Abstract

Despite its outward appearance as a model of global economic success, Hong Kong is noted for its wide-ranging social problems.1 Law schools inevitably play a critical role in producing socially responsible and public interest-oriented lawyers, who are essential to the delivery of justice and the protection of human rights. In Hong Kong there is a growing need to strengthen civil society and inspire student lawyers to advance the “public interest.”2 While clinical legal education (CLE) and student advocacy have become a core part of curricula around the globe,3 there has been little exploration of how these two modes of experiential education can be combined convincingly to advance social justice. Our aim here, therefore, is to chart the pathways taken toward the goal of developing a “social justice” culture at university level and beyond through CLE.

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