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AI for Young Lawyers Forum

A free afternoon forum for law students and young practitioners on how AI is changing legal education, legal work, and early-career planning.

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DateAug 8, Sat
Time13:30-18:00
VenuePhilip K.H. Wong Theatre, HKU

Proposed roster

Speakers

Benjamin Chen

Professor of Law; Director, Law and Technology Centre

The University of Hong Kong

Wang Jiangyu

Professor of Law; Director, Centre for Chinese and Comparative Law

City University of Hong Kong

Anissa Ng

Proposed demo speaker

LegalQuants / Sidley Austin wording TBC

Jamie Tso

Founder

LegalQuants

Rundown

Programme

The programme is built around responsible AI use, legal education, changing workflows, and skills that young lawyers can put to work.

Arrival

Registration

Opening

Opening remarks

Talk

Frontier Legal AI Landscape

Frontier legal AI applications, the technical perspective, and adoption limits in Hong Kong.

Moderator

Rocky Li, Founder, Terracotta Cyber Solutions Limited

Panelists
  • Jamie Tso, Founder, LegalQuants
  • Troy Song, Senior Associate, Disputes, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
14:20Session changeover
Panel

How to Study Law Effectively with AI

How law students can use AI responsibly, what academic integrity requires, and where legal education is already experimenting.

Moderator

Moderator TBC

Panelists
  • Prof Benjamin Chen, HKU Law
  • CUHK Faculty of Law representative TBC
  • Prof Wang Jiangyu, City University of Hong Kong
  • Law student representative TBC
15:10Tea break
Demo session

Five-minute legal AI demos

Panel

Essential AI Skills for Young Lawyers

How AI changes day-to-day legal work and what skills young lawyers should build for the AI era.

Moderator

Moderator TBC

Panelists
  • Anissa Ng, profile wording TBC
  • Other industry panelists TBC
Networking

Networking session

A relaxed end-of-day session for students, trainees, associates, academics, sponsors, and speakers to continue the discussion downstairs in the hall.

Supporting organizations