SELECT
SELECT (Student Experiential Learning Community Service Task Force) is a Law Faculty scheme to select and support student-led experiential learning/pro bono initiatives.
The scheme was initiated by our Govt & Laws student Marcus Yuen, PILnet Law for Change competition inaugural winner (2017), and endorsed by HKU Law Faculty, which will provide logistical support such as sending mass emails, booking venues for briefing, and issuing an official letter of recognition.
Interested students please fill in the application form https://forms.gle/knR6VSoGB4HLyhCE8 or email selecthku@gmail.com for further details. SELECT has already recognised eight student-led initiatives, which are mostly Law for Change winning / runner-up teams.
1. ASsist: Empowerment through Exchange
Resolving challenges and stigmas faced by asylum seekers and refugees (“ASRs”) in Hong Kong through a one-stop platform which empowers ASRs to be change-makers: assist.ete.hk@gmail.com. We are looking for passionate law students from any year and curriculum to support our programs. Sign up now at: https://forms.gle/Adi9vwJLTjct6Xsj9 by 20 October 2021 (Wed).
2. Be EnGayged
Improving legal awareness among the LGBTQ+ community and the general public by setting up a website to serve as an information hub for public access to legal updates and commentary blogs relating LGBTQ+ rights and issues. We recruit blog writers and operational talents every year among both undergraduate and postgraduate law students, including LLM programmes.
Website: https://www.beengayged.com/index.html
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beengayged/
Instagram: @beengayged
Enquiries: beengayged@gmail.com
3. LEAP (Legal Advice Programme)
13 law firms providing student attachment opportunities to those interested in pro bono matters: socialservicefundleap@gmail.com. Application for the Autumn 2021 cycle of LEAP is closed. Students are welcome to apply to our Spring 2022 cycle in the next semester.
4. LIBRE (Legal Initiative (Pro-Bono) for Refugee Empowerment)
Bringing together law students, law firms, and NGOs to create legal guidebooks for asylum seekers and refugees in HK. For details, see http://www.facebook.com/libre.hk. Please apply for co-directorship at https://forms.gle/Mpvy5EQZU9HMb2UT8 by 15 October 2021.
5. OUTLET (Outreach Legal Talks Initiative)
A student project which provides free legal educational talks to target groups. We won PILnet’s Law For Change Student Competition in 2017 and have been successfully running six cycles since then. This semester, we will conduct talks for subdivided flat tenants and the elderly about various legal issues. Inquiries: outlet.hku@gmail.com
6. A2J Fellowship (Access to Justice)
A ten-month long placement of law graduates within a partnering NGO where the Fellows will undertake quasi-legal projects that enhance the legal capacity of the partnering NGO and increase the legal knowledge of the NGO’s service targets. For the inaugural Fellowship commencing in September 2021, our partnering NGO is Hong Kong Women Workers’ Association (HKWWA).
7. EldPal
Law students, legislative councillors and news-media outlets raising awareness for elderly care rights against abuse in residential care homes. Please apply: https://forms.gle/bqANfxz63XRV6w1t6 by 8th October 2021.
8. Make-a-Will Hong Kong
The runner-up team of the PILnet Law for Change Competition 2018. Since our establishment, we have been conducting talks on the Three Instruments of Peace and providing free will-making services to eligible elderly with law firms. We are currently working on a free will-making automation project.