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.
The Community Relations Committee (“CRC”) is a committee established under the Standing Committee on External Affairs and is responsible for organising community events so as to engage different groups of the society including students, elderly, non-Chinese speakers and ethnic minorities for the purpose of promoting the Law Society as a caring association to contribute to the community. Every year, the CRC organises different community programmes to serve the public and promote legal knowledge to raise the community’s awareness of legal issues.
Targeting the younger generation with the aim to enhance their social awareness and legal knowledge, the CRC organises events with youth groups to promote the importance of abiding the law.
The Law Society received invitation from external organisations from time to time to organise community talks. The CRC also organises social services four times a year to lead a team of solicitors to serve different social groups including the elderly, low-income families and ethnic minorities.
The Law Society invited all secondary schools in Hong Kong to join our school talks hosted by voluntary solicitors with the aim to promote the right legal concepts and knowledge. We also offer talks for education organisations and school management staff.
Since 2009, the Community Relations Committee of the Law Society of Hong Kong organises the “Legal Pioneer” Mentorship Programme to provide secondary school students an interactive platform to understand more about the legal industry and learn more legal knowledge. Solicitors and law students join the Programme as mentors to provide guidance for student mentees throughout various activities. The Programme is one of the most well-received initiatives of the Law Society as small group mentorship allows a more intimate interaction among mentors and mentees. Over the years, more than a thousand students from over a hundred local secondary schools have participated in the Programme.
