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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 can fill in the application form https://forms.gle/knR6VSoGB4HLyhCE8 or email selecthku@gmail.com for further details. SELECT has already recognised seven student-led initiatives, which are mostly Law for Change winning / runner-up teams.
1. 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
2. LEAP (Legal Advice Programme)
Multiple law firms providing student attachment opportunities to those interested in pro bono matters: socialservicefundleap@gmail.com. Application for the Autumn 2024 cycle of LEAP is closed. Students are welcome to apply to our Spring 2025 cycle in the next semester soon.
Website: https://hkuleap.com/
3. 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
4. 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).
Instagram: @a2jfellowship
5. Team Wholehearted
5. Team Wholehearted
A pro-bono student initiative dedicated to providing legal and personal support to the single father community in Hong Kong. We won the 2022 PILnet Law For Change Student Competition, successfully implemented a food pack service scheme for single fathers in Hong Kong, and produced legal publications on various family law issues in 2023.
Website: https://wholeheartedpilnet.wixsite.com/wholehearted
6. Team Transform
6. Team Transform
A project founded by five double-degree law students from HKU, aimed at addressing the language barriers and legal illiteracy faced by ethnic minorities in Hong Kong.
Website: https://www.pilnet.org/student-projects-update/transform/
7. Port-of-Call Initiative
7. Port-of-Call Initiative
A group of passionate sophomore and penultimate law students from the University of Hong Kong participating in the “Law for Change Student Competition 2022” organised by PILnet.
The name “Port-of-Call”, expresses the vision of building Hong Kong into an embracing city with fairness and justice, where asylum seekers can expect their right to be respected and their presence not be derided. This project aims to empower the refugee community to seek inclusive and equitable quality education and explore their potential in a more inclusive learning environment.
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