and communication skills play for lawyers. Features interviews with legal professionals in Hong Kong, including Richard Bates, Kinsey Kang and John Lee.
November 2, 2015148928 views/by Dell Leung

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, 201621037 views/by Christoph

Problem questions (2): The structure

An instructional video about writing legal problem question answers. This episode discusses how to organize the structure of your answer.
March 19, 201643216 views/by Christoph

Problem questions (3): The issue

An instructional video about writing legal problem question answers. This episode describes how to raise the issue.
March 21, 201617066 views/by Christoph

Problem questions (4): The rule

An instructional video about writing legal problem question answers. This episode describes how to state the rule.
June 30, 201612203 views/by Yan

Problem questions (5): Citing precedents

An instructional video about writing legal problem question answers. This episode describes how to cite precedents.
June 30, 20169883 views/by Yan

Problem questions (6): Citing legislation

An instructional video about writing legal problem question answers. This episode describes how to cite legislation.
June 30, 20167707 views/by Yan

Problem questions (7): The application

An instructional video about writing legal problem question answers. This episode describes how to apply the law to the facts.
June 30, 201610489 views/by Yan

Problem questions (8): The conclusion

An instructional video about writing legal problem question answers. This episode describes how to state a conclusion.
June 30, 20167594 views/by Yan

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, 201620780 views/by mwong

Oral Advocacy (2): Introducing yourselves

An instructional video about oral advocacy in mooting. This episode describes how to introduce yourself in oral advocacy proceedings.
October 20, 201699308 views/by mwong

Oral Advocacy (3): Stating a case theory

An instructional video about oral advocacy in mooting. This episode describes how to state a case theory.
October 23, 201632829 views/by mwong

Oral Advocacy (4): Giving a road map

An instructional video about oral advocacy in mooting. This episode demonstrates how to present a road map succinctly.
October 23, 201622619 views/by mwong

Oral Advocacy (5): Citing facts

An instructional video about oral advocacy in mooting. This episode demonstrates how to present a road map succinctly.
October 23, 201617675 views/by mwong

Oral Advocacy (6): Citing laws

An instructional video about oral advocacy in mooting. This episode describes how to cite laws.
October 23, 201613903 views/by mwong

Oral Advocacy (7): Citing cases

An instructional video about oral advocacy in mooting. This episode describes how to cite cases.
October 23, 201617980 views/by mwong

Oral Advocacy (8): Using signposts

An instructional video about oral advocacy in mooting. This episode discusses how signposts work and when to use them.
October 23, 20169177 views/by mwong

Oral Advocacy (9): Concluding arguments

An instructional video about oral advocacy in mooting. This episode describes how to conclude arguments.
October 23, 20169784 views/by mwong

Oral Advocacy (10): Responding to questions

An instructional video about oral advocacy in mooting. This episode explores how to respond to questions appropriately in different situations.
October 23, 20169713 views/by mwong

Oral Advocacy (11): Making a rebuttal

An instructional video about oral advocacy in mooting. This episode demonstrates how to make a compelling rebuttal or surrebuttal.
October 23, 201619553 views/by mwong

Mrs Audrey Campbell-Moffat (1): What makes good oral advocacy?

An interview with Mrs Audrey Campbell-Moffat, SC about the features of good oral legal argument. Includes advice to law students. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
November 29, 20163832 views/by mwong

Mrs Audrey Campbell-Moffat (2): My composing process

An interview with Mrs Audrey Campbell-Moffat, SC about the composing process involved in producing her best work. Includes advice to law students. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
December 7, 20161533 views/by mwong

Ms Cammy Man (1): What makes good legal writing?

An interview with Ms Cammy Man about the features of good legal writing and strategies that she uses to write as a trainee solicitor. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
January 11, 20171964 views/by admin

Ms Cammy Man (2): Advice on legal writing

An interview with Ms Cammy Man featuring her advice on legal writing as a trainee solicitor. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
January 18, 2017633 views/by admin

Ms Cammy Man (3): My composing process

An interview with Ms Cammy Man about the composing process involved in producing her best work as a trainee solicitor. Includes advice to law students. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
January 25, 20171007 views/by admin

The Honourable Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma Tao-li (1): What makes good legal writing?

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, 201731295 views/by admin

The Honourable Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma Tao-li (2): Advice on legal writing

An interview with The Honourable Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma Tao-li featuring his advice on legal writing and drafting 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 15, 20176161 views/by admin

Mr Harprabdeep Singh (1): What makes good oral advocacy?

An interview with Mr Harprabdeep Singh sharing his opinion on the features of good oral legal argument as a barrister-at-law. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
February 22, 20172021 views/by admin

Mr Harprabdeep Singh (2): Advice on oral advocacy

An interview with Mr Harprabdeep Singh featuring his advice on oral advocacy as a barrister-at-law. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
March 1, 20171542 views/by admin

The Honourable Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma Tao-li (3): What makes good oral advocacy?

An interview with The Honourable Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma Tao-li about the features of good oral legal argument and what he looks for in the oral legal arguments that he hears 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.
March 8, 20179296 views/by admin

The Honourable Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma Tao-li (4): Advice on oral advocacy

An interview with The Honourable Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma Tao-li featuring his advice on oral advocacy 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.
March 15, 20175250 views/by admin

Professor Christopher Gane (1): What makes good legal writing?

An interview with Professor Christopher Gane about features of good legal writing and what he looks for in the legal arguments that he reads as a professor. Includes advice to law students. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
March 22, 20176256 views/by admin

Professor Christopher Gane (2): My composing process

An interview with Professor Christopher Gane about the composing process involved in producing his best work. Includes advice to law students. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
March 29, 20172732 views/by admin

Professor Geraint Howells (1): What makes good legal writing?

An interview with Professor Geraint Howells about features of good legal writing and what he looks for in a piece of writing as a professor. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
April 5, 20171115 views/by admin

Professor Geraint Howells (2): Advice on legal writing

An interview with Professor Geraint Howells featuring his advice on legal writing as a professor. Includes advice to law students. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
April 12, 2017763 views/by admin

Professor Michael Hor (1): What makes good legal writing?

An interview with Professor Michael Hor about features of good legal writing. Includes advice to law students. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
April 19, 20173256 views/by admin

Professor Michael Hor (2): What makes good oral advocacy?

An interview with Professor Michael Hor about the features of good oral legal argument and what he looks for in oral legal arguments as a professor. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
April 26, 20171583 views/by admin

Mr John Budge (1): Advice on legal writing

An interview with Mr John Budge featuring his advice on legal writing and what he looks for in the legal writing that he reads as a legal professional. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
May 3, 201720066 views/by admin

Mr John Budge (2): My composing process

An interview with Mr John Budge about the composing process involved in producing his best work. Includes advice to law students. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
May 10, 20172725 views/by admin

Ms Vandana Rajwani (1): What makes good oral advocacy?

An interview with Ms Vandana Rajwani about the features of good oral legal argument. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
May 17, 20178342 views/by admin

Ms Vandana Rajwani (2): Advice on oral advocacy

An interview with Ms Vandana Rajwani featuring her advice on oral advocacy as a legal educator. Includes advice to law students. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
May 24, 20175174 views/by admin

Mr Michael Lin (1): What makes good legal writing?

An interview with Mr Michael Lin about features of good legal writing. Includes advice to law students. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
May 31, 20174257 views/by admin

Mr Michael Lin (2): My composing process

An interview with Mr Michael Lin about the composing process involved in producing his best work. Includes advice to law students. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
June 7, 20171811 views/by admin

Professor Johannes Chan Man-mun (1): Advice on legal writing

An interview with Professor Johannes Chan Man-mun, SC featuring his advice on legal writing as a professor. Includes advice to law students. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
June 14, 20175086 views/by admin

Professor Johannes Chan Man-mun (2): Advice on oral advocacy

An interview with Professor Johannes Chan Man-mun, SC featuring his advice on oral legal argument. Includes advice to law students. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
June 21, 20172711 views/by admin

Professor Anselmo Reyes (1): Advice on legal writing

An interview with Professor Anselmo Reyes, SC featuring his advice on legal writing as a professor as well as a former judge. Includes advice to law students. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
June 28, 20176074 views/by admin

Mr Alexander Mak (1): Advice on legal writing

An interview with Mr Alexander Mak featuring his advice on legal writing as a legal educator as well as a legal professional. Includes advice to law students. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
July 5, 20172415 views/by admin

Mr Alexander Mak (2): Advice on oral advocacy

An interview with Mr Alexander Mak featuring his advice on oral legal argument. Includes advice to law students. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
July 12, 20171670 views/by admin

Mr Harprabdeep Singh (3): My composing process

An interview with Mr Harprabdeep Singh about the composing process involved in producing his best work. Includes advice to law students. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
July 19, 20171636 views/by admin

Dr Christoph A Hafner: Promoting effective legal communication: An Interdisciplinary collaboration

In this talk, Dr Hafner discusses some of the challenges faced by law students and novice layers, especially those writing for law in the academic context and beyond. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. Special thanks to The Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate Law Centre. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
July 25, 20171639 views/by admin

Mr Richard Bates: Can we cure lawyers of legalese?

In this talk, Mr Bates considers why language often seems so complicated; why legal documents are often so hard to understand; why lawyers love legalese so much; and what lawyers can do to produce legal documents we can all hope to understand. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. Special thanks to The Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate Law Centre. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
July 27, 20173592 views/by admin

Dr Janny Leung: Tension and goals in legal communication

In this talk, Dr Leung starts by briefly introducing the field of language and law as an area of interdisciplinary practice and research. Dr Leung then focuses particularly on the conflicting goals that spoken and written legal communication are expected to serve, and the way such tension is reflected in legal drafting and courtroom discourse. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. Special thanks to The Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate Law Centre. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. Special thanks to The Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate Law Centre. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
August 1, 20173892 views/by admin

Dr Rajesh Sharma: The art and science of advocacy

In this talk, Dr Sharma focuses on how law students can acquire good advocacy skills in a step-by-step method. For this purpose, examples are shown from mooting context which can be practised in real court cases. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. Special thanks to The Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate Law Centre. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
August 3, 201740863 views/by admin

The Honourable Mrs Justice Audrey Campbell-Moffat: Language and communication – Does one size fit all?

In this talk, The Honourable Mrs Justice Audrey Campbell-Moffat seeks to identify those area where different language skills should be employed to achieve the best results and some of the different skills that can be employed. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. Special thanks to The Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate Law Centre. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
August 8, 20176248 views/by admin

Professor Janet Ainsworth: How does the discourse of police interrogation create risks for false confession?

In this talk, Professor Ainsworth examines the so-called Reid technique of police interrogation as itself creating the risk of false confessions. Professor Ainsworth concludes by suggesting that the PEACE method of police questioning used in England and Wales is less likely to induce false confessions. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. Special thanks to The Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate Law Centre. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
August 10, 20173771 views/by admin

Mr Ian Mann (1): What makes good client correspondence?

An interview with Mr Ian Mann about features of good client correspondence and concerns in writing client correspondence. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
March 6, 20192791 views/by admin

Mr Ian Mann (2): Advice on client Emails and text messages

An interview with Mr Ian Mann featuring his advice on writing client emails and text messages. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
March 13, 20192705 views/by admin

Mr Ian Mann (3): Advice on client correspondence

An interview with Mr Ian Mann featuring his advice on writing client correspondence. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. More videos at http://legalenglish.hk.
March 20, 20199027 views/by admin

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