The Law Society of Hong Kong is a professional association for solicitors in Hong Kong vested with statutory powers to regulate the professional conduct of solicitors, trainee solicitors and foreign lawyers. It was incorporated in 1907 as a company limited by guarantee.
The Law Society speaks for the solicitors’ profession in Hong Kong and ensures our voice are accurately and purposefully communicated to relevant parties
The Law Society is dedicated to providing relevant and effective support to our members including professional training and legal practice updates.
The Law Society is committed to facilitating the attainment and maintenance of the highest professional standards by our members in the interest of the community
The Law Society reaches out and maintains a wide local and global network for knowledge exchange, experience sharing and collaboration between our members and different sectors of both the local and international communities.
The Law Society strives to raise general public legal awareness, facilitate public access to legal services and promote a culture of giving back to the community among our members.
Exploring new opportunities for our members is an important task of the Law Society. Over the years, the Law Society has established extensive connections with lawyers associations and legal organisations in different overseas jurisdictions, laying a good foundation for collaboration on activities that are beneficial to our members. As of July 2021, the Law Society has signed 37 memoranda of understanding (“MOUs”) with overseas lawyers’ associations and international legal organisations.
To foster collaboration and strengthen exchanges between members of the Law Society and overseas lawyers’ associations during the pandemic, the Law Society has joined hands with our MOU counterparts from the United Kingdom, Germany, Malaysia, Poland and Japan to organise a series of webinars in the second half of 2021.
The series opened on 27 July 2021 with the joint webinar with the Law Society of England and Wales. Representatives from the two Law Societies formed two panels to discuss cross-border dispute resolution and women in law respectively. Over 120 members participated in this event.
President Melissa Pang delivered a welcome remarks at the joint webinar.
Council Member Karen Lam (first from right) and Ms Heidi Chui, Member of International Legal Affairs Committee (second from right) introduced the latest developments in cross-border dispute resolution in Hong Kong.
Ms Olivia Kung, Member of Standing Committee on External Affairs (upper right) and Ms Deborah Fong, Member of International Legal Affairs Committee (bottom right) shared their personal experiences on the challenges and solution to gender inequality in the legal profession.
